In the email sent to Reuters, COGAT, a unit of the Ministry of Defense said the political decision to reclaim the territory has been taken. The West Bank has been in the final stages to be declared as state land.
This deprivation, first reported by Israel Radio. The area covers 154 hectares in the Jordan Valley near Jericho. Israel in the region has had many farms and build settlements.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement on Wednesday (20/1), which condemned the seizure of the region. This is known as the largest confiscation in the West Bank since August 2014. "settlement activity is a violation of international law and contrary to the public statements of the Government of Israel that supports a two-state solution for conflict," Ban said in a statement.
The captured territory is located near the northern end of the Dead Sea. Palestinians condemned the confiscation plan on Wednesday. The United States also opposed the actions accelerate the expansion of the settlement on Wednesday. State Department spokesman Mark Toner condemned the move. "We believe they are fundamentally incompatible with the two-state solution and Israel into question its commitment to the two-state solution," said Toner.
Israeli anti-settlement group, Peace Now, said the region is the largest confiscation in the West Bank two years ago. Recently Israel seized 400 hectares of land in the West Bank in 2014, a move that drew international criticism.
Israel has captured a lot of the Palestinian territories since the Middle East war in 1967. In fact, the Palestinians are planning to establish a state with covering the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
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