"Israel" to Build New 1200 Outposts

Local Editor

"Israel" has announced Tuesday plans to press ahead with the construction of 1,213 outposts on West Bank land.

The so-called "Israel" Land Administration published notices inviting bids from contractors to build on plots in "Ramot" and Pisgat Zeev, urban settlements that "Israel" has declared part of Occupied al-Quds.
The plans call for the building of 607 new selling posts in Pisgat Zeev and 606 in Ramot.
In parallel, the so-called "Israeli" Peace Now revealed that an additional tender for the construction of 72 homes in the West Bank settlement of "Ariel" was reissued on after a previous notice failed to attract winning bidders.
Meanwhile, "Israel" demolished several Palestinians homes and structures and detained at least 13 youths across the West Bank, according to the Palestinian News and Info Agency. "Israeli" bulldozers, escorted by a military force, destroyed two Palestinian houses, a barn and water well in al-Khalil, and handed four other demolition notices to Palestinians in the area.
In parallel, five Palestinians, ages 11, 12, 17 and two 18 year-olds, were arrested in the village of Azzoun, the agency reported, citing Palestinian security officials. Five others, ages 19, 26 and three 18-year-olds, were detained after "Israeli" soldiers raided their homes in Tubas.

Two others, ages 19 and 26, were detained in al-Khalil, and one 18 year-old was arrested from Nablus after having his house raided, the sources added.
Also on Tuesday, settlers uprooted dozens of Palestinian-owned olive trees in al-Khalil, according to the International Middle East Media Center.

Since 1967, 800,000 olive trees have been uprooted by "Israeli" forces, resulting in a loss of around $55 million to the Palestinian economy, according to a report by the Palestinian Authority Ministry of National Economy and the Applied Research Institute of al-Quds.

Source: al-Akhbar, Edited by moqawama.org