18 mar 2015
Israeli forces, on Wednesday evening, uprooted 300 olive trees and destroyed more than 5,000 meters of stone barriers belonging to Palestinians in the village of Majdal Bani Fadil, south of Nablus.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an News Agency that dozens of Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers raided the area in the evening.
He said that the soldiers entered the Kfar Ataya area, located on the northern side of the village, and uprooted hundreds of trees.
Daghlas told Ma'an that the trees belonged to villagers Maher Abd al-Raouf Khatib and Bashar Abdullah Ahmad.
He said that they had been planted as part of an agricultural project in the area.
Israeli authorities have apparently objected to the project and Daghlas said the matter was currently in court.
An Israeli military spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Majdal Bani Fadil is located on the eastern edge of the Nablus region, and is surrounded by areas under Israeli military control as well as Israeli settlements on all sides.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an News Agency that dozens of Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers raided the area in the evening.
He said that the soldiers entered the Kfar Ataya area, located on the northern side of the village, and uprooted hundreds of trees.
Daghlas told Ma'an that the trees belonged to villagers Maher Abd al-Raouf Khatib and Bashar Abdullah Ahmad.
He said that they had been planted as part of an agricultural project in the area.
Israeli authorities have apparently objected to the project and Daghlas said the matter was currently in court.
An Israeli military spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Majdal Bani Fadil is located on the eastern edge of the Nablus region, and is surrounded by areas under Israeli military control as well as Israeli settlements on all sides.
Israeli occupation forces this morning held a military operative in the areas of Makhoul and Al-Hadidiyya, in the northern valleys, where bulldozers demolished dozens of homes and livestock barns, and confiscated two water tanks in Al-Farisiya, with no previous warning.
Israeli forces arrived to Khirbet Makhoul in the early morning, where they demolished homes without any previous warning or official paper work, PNN reports.
Soldiers surrounded the area and formed a security cordon around it, detained a number of citizens who tried to reach their homes, and threatened them with evacuation, despite their having legal property and rent papers.
Deputy Governor, Ahmed As'ad headed to the area by the early hours of today, accompanied by the Valleys file official, Mutaz Bisharat, and director of the civil association Ayman Sawafta.
As'ad denounced the Israeli continuous demolitions, saying that these actions show the hypocrisy of Israeli claims of "democracy", since it comes a day immediately following the elections.
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As'ad added that Israeli authorities were willing to evacuate the valley of Palestinians for settlement expansion and Judaization projects.
In a statement which PNN received, As'ad added that the governor, in cooperation with the local and international associations, are to rebuild what the occupation has demolished. He called on the international community to take immediate action and stop the Israeli crimes, which contradict the Geneva fourth convention calling on security for the people.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces, at 6:00 AM on Wednesday, handed out eviction notices to homes and agricultural lands within an area of approximately 36 acres. The pretext: “It is state land”.
Soldiers delivered up to 18 evacuation notices to the population of the area south of Hebron, in the last month.
A few days earlier, in the same area, Israeli forces supported by Civil Administration powers, uprooted 150 olive trees within about 40 acres from the private land of farmer Adam Ibrahim Nassar.
Grass roots municipality, with the help of a group of NGOs, started to document the various Israeli offenses and attacks. The group calls upon the need of citizens to document such crimes.
Israeli forces arrived to Khirbet Makhoul in the early morning, where they demolished homes without any previous warning or official paper work, PNN reports.
Soldiers surrounded the area and formed a security cordon around it, detained a number of citizens who tried to reach their homes, and threatened them with evacuation, despite their having legal property and rent papers.
Deputy Governor, Ahmed As'ad headed to the area by the early hours of today, accompanied by the Valleys file official, Mutaz Bisharat, and director of the civil association Ayman Sawafta.
As'ad denounced the Israeli continuous demolitions, saying that these actions show the hypocrisy of Israeli claims of "democracy", since it comes a day immediately following the elections.
Related: Netanyahu Promises More Settler Homes in Jerusalem If Elected
As'ad added that Israeli authorities were willing to evacuate the valley of Palestinians for settlement expansion and Judaization projects.
