Ramallah, July 3, 2024: The CWRC revealed that the occupation authorities had seized a total of 12,715 dunums of citizens’ lands in the village of Aqraba, southeast of Nablus, under the pretext of state lands.
The lands targeted by the military order are located in Basin No. 13, a natural area of the site. Al-Qurain Mountain and Basin 14 are natural areas of Al-Qurain Mountain, Al-Mastra Mountain, and the site of Talaat Umrah from the lands of the village of Aqraba.
The Israeli occupation authorities aim, through this type of declaration, to transform citizens’ lands into the settlement project in the Palestinian Territory and to prohibit citizens from entering these lands under the pretext that they have become state lands. It is part of a large plan aimed at controlling the eastern slopes of the West Bank, specifically those adjacent to the Jordan Valley and the Levant. The Jordan Valley by controlling vast areas in this region.
Since the beginning of the year 2024, the occupation authorities have issued four declarations requiring the conversion of citizens’ lands into state lands that citizens are prohibited from accessing and thus cultivating, using and reclaiming.
The area of lands declared state lands, including this declaration, reached a total of 24 thousand dunums since the beginning of this year until this moment, while The total number of lands confiscated under different names from the beginning of the year until this moment has reached a total of 39 thousand dunums. The CWRC called on citizens who own lands targeted by the military order to go to its offices in order to complete legal files as quickly as possible in order to nullify the occupation order.