The National Bureau for Defending the Land has affirmed that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) plans to build a new settlement on annexed Palestinian land in Salfit province north of the West Bank.
According to the National Bureau the IOA approved a plan to establish a new settlement on 259 dunums of land annexed from Deir Istiya town in Salfit province.
The new Jewish settlement will be composed of 381 housing units in addition to public buildings open areas and roads.
The Bureau also said that there is another Israeli plan to displace Palestinian families from their homes in Farisiya village as part of a large-scale scheme aimed at promoting and supporting settlement construction in the northern Jordan Valley.
For more than a month the IOA has been tightening the noose around the Farisiya villagers and bulldozing mountainous areas around their homes.
The IOA also placed a project signboard recently near the village stating that it will build a university as well as recreational areas and facilities for Jewish settlers in the area according to the Bureau.
