JERUSALEM, September 20, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities on Saturday issued new land seizure orders targeting 140 dunums of privately-owned Palestinian land in the town of Anata, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, in favor of the Israeli municipality.

Local sources reported that the orders were delivered to landowners in Anata, indicating that the confiscated land will be used for the construction of a parking lot and the expansion of roads leading to the illegal Ma'ale Adumim settlement.

The targeted area stretches from the Shu’fat refugee camp checkpoint, past Ma’ale Adumim, and extends to the military base east of Anata. The land is privately owned by Palestinian residents.

The move is part of Israel’s ongoing efforts to implement the so-called E1 settlement project, which aims to connect Ma’ale Adumim with occupied Jerusalem and effectively cut off the northern West Bank from the south, undermining the territorial contiguity of a future Palestinian state.

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