Palestinians Lay Claim to Most of Land Israel Staked Out for Amona Settlers

[Little Tich]

Source: Haaretz, Sep 08

In documents filed with Israeli authorities, Palestinians say two thirds of West Bank land in question privately owned.

Palestinians from Israel and the West Bank on Thursday submitted their objections to the Civil Administration's plan to move the illegal outpost Amona to so-called "absentees' property" nearby.

The Palestinians, residents of Taibe, near Kfar Sava, and the West Bank towns of Ein Yabrud and Silwad, claim to own some two thirds of 35 plots the administration has allocated for Amona's new location.

In 2014 the High Court of Justice ruled that Amona was built illegally on private Palestinian lands and must be evicted within two years.

Last month the administration published a map in the Palestinian media of 35 plots close to the Amona's current location and asked the Palestinians who claim to own the land to prove it. Administration officials believe the plots are owned by Palestinians who left the West Bank in 1967.

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[mwrguy]

1. Israel cares deeply about who legit owns the land

Oh wait, they don't, our they wouldn't be there in the first place.

[Israeli]

2. A little background for those of us that are ....

.......unfamiliar with the illegal outpost of Amona :

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1134131147

[Israeli]

3. Even pro-settlement Israeli parties give up fighting for Amona settlers

Summary :

Politicians on the Israeli right appear to see the writing on the Supreme Court wall and have abandoned the battle over dismantling the West Bank outpost of Amona.

Author Mazal Mualem

Posted :September 15, 2016

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/09/amona-outpost-settlements-netanyahu-yair-lapid-coalition.html#ixzz4KPBC4FsJ