National Bureau for Land Defense: The occupation continues to seize Palestinian lands

Occupied Jerusalem - SANA

The National Bureau for Land Defense and Settlement Resistance of the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed that the Israeli occupation authorities continue to seize Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank to implement their expansion plans, with the absolute support of the administration of the outgoing US President Donald Trump.

"Ma'an" agency quoted the office's weekly report issued today as saying that the occupation authorities have seized dozens of dunums of Palestinian lands in the Al-Shifa site and Wadi Al-Hindi in the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, the Umm Al-Tala area in Artas village, and the Waar Abu Mehr site, Al-Aqban and Al-Murooj in the village of Al-Tamrah, east. The city also seized 1008 dunums of the lands of Azzun village in the city of Qalqilya, with the aim of expanding settlement operations.

The office pointed to the continuation of the open war of occupation against olive trees with the aim of settlement expansion, as the occupation forces sprayed hundreds of olive, grape and almond seedlings on an area of ​​approximately 300 dunums in the village of Deir Ballut in Salfit, as well as uprooted more than a thousand trees and olive seedlings from Palestinian lands west of the town. It bulldozed it and swept large areas of the lands of Khallet Hassan, west of Salfit, in preparation for seizing it with the aim of establishing a settlement outpost separating the city of Salfit from the city of Qalqilya.

The report pointed out that the occupation forces swept areas of Palestinian land in the villages of Kafr al-Deek and Burqin in Salfit to pave a settlement road, and in the villages of Aboud and Deir Nizam in Ramallah and in the Al-Farisiyah area in the northern Jordan Valley to expand settlement operations.

The report pointed out that the occupation authorities continue the policy of displacement and ethnic cleansing in the occupied city of Jerusalem, as they received a notice to evacuate a house in the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in the town of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and demolished 4 commercial establishments and two homes in the towns of Anata and Beit Iksa, north of the city, and the occupation forces continue to raze Palestinian lands in Wadi al-Rababa neighborhood in the town of Silwan.

The report stated that the occupation forces demolished a house and several agricultural facilities in the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, and delivered notices to demolish several homes and commercial and agricultural establishments in the villages of Anin and Tura, west of Jenin, and in the Al-Malih area in the northern Jordan Valley.

The report indicated that settlers continue their attacks on the cities and towns of the West Bank with the protection of the occupation forces, as they stormed the towns of Halhul, Sa`ir, Yatta, and Masafir Yatta in Hebron and the villages of Kafr Malik and Al Mughayer in Ramallah and attacked Palestinian farmers, which resulted in the injury of a number of them with injuries and bruises, as well as opening wastewater towards lands Agricultural Palestinians in Husan town in Bethlehem, which led to damage to agricultural crops and uprooted 400 olive trees in Fukin village, west of the city, and 150 olive trees in Jaloud village, west of Nablus.

The report pointed out that settlers stormed the archaeological area in the town of Sebastia, north of Nablus, the area of ​​Umm Al-Abar in the northern Jordan Valley, and the village of Sarta in Salfit, and attacked Palestinian homes and properties and attacked Palestinian vehicles in Nablus-Ramallah Street and in the Rawabi roundabout north of Ramallah, which resulted in damage to a number Of vehicles.