Israeli settlers have illegally annexed 130 square kilometers of land in Qaryout, a village south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Ma'an news agency reported Mustafa Barghouthi as saying on Saturday.
The Palestinian lawmaker further added that construction material has been brought in to start building some 3,000 new units throughout the settlement bloc.
Well, Qaryout (or Karyut or whatever transliterated spelling) is just next to Shiloh but closer to Eli. That sounds, well, an "Abu-Ali" story, as we say in these parts of the Middle East. So, let's check that.
Ma'an has it different, at least in numbers:-
Palestinian National Initiative Mustafa Barghouthi said Saturday...Israeli settlers illegally annexed 130 dunums of land in Qaryout, a village south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and that construction material has been brought in to commence building works.
The PNI leader said there was a plan underway to construct 3,000 new housing units throughout the settlement bloc, adding that 603 homes were built during Israel's 10-month moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank, due to expire on 26 September.
I called up a friend in Eli who doesn't know anything.
Wait for an update.
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UPDATE
Message from Avi Roeh, Chairman, Benjamin Regional Council Head:
The council is not involved and he knows nothing of what, if anything, is going on.
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3 comments:
Hello Mr Medad,
Could you maybe one day right a post on the legal status of Israeli settlements under Israeli law at least. I assume for instance that most if not all Israeli settlements are built on previously unoccupied state land or land confiscated for military necessity? I guess too that some settlements are built on land privately purchased from Arabs before that became too unhealthy for vendors? Are there any cases where Jews simply kicked out Arabs and - to borrow a phrase "stole their land"?
My site, since 2004, has many writings (check your spelling) on the subject. You are free to search. As for stealing, the courts take care of that.
Thank you. Any particular posts you can recommend on countering the "land grab" allegations? Or even search terms I could try...
Sorry for my spelling, I was using my Goldstar spellchecker...
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