Settlers confiscate 120 dunums of Palestinian land

[ 24/01/2011 – 04:12 PM ]

 

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Jewish settlers on Sunday seized by force more than 120 dunums of Palestinian land in Al-Khalil district and started to plow some of them, local sources reported.

In Yatta village, locals said that settlers from nearby settlement of Susya started to plow around 46 dunums of land, which were confiscated from their village.

Other settlers from Karma’il settlement planted olive trees in 80 dunums taken by force from Um Al-Khair village, south of Al-Khalil, and blocked shepherds from approaching, claiming that the land was now the owned by the settles.

The Israeli occupation forces also prevented a number of Palestinian farmers from tending to their land near Beit Ayan settlement north of Al-Khalil on Sunday, at the pretext that it was a closed military zone and summoned them for questioning.

Settlers confiscate 120 dunums of Palestinian land.

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