New move by Israel in East Jerusalem

It has been reported that Israeli authorities have decided to seize 140 dunams of land belonging to Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem. According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA,the Israeli governmenthas decided to seize land located inthe town of Anata,north of East Jerusalem.notified that it would seize more Palestinian land.

140 DUNAM PLOTWHY IS IT BEING TAKEN?

It was stated that the 140 dunam plot of land to be confiscated by Israel will be used for the construction of a parking lotand the expansion of roads leading to the illegal "Ma'ale Adumim" settlement. This settlement was established on land usurped from Palestinians.and aims to expand it.

Palestinian officials state that this move by Israeli authorities ispart of the "E1 Project," which aims to divide and annex the West Bank.With this project, the expansion of illegalsettlements in East Jerusalem and the confiscation of land that is private property belonging to Palestiniansis targeted. is anticipated.

The "E1 Project" was historically initiated to connect the "Ma'ale Adumim" settlement, established near the Palestinian neighborhood of Al-Eizariya, which is part of East Jerusalem and located on the West Bank side of the Separation Wall, to West Jerusalem. Within the scope of this project, 12 thousand dunams of Palestinian landwere seized in 1999, andthisprocessIt was planned to build more than 4,000 illegalresidential units and hotels in the area.

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