Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08JERUSALEM337
2008-02-25 15:16:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Consulate Jerusalem
Cable title:
ADDITIONAL LAND EXPROPRIATION IN THE WEST BANK
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JERUSALEM 000337
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE. NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/PASCUAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2018
TAGS: KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL LAND EXPROPRIATION IN THE WEST BANK
REF: JERUSALEM 300
Classified By: Consul General Jake Walles, per reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L JERUSALEM 000337
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE. NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/PASCUAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2018
TAGS: KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL LAND EXPROPRIATION IN THE WEST BANK
REF: JERUSALEM 300
Classified By: Consul General Jake Walles, per reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) On February 23, the IDF issued military orders to
expropriate 766 dunams (191.5 acres) of land from
Palestinians in al-Ramadin and al-Dhahiriya villages in the
southern West Bank. According to the IDF orders, the
expropriation is for the purpose of "border adjustment." Abd
al-Hadi Hantash, Coordinator of Hebron's Land Defense
Committee, told ConGen Political Specialist February 25 that
the expropriated land will be used to complete a
nine-kilometer stretch of the separation barrier near
Eshkolot settlement. (Note: Eshkolot settlement (population:
225) is 1.8 kilometers east of the Green Line. End Note).
Hantash said construction of the 100-meter wide barrier will
in fact require expropriating closer to 900 dunums (225
acres) of land and will cut off Palestinians from 2,400
dunums (600 acres) of olive groves and wheat fields west of
the barrier.
2. (C) According to Hantash, two of the nine kilometers of
barrier are currently under construction. When the
nine-kilometer stretch is complete, the separation barrier
will run unbroken for roughly 70 kilometers from Gush Etzion
settlement near Jerusalem to Bet Yatir settlement in the
southern West Bank. Hantash said at least eight families
received expropriation orders, including the large Zamil clan
whose confiscation order was for 500 dunums. He added that
the Israeli Civil Administration will take the families on a
"tour" of the expropriated land, after which Palestinian
landowners have seven days to appeal the order.
3. (C) Comment: As in the case of Issawiya and 'Anata (Ref
A),this step appears to contradict public and private
assurances by the GoI that there would be no further
expropriation of land in the West Bank. End Comment.
WALLES
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE. NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/PASCUAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2018
TAGS: KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL LAND EXPROPRIATION IN THE WEST BANK
REF: JERUSALEM 300
Classified By: Consul General Jake Walles, per reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) On February 23, the IDF issued military orders to
expropriate 766 dunams (191.5 acres) of land from
Palestinians in al-Ramadin and al-Dhahiriya villages in the
southern West Bank. According to the IDF orders, the
expropriation is for the purpose of "border adjustment." Abd
al-Hadi Hantash, Coordinator of Hebron's Land Defense
Committee, told ConGen Political Specialist February 25 that
the expropriated land will be used to complete a
nine-kilometer stretch of the separation barrier near
Eshkolot settlement. (Note: Eshkolot settlement (population:
225) is 1.8 kilometers east of the Green Line. End Note).
Hantash said construction of the 100-meter wide barrier will
in fact require expropriating closer to 900 dunums (225
acres) of land and will cut off Palestinians from 2,400
dunums (600 acres) of olive groves and wheat fields west of
the barrier.
2. (C) According to Hantash, two of the nine kilometers of
barrier are currently under construction. When the
nine-kilometer stretch is complete, the separation barrier
will run unbroken for roughly 70 kilometers from Gush Etzion
settlement near Jerusalem to Bet Yatir settlement in the
southern West Bank. Hantash said at least eight families
received expropriation orders, including the large Zamil clan
whose confiscation order was for 500 dunums. He added that
the Israeli Civil Administration will take the families on a
"tour" of the expropriated land, after which Palestinian
landowners have seven days to appeal the order.
3. (C) Comment: As in the case of Issawiya and 'Anata (Ref
A),this step appears to contradict public and private
assurances by the GoI that there would be no further
expropriation of land in the West Bank. End Comment.
WALLES