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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Israeli settlers confiscate Palestinian farmlands

PNN- Settlers from the Kida settlement, southeast of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, seized 60 dunums of village lands in the Jaloud district and brought the total of seized land to 100 dunums in the past week.

“A number of settlers came last night and seized 60 more dunums,” explained Ghassan Douglas, the Palestinian Authority (PA) official in charge of filing settler attacks, “meaning they now control the rest of the Central Khala Abu Shabraqeh plain. It is surrounded by the Ahya settlement in the west and the Kida settlement in the east.”

He added, “Now they have control over the entire area, which is famous for its fertility.”

Three days ago, area settlers seized 20 dunums of land, adding to another 20 dunums stolen last week. Read more
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