Translated by Tamara Barakat

The website explained that the confiscation was decreed by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Minister of Defense, Moshe Ya’alon. The confiscated lands will soon be declared as state land, and they are currently undergoing the last stage of technical measures needed to turn them into state land. These lands are located in Area “C,” to the north of the “Almog” settlement.

Moreover, the website added that Israel confiscated in August 2014, after the kidnapping and killing of three settlers, 3800 dunums of land in the south of Bethlehem and declared them as state land. These lands are located near the “Gush Etzion” cluster of settlements.

Sources from the office known as the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said, “Based on the Israeli political decision and the examination by experts and competent persons, the decision was made regarding these lands, and they are currently undergoing the last technical measures to turn them into state land.”

(agencies)