CMEP Bulletin: Angry about Military Aid, Israel Seizes Land

CMEP Bulletin: Angry about Military Aid, Israel Seizes Land

Israel Seizes Large Tracts of Land in Occupied West Bank: Army Radio [Reuters]
Israel has appropriated large tracts of land in the occupied West Bank near the Dead Sea and the Palestinian city of Jericho, Israeli Army Radio said on Tuesday.

UN Chief Urges Israel to Reverse West Bank Land Appropriation [Times of Israel]
Settlement watchdog Peace Now says the move is the largest of its kind since 2014, could increase tensions with Palestinians.

Group: Israel Reinstating Pre-Oslo Policy of Vast Land Confiscations [Ma’an]
Israel has reinstated a policy of confiscating vast swathes of Palestinian land for settlement expansion in a trend not seen since the pre-Oslo period in the 1980s, Peace Now reported Tuesday.

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