A new unauthorized West Bank settlement outpost has been under construction in recent days near an Israeli military training camp in the northern Jordan Valley five kilometers away from Ro’i settlement Haaretz reported Sunday.
According to the same source about two months ago a group of Israelis built a hut in the Megamat Netzah area and then left. But according to residents of the area and activists the settlers reentered the territory on the night between Wednesday and Thursday of last week and leveled the ground before they embarked on construction works.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories confirmed that the construction was illegal and had been unauthorized by official authorities.
She claimed that the occupation authorities will intervene to stop the construction works and seize the equipment if needed.
According to Haaretz this is the second unauthorized outpost built in the area in just one month and a half.
Staff from the U.S. consulate in Occupied Jerusalem who had been due to visit the area were told by the Israeli Civil Administration not to come in part due to army exercises there but members of Machsom Watch who visited the area told Haaretz that no military exercises were taking place.
