PNN/ Bethlehem/
Israeli settlers on Saturday evening, and under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces, closed off the “Gush Etzion” junction, south of Bethlehem, as part of the aggression they have carried out for several weeks now.
Local sources in the town reported that settlers gathered at the Gush Etzion Junction, waving Israeli flags, and blocking it in front of the movement of citizens’ vehicles to and from the Hebron governorate.
In a related context, clashes erupted with the occupation forces in the town of Beit Fajar, south of Bethlehem.
Media spokesman, Hamad Taqatqa reported that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the town and rained down on citizens’ homes with tear gas canisters.
PNN/ Bethlehem/
The Israeli occupation authorities approved on Sunday settlement plans to seize tens of dunums of Bethlehem Governorate lands.
The Director of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission office in Bethlehem, Hassan Brijieh, told the official agency that the occupation approved settlement decisions that represented the seizure of lands in Basin (8) from the Shifa site, Wadi al-Hindi in the town of Al-Khader in the south, and Basin No. Al-Talaa in the village of Artas, and Basin (4) from the site of Waer Abu Mehr and Al-Aqban, and Basin (5) from the Al-Murooj site in the village of Al-Tamrah, to the east.