WEST BANK: Workers, under the protection of Israeli forces, have begun clearing and leveling land in the village of Faqqu’a, northeast of Jenin, to prepare the site for a new settlement outpost, Palestinian officials said. Barakat Al-Amri, head of the village council, said the work followed the construction of a military access road linking the site to the main road between Faqqu’a and the neighboring village of Arabuna, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.