Palestinians Lay Claim to Most of Land Israel Staked Out for Amona Settlers

Source: Haaretz, Sep 08

In documents filed with Israeli authorities, Palestinians say two thirds of West Bank land in question privately owned.

Palestinians from Israel and the West Bank on Thursday submitted their objections to the Civil Administration's plan to move the illegal outpost Amona to so-called "absentees' property" nearby.

The Palestinians, residents of Taibe, near Kfar Sava, and the West Bank towns of Ein Yabrud and Silwad, claim to own some two thirds of 35 plots the administration has allocated for Amona's new location.

In 2014 the High Court of Justice ruled that Amona was built illegally on private Palestinian lands and must be evicted within two years.

Last month the administration published a map in the Palestinian media of 35 plots close to the Amona's current location and asked the Palestinians who claim to own the land to prove it. Administration officials believe the plots are owned by Palestinians who left the West Bank in 1967.

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