Ramallah: The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission has unveiled a strategic plan to transform several large colonial outposts around the Eli colony, situated on lands from the villages of al-Sawiya, al-Lubban, and Qaryut, into extensive neighborhoods linked to the colony.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, the commission's head, Minister Mu'ayyad Shaaban, confirmed that the occupying state has recently approved multiple master plans to facilitate extensive expansions in the Eli colony. This move aligns with a broader strategy to segregate the central West Bank from its northern segment through a colonial bloc stretching between the Shilo and Eli settlements and the surrounding outposts, spanning the area between the Ramallah and Nablus governorates.
Shaaban highlighted that a master plan for the settlement, numbered (Yush/7/237), was submitted last July by the occupying state. It aims to construct 50 new settlement units over an area of 8.6 dunams. Additionally, two significant plans were approved recently. The first, numbered (Yush/5/237), covers 638 dunams and aims to establish 650 new settlement units to formalize a substantial settlement outpost east of Eli.
In July, Israeli planning authorities reviewed 39 master plans, including 34 for West Bank settlements and 5 for settlements within Jerusalem's municipal boundaries. Out of these, 22 plans were approved, and 12 were deposited, resulting in the approval of 4,492 settlement units, with 1,095 units pending over 5,268 dunums of Palestinian land. In occupied Jerusalem, the municipality approved one plan and deposited four others, totaling 260 pending units on 46 dunums, without approving any new units.
Shaaban stressed that the occupying state's actions continue to impose realities on Palestinian soil, fragmenting the territory and creating isolated enclaves that undermine the prospects of a future Palestinian state. He condemned these actions as serious violations of Palestinian rights and international community resolutions, including UN resolutions and established legal positions.
