An Israeli settlement watchdog reports that 2024 marks ‘the peak’ of land seizures, with a total of about 2,370 hectares seized this year
The illegal occupation goes on despite everything – Israel’s Genocide has a dual benefit – murder Palestinians and steal land – Mark
The Israeli government has seized about 2,370 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank this year alone, culminating in the largest land grab in over three decades, according to an Israeli settlement watchdog.
The anti-settlement group Peace Now reported on Wednesday that Israeli authorities have declared 3,138 acres (1,269 hectares) of land in the Jordan Valley as “state land”, paving the way for the construction of hundreds of settlement housing units.
According to the watchdog, the seizure, which was approved last month but only published on Wednesday, is the largest land grab since the 1993 Oslo Accords.
The move follows a series of similar land seizures across the occupied West Bank, with 1,976 acres (800 hectares) seized in the Jordan Valley in March and a further 652 acres (264 hectares) between the settlements of Maale Adumim and Kedar in February.
“2024 marks the peak in the extent of declarations of state land,” Peace Now said in a statement.
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