Israel mulls authorizing 'wildcat settlements' in West Bank: Document
The Israeli regime is contemplating authorizing so-called wildcat settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank near the town of Duma, a court document indicates.
Tel Aviv confirmed it was considering the authorization of five outposts, according to the court document, which was first made public by rights group Yesh Din.
Yesh Din has filed legal action against one of the outposts called Adei Ad outpost.
The group said in a statement that Israel “is willing” to sanction the Adei Ad outpost despite admitting that it “was established in violation of the law, and many structures in it were built illegally.”
The Adei Ad outpost should be removed "not only because it is constructed illegally, in part on land owned privately by Palestinians, but also because it serves as a hub for criminal activities and grave violence, leading to systematic human rights violations of the Palestinian residents in its vicinity,” Yesh Din added.
Duma, which is located close to the illegal outposts, was the scene of a deadly arson attack on a Palestinian home by extremist Israeli settlers on July 31, which killed toddler Ali Sa’ad Dawabsheh and his parents.
The so-called wildcat outposts, often little more than a few caravans, are notorious for housing young Israeli extremists.
Israeli settlers have in recent years carried out various attacks including arson and graffiti on Palestinian property in the West Bank and al-Quds (Jerusalem) under the “price tag” slogan. The raids have often turned deadly.
"Price tag" attacks are acts of vandalism and violence against Palestinians and their properties as well as Islamic holy sites.
Over half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories in the West Bank and East al-Quds in 1967.
Much of the international community regards the Israeli settler units as illegal because the territories were occupied by Israel and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied lands.
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