ISRAELI TO CONFISCATE OVER 300 DUNAMS OF LAND NEAR RAMALLAH

Ramallah, 17 Safar 1436/10 December 2014 (MINA) – Israeli forces on Tuesday distributed orders to confiscate 321.3 dunams of land from the villages of Beit Ur At-Tahta, Ein Arek, and Beituniya west of Ramallah.

The confiscation order threatens to close a vital street that connects the villages west of Ramallah to the city instead of road 433. Ma’an News Agency quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA).

The head of the local council of Beit Ur al-Fouqa, Rami Alawi, said Israeli generals justified the decision by its importance to security. He said this was untrue and a theft of land that is planted with tens of thousands of olive trees.
Alawi added that the decision was ambiguous and unclear, and it extends the siege of the villages which are surrounded by a settlement, a military camp, and road 433.
Road 433 was built over thousands of dunams of Ramallah lands, and Palestinians were banned from using it after the Second Intifada started. An alternative route was established to connect them to Ramallah. (T/P006/R04)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)