Nahalin: Israeli occupation authorities seized hundreds of dunums of agricultural land today in the town of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem, according to a local official. Nahalin: Israeli occupation authorities seized hundreds of dunums of agricultural land today in the town of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem, according to a local official.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, Hassan Brijieh, Director of the International Law Department at the Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission, stated that Israeli forces will seize part of Basin No. 4, west of the town, covering about 300 dunums. He noted that the seizure order was issued on August 15, but the landowners were never notified.
Brijieh added that under this order, Israeli forces will change the land's use from agricultural to residential, paving the way for the construction of housing units and colonial roads. The order gives landowners 60 days to object, of which 50 days have already passed.
He further pointed out that the seizure aims to tighten control over the town of Nahalin and expand the boundaries of the 'Jabrot' colony and the 'Gush Etzion' colonial bloc, as part of targeting the western countryside of Bethlehem. Brijieh warned that this signals further land seizures in Basin No. 4 of Nahalin.
