The Cradle, News Desk, July 3, 2024 https://thecradle.co/articles/israel-approves-largest-west-bank-land-grab-in-three-decades
Israeli authorities last month approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, anti-settlement watchdog Peace Now revealed on 3 July. The activists said the approval allows for the appropriation of 12.7 square kilometers of land in the Jordan Valley, northeast of the West Bank city of Ramallah. By illegally authorizing their seizure, Tel Aviv is allowing the land to be leased to Israelis and banning private Palestinian ownership. According to Peace Now, this marks the largest single appropriation approved since the 1993 Oslo Accords. The move comes after the seizure of 8 square kilometers of land in the West Bank in March and 2.6 square kilometers in February. “2024 marks the peak in the extent of declarations of state land,” Peace Now said in a statement. . . . Ultranationalist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has overseen a surge in Palestinian land seizures and settlement expansions since coming to power as part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government coalition. Last month, Smotrich told his supporters that Tel Aviv was advancing a plan to annex the West Bank “without the government being accused of annexing it.” In a recording obtained by Peace Now, Smotrich stated that the land seizures in 2024 “are roughly 10 times the average in previous years". He estimated that "by the end of the year, between 10,000 and 15,000 additional dunams [1,000 to 1,500 hectares] will be declared [as state lands]”. # # # -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30991): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30991 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107033728/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
