TULKAREM, February 25, 2014 (WAFA) – Tulkarem Municipality issued a press release Tuesday objecting a decision by the so-called Israeli Civil Authority to double the current area of Gashori factory through seizing Palestinian lands to the west of Tulkarem.

Tulkarem Municipality issued a press release stating that seizing Palestinian lands by the so-called Israeli Civil Authority is meant to set up new Israeli factories and, thereby, expand the Israeli industrial zone known as ‘Gashori’ to shelter the activities of those harming and polluting the environment.

The Municipality stated that it has informed relevant Palestinian authorities about the issue and noted that some Israeli human rights and environment organizations objected the master plan. 

The municipality had put forward Monday an objection to the master plan drawn up by the so-called Israeli Civil Administration to expand Gashori through Planners for Planning Rights Organization (Bimkom).

The objection had been submitted in a session held by the so-called Israeli Civil Administration in the Israeli settlement of Beit El. It was demonstrated that most of the Palestinian land to be seized according to the master plan lies within the boundaries of Tulkarem master plan.

The so-called Israel Civil Administration had announced Gashori expansion master plan in Haʻaretz on September 11, 2013.

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