Israel plans to seize parts of a major West Bank historic site, according to a government document, and settlers put up a new outpost overnight, even as the country faces pressure to crack down on settler violence in the Palestinian territory.

Israel’s Civil Administration announced its intention to expropriate large swaths of Sebastia, a major archaeological site in the West Bank, in the document obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday. Peace Now, an anti-settlement watchdog group, said the site is around 1,800 dunams (450 acres) — Israel’s largest seizure of archeologically important land.

The move came as Israeli settlers celebrated the creation of a new, unauthorized settlement near Bethlehem, and a Palestinian lawyer said a West Bank activist has been detained and hospitalized.

https://apnews.com/article/west-bank-israel-refugee-camps-hrw-79d231fd15170ef095afdf6090197fc2

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5 comments

  1. >Israel plans to seize parts of a major West Bank historic site, according to a government document, and settlers put up a new outpost overnight, even as the country faces pressure to crack down on settler violence in the Palestinian territory.

    Is fine.. I’m sure that the “normal” Israeli who are totally against the settlements will start protesting any time now.

    Eh, who am I kidding. The Israeli support every action of the government, IOF, and the terrorists in west bank who are abusing, and killing the Palestinians.

    Making the Palestinians suffer is like a sport for them.

  2. Its crazy that we talk about “pressure on Israel” when the pressure is a bunch of mildly condemning letters

    Israel has gotten rewarded with many “sanctions” being dropped for “stopping” while still doing all the horrific stuff nonetheless, just slower

  3. To be clear, the settlement is in no way related to the archeological site.

    Israel alleges that the archeological site, located in area C, has been purposefully neglected, there are no intentions to build any settlements on the land.

  4. Israe won’t stop the illegal behavior until there’s military force used against them by western states. So they’ll commit crimes against humanity forever

  5. “Germany announces plans to seize historical site in Poland”

    “UK announces plans to seize historical site in France”

    “Sweden announces plans to seize historical site in Finland”

    If any of these headlines were true the world would lose its shit, let alone if they acted on these announcements. Insane that Israel has been allowed to do stuff like this so many times it barely makes the news.

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