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Israel confiscates 321 dunums of Palestinian land west of Ramallah

December 10, 2014 at 1:09 pm

The Israeli army has issued an order to confiscate 321 dunums of the Palestinian land west of the city of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

The order prevents Palestinians from using road number 443 which connects the western region with the city of Ramallah.

According to the order, Israel will seize 321 dunums from the villages of Beit Ur Al-Fauqa, Ein Arik, and the town of Beitunia.

The head of the Beit Ur Al-Fauqa village council, Rami Alawi pointed said: “The army’s claim that the order was issued for security reasons is completely untrue. The order will steal Palestinian land planted with tens of thousands of olive trees.”

He said the decision is vague and ambiguous, and would lead to completing the chain of illegal colonies surrounding the village along with the military base in the area and prohibits village residents from using road 443 or even approaching it.

Highway 443 connects Tel Aviv with Jerusalem. The street has led to the confiscation of thousands of acres of Palestinian lands in the villages west of Ramallah.

Israel prevented the Palestinians from using the road after the Second Intifada and established an alternative road in defiance of the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision which allowed Palestinians to use the road.