The Jaloud Village Council in southern Nablus revealed on Friday morning an Israeli plan to seize Palestinian cultivated lands in the area in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
The Council referred to an announcement issued by Israel’s Civil Administration to confiscate Palestinian land in the area in order to develop infrastructure for Israeli settlers.
According to the announcement the Israeli occupation authorities endorsed a bid to alter the status of the cultivated lands so as to construct commercial buildings open areas and a network of access roads leading to Israeli settlement outposts.
As figures in the announcement land owners can read the bid but are not entitled to file an appeal against it.
The Jaloud Village Council said the bid is the third of its kind over the past three months.
It added that the new scheme will grab hold of large Palestinian tracts of land in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
