Occupied Jerusalem - SANA
The Israeli occupation announced a new plan to establish more than 2540 settlement units in occupied Jerusalem, which threatens to completely isolate the village of Beit Safafa, which is a link with the rest of the West Bank, completely from its Palestinian surroundings, in flagrant violation of international legitimacy resolutions, foremost of which is UN Resolution 2334 of 2016, which confirms the lack of The legitimacy of settlement and demands to stop it.
The National Bureau for Land Defense and Settlement Resistance of the Palestine Liberation Organization stated in its report released today that the occupation authorities announced plans to establish more than 2540 new settlement units in occupied Jerusalem, 540 of which will be built on Palestinian lands in the Jabal Abu Ghneim area between Jerusalem and Bethlehem and more than 2000 A settlement unit from it to establish a new settlement outpost east of Jerusalem, indicating that the establishment of settlement units in these two areas will effectively isolate the village of Beit Safafa from the rest of the Palestinian cities and towns, undermining any opportunity to establish an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
The report added that the occupation, as part of its plans to Judaize Jerusalem, announced the seizure of 13 dunums of lands from the town of Hizma, east of the occupied city, and bulldozed large areas of land between the villages of Al-Zaim and Al-Issawiya in Jerusalem, with the aim of paving settlement roads.
The report indicated that the occupation authorities continue to demolish Palestinian homes as a tool for ethnic cleansing, pointing out that the occupation forces demolished a house in Jabal al-Mukaber neighborhood and several commercial establishments in the town of Issawiya in occupied Jerusalem, while notifications were delivered to demolish 63 agricultural facilities in the northern Jordan Valley.
The report indicated that settlers continue their attacks on West Bank cities and towns with the protection of the occupation forces, as they seized a plot of land and four Palestinian buildings in the town of Silwan in occupied Jerusalem and established three new settlement outposts, one in the northern Jordan Valley, the second in the town of Tuqu ', east of Bethlehem, and the third in Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus. They cut down 100 olive trees in the village of Qasra in Nablus, prevented Palestinian farmers from reaching their lands in the village of Jalud, south of the city, and attacked the mayor of Sebastia town, north of Nablus, during his response to settlers' attempt to kidnap a Palestinian child while they stormed the archaeological area in the town, which led to his bruises.
The report indicated that settlers stormed the town of Kafeel Haris in Salfit and the Qafisha and Sharif neighborhoods in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron and Al-Shuhada Street in the city center and attacked Palestinians and their property, which resulted in the injury of a Palestinian woman and her daughter and material damage to a number of houses and cars, while a Palestinian woman was killed as a result of being run over by a settler In the town of Samu, south of Hebron.