QALQILYA, February 13, 2018 (WAFA) – The Israeli military authority informed Palestinian landowners in the town of Azzon, to the east of  Qalqilya in the north of the West Bank, of its intention to confiscate 52 dunums of their  land located near the illegal settlement of  Alfei Menashe, the landowners said on Tuesday.

They told WAFA that the confiscation orders said it was intended to modify the zoning map for the settlement, which includes seizing agricultural Palestinian land that will be used to build new houses for the settlers.

Hasan Shbeita, who monitors settlement activities in Azzon, said that the municipality contacted Palestinian officials to inform them of this new Israeli decision in order follow it up at the legal level.

The farmers possess land deeds that prove their ownership of the targeted land, he said.

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