Israel confiscates 300 dunams of Nablus land for settlements

[Jefferson23]

NABLUS (Ma'an) --

The Israeli government issued confiscation orders to Palestinian land owners in Nablus on Monday to seize over 300 dunams (74 acres) of land to expand nearby illegal settlements, an official said.

Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that the Israeli government issued the seizure orders to landowners in the Ras Mues and al-Khafafish areas near the village of Jalud.

The land is located between the illegal Shilo settlement and outpost of Shvut Rachel and will be used to build a Jewish cemetery, school and farm, Daghlas said.

The land is owned by Tawfiq Abdullah al-Hajj Muhammad and his brother Ahmad.

Israel has begun work on 10,509 housing units in illegal settlements while simultaneously demolishing 146 Palestinian homes since peace talks began in July.

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[pscot]

1. When the Russians do it

we respond with threats and bluster.

[Jefferson23]

2. This is the peace plan in action..comes with color photos too. n/t

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

3. The USA has never really given up the old ghost of hegemony.

They have just transferred or condoned it in the proxy states that they support, or in cases like Iraq go "full monty" and have lied their way into changing the geopolitical dynamic.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not a Putin cheerleader. I just like calling it as I see it. Both the USA and Russia can be criminally wrong at times.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

4. A jackass just tried to tell me that if the Palestinians wanted a state

they could have had it long ago, but now for some reason it looks like Israel wants land that doesn't belong to them.

I'm not sure how you build a state while somebody else tries to consume it from under you.

[Jefferson23]

5. You can't, and that is the plan. n/t

[azurnoir]

6. No surprises there

just another day in the West Bank