Settlers Set Up New Outpost in Salfit Area

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank – Nedal Eshtayah/Apaimages photo.

Salfit, 1 Ramadan 143/8 June 2017 (MINA) – Israeli settlers on Wednesday set up 13 tents and caravans on Palestinian private-owned land near the village of Deir Estya, near the town of Salfit in the West Bank, according to local sources.

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Nazmi Salman, member of the Deir Estya municipality, told WAFA that Israeli settlers from a nearby illegal settlement broke into a Palestinian-owned land near the village and set up tents and caravans.

He said the settlers intends to establish a settlement outpost at the site.

He added that the settlers also started works to establish a road connecting the new outpost with nearby Novim settlement.

Meanwhile, Israeli settlers from Daniel settlement, near the city of Bethlehem in southern West Bank, stole agricultural supplies from a farm belonging to a Palestinian resident of al-Khader village, nearby. (T/RS5/RS1)

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Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)