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Israel Says It Will Steal More Palestinian Land In The West Bank

Israel have confirmed plans to steal more land that currently belongs to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.  The Israeli regime have said they will seize a large tract of fertile land in order to expand its illegal settlement construction along the West Bank. Presstv.com reports: The decision had already been taken to capture the territory and “the lands are in the final stages of being declared” Israeli lands, Reuters quoted a unit in the Israeli Ministry for Military Affairs, which coordinates Tel Aviv’s activities in the occupied territories, as saying. Earlier this week, Israeli media reported that the Tel Aviv regime is to confiscate 380 acres (154 hectares) of agricultural land in the Jordan Valley near the West Bank city of Jericho over the coming weeks. The planned land grab will be the largest since August 2014. Hanan Ashrawi, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), denounced the seizure, saying it breaches the international law. “Israel is stealing land specially in the Jordan Valley under the pretext it wants to annex it,” Ashrawi said, adding, “This should be a reason for a real and effective intervention by the international community to end such a flagrant and grave aggression which kills [...]