Jewish settlers today set up a new outpost in the village of Birin, south of the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), which is usually a prelude to building a new illegal settlement, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Jewish #Settlers Storm #Palestinian Village near #Bethlehem https://t.co/OzstqSSvnl via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/oLJ7rPYYa7
— @palestinechron (@PalestineChron) August 21, 2020
Rateb Jabour, from the Wall and Settlements Resistance Committee, told WAFA that Jewish settlers set up a caravan on lands belonging to a local resident with the intention to seize hundreds of dunums of lands in that area despite being owned by Palestinians who have legal deeds proving ownership of the land.
#Israeli Bulldozers Demolish Residential Building in #Jerusalem (VIDEO) https://t.co/9QSMTSmaRH via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/Sg7KWrOjXJ
— @palestinechron (@PalestineChron) August 18, 2020
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
(Palestine Chronicle, WAFA, Social Media)
