Thursday, January 19, 2012

Israeli Authorities Seize Land near Bethlehem

Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA 

BETHLEHEM, January 19, 2012 (WAFA) – The Israeli authorities Thursday seized 76 dunums of land from al-Khas village, east of Bethlehem, to be allocated for the West Jerusalem municipality under the pretext that this land is considered absentee property, according to local sources.

Head of al-Khas village council Khader Hamdan told WAFA that the land in question belongs to village residents who were not allowed to access their land since 2007 due to the construction of the Apartheid Wall.

He noted that the landowners handed the case to the Wall and Settlements Ministry in the Palestinian Authority to follow up on it and to appeal against this decision.

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