10 April 2013 - 09:35
Extremist Jewish settlers seize Palestinian land in al-Khalil

A group of Jewish settlers seized by force Palestinian agricultural land in Tel Armidah area in the city of al-Khalil south of the West Bank.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A group of Jewish settlers seized by force Palestinian agricultural land in Tel Armidah area in the city of al-Khalil south of the West Bank.

The settlers seized an agricultural land owned by Abu Haikel family and began to farm it after linking it to a water network in a neighboring settlement, the Rehabilitation Committee in al-Khalil said on Tuesday.

Abu Haikel family pointed out that their land, about five dunums, has been subjected to several previous settlers' attacks during the past ten years.

The family called on local and international human rights organizations to back Tel Armidah's residents who are constantly exposed to the Jewish settlers' attacks that aim to deport them and confiscate their lands.

In the same context, Israeli bulldozers demolished on Tuesday water wells in Khirbet Alderat, east of the town of Yatta southern al-Khalil, under the pretext of being established without permit, the coordinator of Committee Against Settlement revealed.

The committee's coordinator added that the Israeli occupation forces had served demolition notices to more than 60 facilities in the region.

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