RAMALLAH, May 29, 2026 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission revealed on Thursday that Israeli occupation authorities had approved a massive colonial master plan for the expansion of the colony of Massua, built on Palestinian land in the al-Far'a Valley area of the Jericho Governorate.
According to the commission, the plan, numbered “יוש/1/6/312,” includes the construction of 517 new colonial housing units over an area estimated at 1,692 dunums, significantly expanding the colony’s infrastructure at the expense of Palestinian land in the area. The plan was first submitted to planning committees on November 25, 2025.
The commission explained that the project extends beyond residential construction and includes public institutions, service areas, infrastructure networks, roads, open spaces, and operational facilities, reflecting a clear Israeli strategy to transform the colony into an integrated colonial bloc capable of further future expansion.
It stressed that the project forms part of a systematic Israeli policy aimed at consolidating control over the Jordan Valley and isolating it demographically and geographically through colonial expansion, land seizure, and restrictions on natural Palestinian development.
The commission warned that colonial infrastructure and road projects are among the most dangerous tools used to impose gradual annexation and create new realities on the ground.
It also warned of the escalating colonial expansion in the Jordan Valley amid accelerating de facto annexation measures carried out by the Israeli government through the approval of structural plans, expansion of colonies, and linking them through roads and services, undermining Palestinian development and threatening the territorial unity of the Palestinian land.
The commission called on the international community to assume its legal and political responsibilities toward ongoing Israeli violations and take serious action to halt colonial expansion, which it said constitutes a blatant violation of international law and international legitimacy resolutions.
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