In a statement which PNN received, As'ad added that the governor, in cooperation with the local and international associations, are to rebuild what the occupation has demolished. He called on the international community to take immediate action and stop the Israeli crimes, which contradict the Geneva fourth convention calling on security for the people.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces, at 6:00 AM on Wednesday, handed out eviction notices to homes and agricultural lands within an area of approximately 36 acres. The pretext: “It is state land”.
Soldiers delivered up to 18 evacuation notices to the population of the area south of Hebron, in the last month.
A few days earlier, in the same area, Israeli forces supported by Civil Administration powers, uprooted 150 olive trees within about 40 acres from the private land of farmer Adam Ibrahim Nassar.
Grass roots municipality, with the help of a group of NGOs, started to document the various Israeli offenses and attacks. The group calls upon the need of citizens to document such crimes.
14 mar 2015
Jewish settlers uprooted on Saturday olive saplings in al-Khalil and Bethlehem agricultural lands.
The Coordinator of the Popular Committee against Wall and Settlement in Yatta, Ratib al-Jabour, told the PIC reporter that the Palestinian farmers in Yatta town in al-Khalil were shocked when they discovered that more than 70 olive saplings, which were implanted last week, have been uprooted.
Jabour said the uprooting of olive saplings was carried out by the settlers of the nearby Maon settlement under Israeli occupation forces’ protection.
In the same context, Jewish settlers under the protection of the IOF uprooted olive seedlings in al-Kheder town to the south of Bethlehem on Saturday.
The Coordinator of the Popular Committee against Wall and Settlement in Khader town Ahmad Salahat said, in press statements, that a number of settlers forced a Palestinian farmer to leave his land to the west of the town and uprooted his olive seedlings.
The land is located near a Jewish settlement outpost, Ahmad Salahat highlighted.
The IOF along with settlers escalate harassment and aggressive practices against the Palestinians in those areas in order to force them abandon their land in favor of settlement expansion.
The Coordinator of the Popular Committee against Wall and Settlement in Yatta, Ratib al-Jabour, told the PIC reporter that the Palestinian farmers in Yatta town in al-Khalil were shocked when they discovered that more than 70 olive saplings, which were implanted last week, have been uprooted.
Jabour said the uprooting of olive saplings was carried out by the settlers of the nearby Maon settlement under Israeli occupation forces’ protection.
In the same context, Jewish settlers under the protection of the IOF uprooted olive seedlings in al-Kheder town to the south of Bethlehem on Saturday.
The Coordinator of the Popular Committee against Wall and Settlement in Khader town Ahmad Salahat said, in press statements, that a number of settlers forced a Palestinian farmer to leave his land to the west of the town and uprooted his olive seedlings.
The land is located near a Jewish settlement outpost, Ahmad Salahat highlighted.
The IOF along with settlers escalate harassment and aggressive practices against the Palestinians in those areas in order to force them abandon their land in favor of settlement expansion.
9 mar 2015
Settlers destroyed over 40 olive trees in the Nablus district on Monday, a Palestinian official said.
Luay al-Saadi, director of the Palestinian Civil District Liaison Office in Nablus, told Ma'an that settlers from an illegal outpost destroyed olive trees belonging to Ahmad Abd al-Fattah Khalifa in the village of Burin.
Farmers arrived at their land early Monday to find their trees destroyed.
Since 1967, approximately 800,000 olive trees have been uprooted in the occupied West Bank, according to a joint report by the Palestinian Authority and the Applied Research Institute Jerusalem.
Luay al-Saadi, director of the Palestinian Civil District Liaison Office in Nablus, told Ma'an that settlers from an illegal outpost destroyed olive trees belonging to Ahmad Abd al-Fattah Khalifa in the village of Burin.
Farmers arrived at their land early Monday to find their trees destroyed.
Since 1967, approximately 800,000 olive trees have been uprooted in the occupied West Bank, according to a joint report by the Palestinian Authority and the Applied Research Institute Jerusalem.
Israeli military bulldozers uprooted large areas of Palestinian farmlands, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and uprooted more than 300 Olive trees. Army invades a construction company in Hebron, and nearby towns.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of Israeli Settlements file in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, said the soldiers bulldozed dozens of dunams of farmlands, in the al-Lahaf area, east of Nablus.
