Legislation to Allow Settlers to Take Over West Bank Land.JERUSALEM, February 20, 2012 (WAFA WAFA Wilderness Advanced First Aid (Wilderness Medical Associates course)WAFA World Association of Flower Arrangers WAFA Western Australian Forest Alliance WAFA Washington Area Finance Association ) -- The Israeli Civil Administration in the West Bank, which is part of the military government, is promoting legislation that would allow Jewish settlers to open new dirt roads in the West Bank without official approval under the pretext of protecting so-called state land, the Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Monday. It said that if the legislation is approved, it would substantially expand settlers' ability to take control of more land in the West Bank and will give them access to considerable state land that surrounds settlements, thus effectively keeping Palestinians off that land. Haaretz had published a report on Sunday revealing that settlers took over hundreds of dunums of Palestinian-owned land in area B, classified in the Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles (DOP at administered by the Palestinian Authority Palestinian Authority (PA) or Palestinian National Authority, interim self-government body responsible for areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip under Palestinian control. but remains under Israeli military control, which is a violation of the Oslo agreements. The newspaper said settlers built roads on private Palestinian land and took over property in area B while the owners were banned from reaching their land under security pretexts. R.Q./M.S. 2012 Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA). All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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