Published: 17 September 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
AN ILLEGAL ISRAELI OUTPOST was set up on land belonging to KKL-JNF Jewish National Fund just days after authorities demolished a Palestinian family’s home and restaurant that had stood there for nearly 15 years, a defence official confirmed on Thursday.
A group of Israeli settlers arrived at the site near Bethlehem less than a week after the August 26 demolition and began working the land, a defence official told The Times of Israel, confirming an earlier report in the Haaretz daily. A number of temporary structures and construction vehicles were moved onto the now-gated-off site.
The Civil Administration, a Defence Ministry body that authorizes West Bank construction, acknowledged that the structures had been illegally erected without the necessary permits and said that they would be cleared “in accordance with [its] priorities.”
FULL STORY Israeli outpost goes up on JNF land where Palestinian buildings were razed (Times of Israel)
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Photo: Israeli security forces demolish a building near Beit Jala in the West Bank, August 26 (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
