Israeli settlers on Monday seized a new Palestinian-owned land in Jaloud town south of the West Bank city of Nablus.
Anti-settlement researcher Ghassan Daghlas said that Israeli settlers living in Ahiya outpost built illegally on Jaloud lands seized a privately-owned land close to Palestinian houses located in Area C and threatened with demolition.
The land covers an area of 10 dunums part of which has been planted with olive and fig trees for decades. It is owned by three Palestinian families in Jaloud and they have been barred from entering the land since 2001 when Israel announced it a closed military zone.
Daghlas said that Israel’s land grab activity has been stepped up in Jaloud recently with the aim of adding settlement units to existing outposts in the area establishing new outposts and bringing more settlers to live there.
