Guide Note

On the eve of negotiations aimed at reviving diplomatic negotiations with the Palestinians, the Israeli Army issued orders for the expropriation of Palestinian lands around the West Bank. Israel claimed that the seizure was a part of necessary infrastructural developments intended to benefit Palestinians.¹

Fast Facts

1. Seized land used to construct a road
2. 357 acres of State land and 56 acres of private land seized²
3. Land taken from four Palestinian villages
4. Part of the heavily criticized E-1 Development Plan
5. Road build would be for Palestinian use only

The land seizure has been highly scrutinized within the international community. Egypt accused Israel of attempting to the West Bank in a manner that makes a Palestinian state inviable.