RAMALLAH, Sunday, April 7, 2024 (WAFA) – The Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission said today that the Israeli occupation is deceiving the international community regarding the construction of new settlements by spreading lies.
Muayyad Shaban, the head of the commission, explained that many recent plans issued by the Israeli occupation's planning authorities claim to be aimed at expanding existing settlements. However, upon reviewing the maps of these announced plans, it becomes apparent that they intend to build new settlements that are geographically distinct from the settlements they claim to be expanding.
Shaban stated that last week, the Israeli occupation introduced a structural plan bearing number 2/6/510 to reorganize an industrial area for residential use in favor of the Kiryat Arba settlement, built on Palestinian lands east of the city of Hebron.
However, upon reviewing the maps related to the structural plan, it was revealed that the targeted land plot is located in an area seized in 1982 and is significantly far from Kiryat Arba.
This is the same location where settlers established a settlement outpost called Matspe Afihai in 2018, indicating the occupation's intention to legitimize what the settlers have done and establish a new settlement on the lands of the village of Beit Einun north of Hebron.
Shaban highlighted that June 2022 saw a similar move in the Bethlehem Governorate, when a new structural plan was submitted to expand the Har Gilo settlement, built on Palestinian lands. This plan, numbered 1/4/401, aimed to build 952 new settlement units.
However, it turned out that the Israeli occupation concealed its intention to build a new settlement named Carmel to isolate the towns of Al-Walaja and Batitr in the province.
He emphasized that through these types of plans and the range of allegations they promote, the Israeli occupation seeks to mislead the international community by distorting facts and concealing its actions aimed at imposing realities on the ground.
The primary objective, said Shaban, is to undermine the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state, fragment the Palestinian geography, and isolate the Palestinian villages, towns, and cities, rendering them inhabitable.
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