Construction and bulldozing activities are proceeding apace on a vast tract of Palestinian land east of Deir Ballut town west of Salfit to expand the illegal settlement of Leshem.
Abdullah Idris a local resident said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) had annexed a large part of his land on the eastern side and embarked on bulldozing it despite his possession of documents proving his ownership of that land.
The municipality of Deir Ballut for its part said on its website that the structural plan to expand the town was halted on the eastern side after the IOA annexed it for the expansion of Leshem.
