Friday, June 26, 2009

Israel’s Land Registration Office in Ma’ale Adumim settlement recently placed 12 notices in al-Quds newspaper announcing the registration of a total of 138,500 d. (2% of West Bank land) nr. the Dead Sea as “state land,” ordering Palestinians to place ownership claims within 45 days or consider the land forfeited. In the West Bank, 50 Jewish settlers fr. a settlement nr. Tulkarm seize a plot of Palestinian land nr. Kafr Labad, erect a tent to establish a new outpost, drive off Palestinian farmers who own the land. For a 2d day, no Israeli-Palestinian violence is reported. (HA, OCHA, PCHR 7/2; OCHA Humanitarian Monitor 7/09)