Israeli authorities on Saturday delivered notices to the Palestinian
village of Jalud in the northern occupied West Bank, alerting residents
that 1,250 acres of private land were to be confiscated in a retroactive
legalization of illegal settlement outposts.
Israeli forces talk with Jewish settlers from
the Esh Kodesh outpost as they stage a sit-in to prevent Palestinians
from working in their fields, Jan. 2, 2013. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh, File)
the Esh Kodesh outpost as they stage a sit-in to prevent Palestinians
from working in their fields, Jan. 2, 2013. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh, File)