West Bank & Jerusalem
Israel seizes Palestinian land in West Bank village on archaeological grounds
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Israeli forces issued orders Saturday to confiscate Palestinian land in the village of al-Funduk east of Qalqilya in northern occupied West Bank, citing archaeological sites as justification, Shehab Wire reported.
The human rights organization al-Badr said the confiscation affected agricultural areas in the village. The seizure follows a pattern of land appropriation in the region that Israeli authorities frequently justify through claimed historical or archaeological significance.
