Israeli authorities issued a military order to temporarily seize 5,283 square meters (5.28 dunams) of land in the town of Jaba, north of occupied East Jerusalem, in an attempt to impose new facts on the ground, the Jerusalem Governorate said on Tuesday, Anadolu reports.
In a statement, the governorate said the order covers a 725-meter-long plot in the areas of Al-Muntar, Ras al-Marj and Shaab al-Ghuzoul in Jaba, and will remain in effect until Dec. 31, 2028.
It said the Israeli order was part of a plan to build a settlement road extending from Route 60 near the Jaba checkpoint to the separation wall near the illegal Neve Yaakov settlement.
“Israeli seizure orders are used to impose new facts on the ground by taking control of Palestinian land and expanding road networks linked to settlements,” the governorate said.
“The settlement road projects are tied to de facto annexation plans and efforts to connect illegal settlements with occupied Jerusalem at the expense of Palestinian land,” it added.
