RAMALLAH, November 22, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities have seized a total of 1,042 dunums of Palestinian land in the northern Jordan Valley through nine seizure orders for military purposes targeting the towns of Tammoun, Tayasir, Tallouza, and the city of Tubas.
The Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority revealed that the orders aim to construct a horizontal road extending from the village of Ein Shibli in the south to the village of Al-Aqaba in the north, with a total length of 22 kilometres.
Moayyad Shaaban, head of the authority, explained that although the nine orders appear separate in numbering and location, when their boundaries are combined on a map, they form a single project for a wide road passing through large agricultural and residential areas.
The road also encircles the Khirbet Yarza, a hamlet east of Tubas, preventing residents from accessing grazing lands on the eastern plains, which span tens of thousands of dunams.
Shaaban added that while the orders are officially for a “security road,” a term usually applied to bypass roads for the Israeli army, the project appears to be strategic, creating a new movement axis linking the northern Jordan Valley to the occupied interior.
He said it aims to strengthen Israeli control over Palestinian agricultural lands between Tubas, Tammoun, and Tayasir, undermining any geographical continuity for Palestinian communities.
He noted that although military seizure orders are officially temporary, experience shows that 90 percent of such military roads are later converted for settler use or as separation routes between Palestinian communities.
Shaaban also pointed out that the road is located in an area experiencing increased settler activity and attacks over the past two years, suggesting that the project serves the Israeli occupation’s aim of consolidating de facto annexation of the Jordan Valley and reinforcing Israeli sovereignty through connected infrastructure.
On the political and legal implications, he said issuing nine separate orders instead of a single order is a deliberate attempt to obscure the project’s true scale and reduce political and media backlash, noting that while each order seems limited, combined they reveal a major project difficult to pass in a single move without attracting international attention.
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