Daghlas added that the soldiers uprooted and cut more than 300 olive trees, and bulldozed large areas, planted with wheat and barley.
The lands belong to many Palestinians; some of them have been identified as Naji Hamdan, Mahmoud Eshtayya, Najeh Eshtayya, Sharif Eshtayya and Mohammad Eshtayya.
In addition, soldiers stormed a construction company, belonging to resident Fuad ash-Shamessly, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and violently searched before confiscating several filed and documents.
The soldiers also invaded a number of neighborhoods in the city, in addition to the towns of Doura, Halhoul, Yatta and as-Sammoa’.
Furthermore, the soldiers installed roadblocks on the northern entrance of Hebron, and near Sa’ir town, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of Israeli Settlements file in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, said the soldiers bulldozed dozens of dunams of farmlands, in the al-Lahaf area, east of Nablus.
Daghlas added that the soldiers uprooted and cut more than 300 olive trees, and bulldozed large areas, planted with wheat and barley.
The lands belong to many Palestinians; some of them have been identified as Naji Hamdan, Mahmoud Eshtayya, Najeh Eshtayya, Sharif Eshtayya and Mohammad Eshtayya.
In addition, soldiers stormed a construction company, belonging to resident Fuad ash-Shamessly, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and violently searched before confiscating several filed and documents.
The soldiers also invaded a number of neighborhoods in the city, in addition to the towns of Doura, Halhoul, Yatta and as-Sammoa’.
Furthermore, the soldiers installed roadblocks on the northern entrance of Hebron, and near Sa’ir town, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.
2 mar 2015
In the village of al-Khader, near Bethlehem, dozens of Palestinians suffocated by teargas inhalation during confrontations with the Israeli army, local sources reported.
Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Anti-Settlement Committee in the village, said that Israeli forces broke into the village during the afternoon hours, provoking confrontations with local residents.
Salah said, according to WAFA, that soldiers opened live fire towards the protesters, yet there were no reports of casualties. However, there were multiple cases of suffocation by teargas inhalation.
The army also broke into a medical clinic in the nearby village of Wadi Fukin, checking the identity cards of medical staff and searching the clinic. No kidnappings were reported in both villages.
Meanwhile, in the village of Tekoa, the Israeli army flooded sewage into a Palestinian-owned olive-planted land, said a local source.
The village’s mayor, Tayseer Abu Mfarreh, said that army soldiers and settlers broke into an area near the village and proceeded to conduct military exercises, during which they flooded sewage into olive-planted fields.
Attacks on olive trees are a key way by which Palestinians are forced out of their homes and lands confiscated for settlement construction, as the loss of a year's crop can signal destitution for many.
The olive industry supports the livelihoods of roughly 80,000 families in the occupied West Bank.
Since 1967, approximately 800,000 West Bank olive trees have been uprooted, according to a joint report by the Palestinian Authority and the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem.
Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Anti-Settlement Committee in the village, said that Israeli forces broke into the village during the afternoon hours, provoking confrontations with local residents.
Salah said, according to WAFA, that soldiers opened live fire towards the protesters, yet there were no reports of casualties. However, there were multiple cases of suffocation by teargas inhalation.
The army also broke into a medical clinic in the nearby village of Wadi Fukin, checking the identity cards of medical staff and searching the clinic. No kidnappings were reported in both villages.
Meanwhile, in the village of Tekoa, the Israeli army flooded sewage into a Palestinian-owned olive-planted land, said a local source.
The village’s mayor, Tayseer Abu Mfarreh, said that army soldiers and settlers broke into an area near the village and proceeded to conduct military exercises, during which they flooded sewage into olive-planted fields.
Attacks on olive trees are a key way by which Palestinians are forced out of their homes and lands confiscated for settlement construction, as the loss of a year's crop can signal destitution for many.
The olive industry supports the livelihoods of roughly 80,000 families in the occupied West Bank.
Since 1967, approximately 800,000 West Bank olive trees have been uprooted, according to a joint report by the Palestinian Authority and the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem.
28 feb 2015
An extremist group of Jewish settlers uprooted on Saturday hundreds of olive trees and saplings near Yatta town to the south of al-Khalil city.
