ISRAELI BULLDOZERS RAZE PALESTINIAN LANDS IN SALFIT

Israeli settlers’ bulldozers razed more Palestinian lands in Salfit province, West Bank to pave the way for settlement expansion.(Photo: PIC)

Salfit, 24 Rabi’ul Awwal 1436/15 January 2015 (MINA) – Israeli settlers’ bulldozers razed more Palestinian lands in Salfit province to the north of the West Bank to pave the way for settlement expansion.

Expert in settlements affairs Khaled Maali quoted local farmers as saying that bulldozers belonging to Israeli settlers razed Palestinian agricultural lands in nine different areas in the province, The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting, Wednesday.

The bulldozing operations aim at establishing new roads to link the nearby settlements and to build new housing units and workshops for the settlers.

He warned of the seriousness of Israeli schemes to separate the north half of West Bank from its southern half.

Maali pointed out that settlers of Ariel settlement continued to deliberately dump their sewage water into the local valleys of the province.(T/P008/P3)

Mi’raj Islmic News Agency (MINA)