JERUSALEM, Wednesday, November 28, 2018 (WAFA) - The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem objected on Wednesday Israeli appropriation of church land in the northern Jordan Valley.
It said in a statement that it received on Tuesday a copy of the appropriation of several dunums of land belonging to the Patriarchate in the northern Jordan Valley.
“The Patriarchate is looking into the aspects of this decision in order to address it in the appropriate manner, have it contested and to stop further damage” it said.
The Islamic Christian Council said in a statement that the Israeli military authorities seized 267 dunums (one dunum = 1000 square meters) of church land in the villages of Bardala and Tayasir in the Toubas governorate and the northern Jordan Valley.
It said Israel claimed the appropriation of the land was for military purposes in order to turn it into an army camp, which it said was a “blatant violation of humanitarian law.”
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