The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) seized about 1480 dunums of lands belonging to inhabitants in four Palestinian villages Jaloud Qaryut Turmusaya and al-Mughayer between Ramallah and Nablus on Wednesday.
Palestinian activist documenting settlement expansion on the ground Ghassan Daghlas pointed out that the lands had been seized after being declared as a security zone by the army on April 14 to secure adjacent Israeli settlements and outposts seen as illegal under international law.
The plan was revealed in May after appeals from affected residents who grew olives and almonds there were rejected he added.
Palestinian estimates indicate there are about 650000 Jewish settlers living in 164 settlements and 116 outposts in the West Bank including in Occupied Jerusalem.
International law considers all settlement construction in the West Bank illegal.
