Israel’s legal adviser approved the expropriation of private Palestinian lands in favor of illegal settlement expansion despite an earlier pledge to return the lands to their native owners after they were seized “by mistake” according to Israeli news sources.
A Tuesday report by the Israeli daily Haaretz said the Israeli authorities are attempting to legalize the expropriation of some 45 dunums of privately owned Palestinian land located near Israel’s illegal West Bank settlement of Ofra which were initially seized by mistake.
Ironically the targeted lands will be registered in the names of their Palestinian owners but the latter will be robbed of their right to access the lands again. The land tracts would thus be de facto expropriated yet belong to their Palestinian owners de jure.
