Israel has bulldozed land slated for settler homes in the West Bank, a local official said Tuesday, ahead of a visit by the top US diplomat to boost peace talks.
\”The occupation (Israeli) authorities informed us, through notifications to landowners, that new settler homes would be built in the village of Al-Mazraa al-Qabaliya,\” Abdallah Lawadeh told AFP.
The 255 homes are among some 800 slated for construction by Israel since October.
Palestinian landowners were given two months to \”present objections to the decision,\” Lawadeh said, but \”the authorities did not wait for those to be filed, already bulldozing the land and setting up temporary housing for Israelis,\” he said.
Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now said the army had approved on Nov. 7 the construction of the 255 units in the Israeli settlement Nahlei Tal.
via Israel ‘clears West Bank land for settler homes’ | Maan News Agency.
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