[News] Israel settlers aim to terrorise Palestinians out of their land, research finds

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Israel
settlers aim to terrorise Palestinians out of their land, research finds
December 30, 2021
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"We have no more land left for confiscation. The [Israeli] settlers have
turned into an entity organised to terrorise and deport Palestinians," the
head of Palestine's Land Research Centre (LRC) has said.

In an interview with *Quds Press*, Jamal Al-Amleh explained that extremist
settlers compete to rule Israel, which in turn has unleashed the most
spiteful of them to tear up more Palestinian land, demolish more homes and
kill more Palestinians. According to the LRC, settlers "carry out
systematic attacks against Palestinians to Terrorize them out of their
lands."

"Not only did Israel allocate a budget of 3 million dollars to give
Jerusalem a more Jewish- Israeli image, but it recruited rabbis to give
religious instructions that encourages killing Palestinians and stealing
their properties, and claim that this is a way to get closer to the god,"
the organisation said in a publication posted
<https://www.lrcj.org/publication-8-2770.html>on its website.

Palestinians have to face Israeli Illegal colonists who steal the land and
loot the crop, and attack them even during their sleep.

According to data from the Land Research Centre, Israel has demolished
about 950 homes and facilities, confiscated about 24,750 dunums (6,116
acres) of land, and cut down and damaged about 17,740 trees in 2021.

Moreover, data shows that as many as 55 existing settlements were expanded,
about 15 new illegal outposts were erected this year, 102 plans for
settlement expansion were approved, about 25 new colonial roads were
established, and factories were opened to Judaize the land.

"These figures mean the paralysis of Palestinians' movement, the severing
of areas of communication, and the prevention of geographical development,"
Al-Amleh said, pointed out that out of 240 Palestinian villages in Area C
off the occupied West Bank, only 27 have obtained building permits while
settlers are free to expand and confiscate more land.

"During the past five years, several [Palestinian] local councils and
municipalities have submitted licensing applications for more than 2,550
buildings or structures, of which Israel approved only 24 – less than one
per cent. On the other hand, the [Israeli] occupation issued thousands of
licences for Jewish settlers," he added.

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<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211230-the-un-war-crimes-probe-is-still-tarnished-by-decades-of-colonial-support-for-israel/>*

Al-Amleh explained that the Israeli actions indicate that this is organised
work and confirms that the two-state solution option is now impossible on
the ground.

The United Nations recently announced that since the Security Council
adopted Resolution 2334 <https://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sc12657.doc.htm>
on 23 December 2016, which designated Israeli settlements as a "flagrant
violation of international law", the number of settlers in the West Bank,
including East Jerusalem, has increased 12 per cent
<https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/five-years-after-unsc-resolution-2334-international>
.

Michael Lynk, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in
the occupied Palestinian territory, said in a statement that in 2016, there
were an estimated 400,000 settlers in the West Bank, and 218,000 in East
Jerusalem, and after five years the figures have increased to 475,000
settlers in the West Bank and 230,000 in East Jerusalem.
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