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by IMEMC News
July 5, 2021

The Israeli army confiscated, Sunday, thousands of Dunams of Palestinian farmlands owned by the residents of Qarawat Bani Hassan and Deir Istiya, west of Salfit, in central West Bank.

The Town Councils in Deir Istiya and Qarawat Bani Hassan said Israel is planning to expand Yakir and Novim illegal colonies which were built on stolen Palestinian lands.

They added that the new plans aim at expanding the illegal colonies by annexing 8500 Dunams of privately-owned Palestinian lands.

The lands are in the areas of Nweitif, al-Majoor, Wadi Khalil, as-Safar, Bir Abu Ammar, Wadi al-Hamam, al-Marah, as-Sahlat, Khallet Abu Rabea’, al-Maslaba, Khallet Nasheet, Hareeqat Abu Zoheir, Khallet al-‘Am, Gharsat al-Ein, al-Batin, al-Hanayel, and Wadi Qana.

All of Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention in addition to various United Nations and Security Council resolutions. They also constitute war crimes under International Humanitarian Law.
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Chronological Review of Events Relating to the
Question of Palestine

Monthly media monitoring review
April 1999

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Armed Israeli settlers occupied new land outside two existing West Bank settlements, firing shots in the air when approached by Palestinian journalists. The settlers placed five mobile homes near the “Yakir” and “Novim” settlements south of the West Bank town of Nablus. Reports said a Palestinian family at the site was forced to move out of its own mobile home when the Israeli army destroyed their house in 1982. Palestinian and Israeli peace groups have also accused Israel of building on the outer boundaries of existing settlements, notably on hilltops, in an effort to keep the maximum amount of land under Israeli control. Meanwhile, Israeli Foreign Minister Sharon said the Jewish settlers had government approval to seize new hilltops, adding that such moves were acts of self-defence. (AFP, AP)

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