Israel Prepares Illegal Settlement Expansions in Four Locations

The West Bank settlement of Kedumim, 2013. (photo: Tali Mayer/Haaretz)

By Chaim Levinson, Haaretz

09 February 15

 
n the instructions of the Netanyahu government, the Civil Administration last year prepared major expansions of the settlements of Kedumim, Vered Yericho, Neveh Tzuf and Emanuel.

Some 3,740 dunams in the areas of the settlements were marked as state lands. More than 99 percent of state lands are allocated to settlements.

Preparations for submitting construction plans were carried out on 18 projects encompassing 12,840 dunams. This marked a significant decline from 2013 when preparations were made on 26,548 dunams. An examination of the work done in these areas demonstrates the government’s intentions to expand settlements. READ MORE