BETHLEHEM,  Tuesday, November 17, 2020 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers Tuesday morning set up a tent on a plot of land belonging to the villagers of Battir, located to the west of Bethlehem city, according to a local source.

Director of the Bethlehem Office of the Anti-Wall and Settlements Commission, Hassan Breijieh, told WAFA that a group of settlers set up a tent on a plot of land, known as al-Khammar, northeast of the town, as a prelude to seize it to serve as the nucleus of a new colonial settlement outpost.

Breijieh added that the area has become s frequent target for settler intrusions and violations, including setting up caravans and constructing settler-only roads.

There are over 700,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Israel’s nation-state law that passed last July stated that building and strengthening the settlements is a “national interest.”

K.T./ K.F.