The Coordinator of the Popular Committee against Wall and Settlement, Ratib al-Jabour, told the PIC reporter that a group of extremist settlers, from Susya and Maon settlements, illegally established on Palestinians’ lands, uprooted more than 300 olive trees and seedlings east of Yatta.
The main purpose of settlers’ repeated offences is the expulsion of Palestinians from their native lands to make way for expanding their settlements, Jabour said.
The Coordinator of the Popular Committee against Wall and Settlement, Ratib al-Jabour, told the PIC reporter that a group of extremist settlers, from Susya and Maon settlements, illegally established on Palestinians’ lands, uprooted more than 300 olive trees and seedlings east of Yatta.
The main purpose of settlers’ repeated offences is the expulsion of Palestinians from their native lands to make way for expanding their settlements, Jabour said.
25 feb 2015
Israeli
settlers, on Wednesday, uprooted a hundred olive saplings
recently-planted in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood, in the southern West
Bank city of Hebron, said a local activist organization.
According to the Palestinian Voluntary Action Commission, settlers from the illegal settlement outpost of Beit Hadassa stormed a Palestinian land that had been planted with a hundred olive saplings near Qurtuba School.
Settlers destroyed the fence surrounding the land and proceeded to uproot a hundred olive saplings that were planted by Palestinian activists, three weeks ago, as part of a campaign to plant one million trees on land facing seizure in Hebron.
The campaign, WAFA reports, intended to help Palestinian farmers maintain ownership of their farmlands threatened by Israeli annexation and replant tree seedlings on damaged land.
Furthermore, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, Israeli soldiers stormed Khirbet Gween, in the south of Hebron, and distributed notices to all citizens to evacuate the area.
Local sources said that Israeli forces, accompanied by civil administration crews raided the village and delivered the notifications, adding that the Israeli occupation forces claimed that the area to be under their control, in order to build settlements instead.
To be noted, the residents of Khirbet Gween have lived there for decades.
According to the Palestinian Voluntary Action Commission, settlers from the illegal settlement outpost of Beit Hadassa stormed a Palestinian land that had been planted with a hundred olive saplings near Qurtuba School.
Settlers destroyed the fence surrounding the land and proceeded to uproot a hundred olive saplings that were planted by Palestinian activists, three weeks ago, as part of a campaign to plant one million trees on land facing seizure in Hebron.
The campaign, WAFA reports, intended to help Palestinian farmers maintain ownership of their farmlands threatened by Israeli annexation and replant tree seedlings on damaged land.
Furthermore, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, Israeli soldiers stormed Khirbet Gween, in the south of Hebron, and distributed notices to all citizens to evacuate the area.
Local sources said that Israeli forces, accompanied by civil administration crews raided the village and delivered the notifications, adding that the Israeli occupation forces claimed that the area to be under their control, in order to build settlements instead.
To be noted, the residents of Khirbet Gween have lived there for decades.
21 feb 2015
Jewish settlers cut at dawn Saturday thirty five olive trees in Yatta town to the north of al-Khalil.
The Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement, Ratib al-Jabour, told the PIC reporter that the settlers cut 35 olive trees which have been planted for twenty years and belong to a Palestinian family.
The Palestinian activist Jabour condemned the escalation of violations of the Israeli occupation as well as Jewish settlers in areas to the southeastern of Yatta town. He called for popular and official action to halt the Israeli violations against Palestinians.
The Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement, Ratib al-Jabour, told the PIC reporter that the settlers cut 35 olive trees which have been planted for twenty years and belong to a Palestinian family.
The Palestinian activist Jabour condemned the escalation of violations of the Israeli occupation as well as Jewish settlers in areas to the southeastern of Yatta town. He called for popular and official action to halt the Israeli violations against Palestinians.
18 feb 2015
A group of Jewish settlers, reportedly from the Metzad settlement, near Bethlehem, uprooted over 500 newly planted olive tree saplings on Wednesday, near the Hebron town of al-Shuyukh.
The damaged fields belong to the al-Ayaydeh family, local activists said.
The owners found the damaged trees in the morning, while going out to check the land, which is near the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.
