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<h1 class="title">Israel to seize Palestinian lands for settlement
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<div class="stamp">Sept. 17, 2018 - <font size="-2"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=781102">http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=781102</a></font><br>
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HEBRON (Ma'an) -- The Israeli Civil Administration announced an
expansion plan of the illegal Israeli settlement of Tina Omarim
in the town of Dahriyeh, in the southern occupied West Bank
district of Hebron.<span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br>
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A Palestinian research center, Land Research Center, </span>released
a report on Monday showing that the Israeli Civil Administration
have published a detailed plan that would change the
classification of the Palestinian-owned land from agricultural
into urban, in order to justify expanding the illegal Israeli
settlement.<br>
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The report said that the plan would lead to the seizure of 260
dunums (64 acres) of Palestinian-owned land in the al-Thahriyeh
town.<br>
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<div>The data shows that in the second quarter of 2018, Israel
began the construction of 794 new settlement housing units,
compared to 279 in the first quarter of the year.In the first
half of 2018, the construction of 1,073 housing units was
launched in the settlements, compared to 818 in the second
half of 2017.<br>
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The report added that the plan would include the construction
of around 150 housing units, the establishment of public
institutions, public parks, streets and parking lots.<br>
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<div>Israel's policy of expanding settlements and outposts
has been escalating recently due to the United States
President Donald Trump approving three times more the
amount of settlement units than that which was approved in
the year and half before his inauguration.<br>
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<div>Since the occupation of the West Bank, including East
Jerusalem, in 1967, between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis
have moved into Israeli settlements in occupied
Palestinian territory, in violation of international law.</div>
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The estimated 196 government recognized Israeli
settlements scattered across the Palestinian territory are
all considered illegal under international law.</div>
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