March 31, 2014
Source: daijiworld.com
Ramallah, March 31 (IANS): Israeli authorities have
issued orders to confiscate around 75 acres of Palestinian-owned land in
the West Bank for settlement projects, a Palestinian official said
Monday.
"The villagers were told that their lands will be used as a cemetery
and a school for two neighbouring Jewish settlements," said Ghassan
Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of settlement issues in
northern West Bank.
Daghlas said the villagers would turn to an Israeli court to appeal against the orders, Xinhua reported.
The orders came as the ongoing US-mediated Israeli-Palestinian peace
talks are on the verge of collapse due to grave differences on core
issues, including settlement activity.
The talks resumed last July after a three-year halt over Israeli settlement expansion.
The issue of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories is
viewed by the international community, including the US, as a hurdle to
the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Since last July, Israel has planned to build more than 11,700 new
settler units in its 137 West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements.
Link: http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=226249.
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