Last week, settlers from Metzad destroyed over 70 tree saplings near the town of Sair, according to Ma'an News Agency.
Attacks on olive trees are a key way that Palestinians are forced out of their homes and their lands confiscated for settlement construction, as the loss of a year's crop can signal destitution for many.
The olive industry supports the livelihoods of roughly 80,000 families in the occupied West Bank.
According to a United Nations OCHA report, "Israeli settlers destroyed over 5,500 Palestinian-owned olive trees and saplings in the period between December 30 2014, and January 12, 2015.”
AIC notes that, according to Palestinian News and Info Agency sources, the settlers were from Asfar and Bani Kadim, and that the uprooted saplings belonged to the families of both Abd al-Qader and Mousa al-Ayaydeh.
Local residents strongly denounced the settlers’ ‘heinous actions’ of destroying residential land, stressing that they will remain steadfast in their land and replant the trees again.
On Tuesday, Israeli forces uprooted dozens of Palestinian-owned olive trees in the northern West Bank town of Tayasir, to the east of Tubas.
The damaged fields belong to the al-Ayaydeh family, local activists said.
The owners found the damaged trees in the morning, while going out to check the land, which is near the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.
Last week, settlers from Metzad destroyed over 70 tree saplings near the town of Sair, according to Ma'an News Agency.
Attacks on olive trees are a key way that Palestinians are forced out of their homes and their lands confiscated for settlement construction, as the loss of a year's crop can signal destitution for many.
The olive industry supports the livelihoods of roughly 80,000 families in the occupied West Bank.
According to a United Nations OCHA report, "Israeli settlers destroyed over 5,500 Palestinian-owned olive trees and saplings in the period between December 30 2014, and January 12, 2015.”
AIC notes that, according to Palestinian News and Info Agency sources, the settlers were from Asfar and Bani Kadim, and that the uprooted saplings belonged to the families of both Abd al-Qader and Mousa al-Ayaydeh.
Local residents strongly denounced the settlers’ ‘heinous actions’ of destroying residential land, stressing that they will remain steadfast in their land and replant the trees again.
On Tuesday, Israeli forces uprooted dozens of Palestinian-owned olive trees in the northern West Bank town of Tayasir, to the east of Tubas.
17 feb 2015
Abu Ameen, a farmer from Hares village to the north of Salfit district was handed a notice by the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) informing him of the intention to uproot 2000 trees in his 66-acre field within a week.
Abu Ameen (Maamoun Dawoud), 56, refused the order and said: "I have all the identification papers that prove that I own the land, and I submitted an objection against the order to the court, and it is being considered."
The land is located on Qasr Ibris area which is surrounded by the industrial settlement of Burkan and Ariel Gardens and Trans-Samaria settler road. The IOA claims that this land is classified as "state property".
Confiscating lands
Dawoud, his wife, and his family members have been cultivating their land for 15 years, and they have been constantly subjected to harassments by the Israeli settlers.
Dawoud appealed to all human rights institutions saying: "Will my home always be under threat of demolition by the occupation and the settlers? I call upon human rights institutions to step in so as to halt the Israeli attacks against my property."
Commenting on the reason behind targeting the lands, Dawoud said: "The Israeli occupation is targeting these lands because they are close to the settlements and the settler road, and we are always worried since Israel enacts laws specially tailored to confiscate our lands."
Settlers unleash wild pigs in Salfit and the other districts, destroy the Palestinian crops, break the olive trees, and sometimes beat the farmers.
Ongoing suffering
The suffering of Hares village is not limited to uprooting trees, but rather the IOA built a watchtower opposite to the village to monitor it around the clock, and has arrested many of its children and youths under the pretext of hurling stones at the IOF patrols and the settlers' vehicles that pass near the bypass road. A number of settlements were built at the expense of the village's lands.
For his part, the researcher Khaled Maali said :"What happened with Abu Ameen is a clear evidence that Israel is pursuing a policy of confiscation of Palestinian land for the sake of settlement expansion in absolute disregard to the international law."
He added: "The population density in Salfit district is relatively low, its soil is very fertile and the underground water is abundantly available, in addition; it is close to the Green Line, all these factors made Salfit the focus of the IOA's attention and greed, which has been building and expanding settlements in it ever since 1977, and has connected it with the Green Line through the so-called Trans-Samaria road which misappropriated the most fertile lands in the district”.
