Israel/Palestine

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts) Wed Feb 11, 2015, 11:05 AM Feb 2015

Israel earmarks vast area of Hebron land for annexation

2/11/2015

HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israel has earmarked around 2,000 dunams (500 acres) of private Palestinian land for annexation in the Hebron district, local activists say.

Muhammad al-Halayqa, an activist in the village of al-Shuyukh northeast of Hebron, told Ma'an that Israel's Civil Administration has posted warning notices on the land slated for confiscation.

The land belongs to the al-Halayqa, Rasna, and al-Hasasna families.

The Mayor of al-Shuyukh, Sharif al-Halayqa, says Israeli forces have prevented locals from accessing their land, adding that the areas slated for confiscation are likely going to be used for settlement building.

http://www.maannews.com/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=759381

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Israel earmarks vast area of Hebron land for annexation (Original Post) Jefferson23 Feb 2015 OP

This is pure state-sponsored theft. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2015 #1

500 Acres! That's almost a square mile! The vastness chokes me! PCIntern Feb 2015 #2

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)

1. This is pure state-sponsored theft.

Reply to Jefferson23 (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 01:35 PM

Feb 2015

Is this what Zionism is all about?!

If it is then I am 100% against it.

Stop Israeli land theft. Stop Israeli apartheid!

PCIntern

(25,589 posts)

2. 500 Acres! That's almost a square mile! The vastness chokes me!

Reply to Jefferson23 (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 07:19 PM

Feb 2015

But you're right actually: it is vast when you compare it to the tiny sliver of land that is Israel, a country so small that it cannot be identified on a map easily because it is the only country in the region the map of which will not hold all the letters even in a tiny but readable type face. Now it's also true that if you had said 'vast' in Saudi Arabia which is laden with oil BTW, and had referred to less than one square mile, well you'd have been laughed off the board.

VAST!

That's pretty funny...I needed a laugh before my dinner.

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