{"id":16108,"date":"2014-09-01T02:56:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T02:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/israel-annexes-400-hectares-of-west-bank-land\/"},"modified":"2014-09-01T02:56:15","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T02:56:15","slug":"israel-annexes-400-hectares-of-west-bank-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/israel-annexes-400-hectares-of-west-bank-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Annexes 400 Hectares of West Bank Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States has urged Israel to reverse its decision to seize nearly 400 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank, a move anti-settlement activists termed the largest land grab in 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Israel announced the massive land appropriation on Sunday in the Etzion settlement bloc near Bethlehem just days after Gaza ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>A Palestinian official said the latest land grab by Israel would cause only more friction after the Gaza war that left more than 2,000 Palestinians dead and over 10,000 injured.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, called on Israel to cancel the appropriation. &#8220;This decision will lead to more instability. This will only inflame the situation after the war in Gaza,&#8221; presidential spokesman Abu Rdainah said.<\/p>\n<p>A US State Department official called the announcement as &#8220;counterproductive to Israel&#8217;s stated goal of a negotiated two-state solution with the Palestinians&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We urge the government of Israel to reverse this decision,&#8221; the official said in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Peace Now group, which opposes Israeli settlement activities in the West Bank, territory the Palestinians seek for a state, said the appropriation was meant to turn a site where 10 families now live adjacent to a Jewish seminary into a permanent settlement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-6816 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/west-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>wirestory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States has urged Israel to reverse its decision to seize nearly 400 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank, a move anti-settlement activists termed the largest land grab in 30 years. Israel announced the massive land appropriation on Sunday in the Etzion settlement bloc near Bethlehem just days after Gaza ceasefire. 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