Abu Ameen (Maamoun Dawoud), 56, refused the order and said: "I have all the identification papers that prove that I own the land, and I submitted an objection against the order to the court, and it is being considered."
The land is located on Qasr Ibris area which is surrounded by the industrial settlement of Burkan and Ariel Gardens and Trans-Samaria settler road. The IOA claims that this land is classified as "state property".
Confiscating lands
Dawoud, his wife, and his family members have been cultivating their land for 15 years, and they have been constantly subjected to harassments by the Israeli settlers.
Dawoud appealed to all human rights institutions saying: "Will my home always be under threat of demolition by the occupation and the settlers? I call upon human rights institutions to step in so as to halt the Israeli attacks against my property."
Commenting on the reason behind targeting the lands, Dawoud said: "The Israeli occupation is targeting these lands because they are close to the settlements and the settler road, and we are always worried since Israel enacts laws specially tailored to confiscate our lands."
Settlers unleash wild pigs in Salfit and the other districts, destroy the Palestinian crops, break the olive trees, and sometimes beat the farmers.
Ongoing suffering
The suffering of Hares village is not limited to uprooting trees, but rather the IOA built a watchtower opposite to the village to monitor it around the clock, and has arrested many of its children and youths under the pretext of hurling stones at the IOF patrols and the settlers' vehicles that pass near the bypass road. A number of settlements were built at the expense of the village's lands.
For his part, the researcher Khaled Maali said :"What happened with Abu Ameen is a clear evidence that Israel is pursuing a policy of confiscation of Palestinian land for the sake of settlement expansion in absolute disregard to the international law."
He added: "The population density in Salfit district is relatively low, its soil is very fertile and the underground water is abundantly available, in addition; it is close to the Green Line, all these factors made Salfit the focus of the IOA's attention and greed, which has been building and expanding settlements in it ever since 1977, and has connected it with the Green Line through the so-called Trans-Samaria road which misappropriated the most fertile lands in the district”.
Israeli forces uprooted with bulldozers dozens of olive trees in the northern West Bank village of Tayasir east of Tubas on Tuesday, locals said.
Several Israeli military vehicles stormed an outskirt of Tayasir called Safayih in the early morning hours with officers of the Israeli ministry of environmental protection and the Civil Administration.
Then, a bulldozer they brought with them leveled the area uprooting olive trees and changing the surface of the ground in the area.
The attacked fields belong to Adnan Daraghmah. He was notified by the Israelis that the area was a military zone and that he couldn't plant or build any structures without obtaining permission from the Civil Administration.
Several Israeli military vehicles stormed an outskirt of Tayasir called Safayih in the early morning hours with officers of the Israeli ministry of environmental protection and the Civil Administration.
Then, a bulldozer they brought with them leveled the area uprooting olive trees and changing the surface of the ground in the area.
The attacked fields belong to Adnan Daraghmah. He was notified by the Israelis that the area was a military zone and that he couldn't plant or build any structures without obtaining permission from the Civil Administration.
10 feb 2015
Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) handed on Tuesday a notice to a Palestinian man informing him of the intention to uproot 2000 of his trees in his land in northern Salfit.
Local sources said the IOA handed the notice to the owner of the land, claiming that it has been confiscated.
The sources from the nearby Keflharis town also said the land is located on Qasr Ibris area near the town to the north of Salfit governorate. The land has been planted with olive and other kinds of trees for 15 years; its area is estimated at 55 dunums, the sources said.
The Palestinian villages and towns of Salfit district are constantly subjected to Israeli leveling works for the expansion of twenty four settlements in the region.
Local sources said the IOA handed the notice to the owner of the land, claiming that it has been confiscated.
The sources from the nearby Keflharis town also said the land is located on Qasr Ibris area near the town to the north of Salfit governorate. The land has been planted with olive and other kinds of trees for 15 years; its area is estimated at 55 dunums, the sources said.
The Palestinian villages and towns of Salfit district are constantly subjected to Israeli leveling works for the expansion of twenty four settlements in the region.