Hamas official Abdel Rahman Shadid warned against an accelerating pace of land and property confisca
· Nablus, Palestine
Hamas official Abdel Rahman Shadid warned against an accelerating pace of land and property confiscation in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli authorities issued four new military orders targeting land in the Qalqilya, Nablus, Tubas and northern Jordan Valley governorates. He said the targeting of some 165 dunams in the northern West Bank falls within plans for annexation, Judaization and settlement expansion. He called for escalating confrontation, refusing to accept these decisions and defending land and holy sites "with all our strength." Shadid said the Israeli plans aim to target the P