SALFIT, May 24, 2011 (WAFA) – The Israeli authorities plan to seize more than 2000 dunums of land in the Salfit area, north of the West Bank, to expand two settlements in that area, Tuesday said head of Bani Hassan local council, Abdul Karim Rayyan.

He said that the Israeli military arm in the West Bank, the so-called civil administration, announced the plans to seize the land to expand the settlements of Kiryat Netafim and Revava.

Rayyan said more than 40 families from the village have documents proving ownership of the land in question and that these families are planning to object to the land expropriation plan through Israeli courts.

He appealed for humanitarian and international intervention to stop Israel from carrying out this plan.

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