Sana'a - Saba:
The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission revealed that the Zionist enemy authorities seized 41 dunams of Palestinian land in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate at the beginning of this month, using military orders under the name "seizure orders," to impose new facts on the grounds of security and military purposes.
The commission explained in a statement issued on Wednesday that the first order, numbered (T/59/25), targeted 23,834 dunams of land in the villages of Shibtin, Deir Ammar, and Deir Qadis, west of Ramallah, under the pretext of seizing for military purposes. The order aims to seize the aforementioned area with the aim of creating a buffer zone around the "Na'ale" settlement, built on the lands of the aforementioned villages.
It indicated that the areas declared for seizure overlap between new areas for the benefit of the military order, while the order allocates areas of seizure under the name of "state lands" for the benefit of the military order, totaling 16,834 dunams of citizens' land.
She added: The second order, numbered (T/17/23), targets 12,221 dunams of land in the villages of Deir Ghassaneh and Al-Lubban, northwest of Ramallah, under the pretext of seizing land for military purposes. The order aims to amend a military order issued in 2023 by revoking control over 4,792 dunams and adding a new area of 5,888 dunams to the military order for seizing land.
Meanwhile, the order allocates 6,333 dunams, originally declared state land, to complete the scope of the military order, which currently amounts to 12,221 dunams. This is intended to establish a buffer zone around the Beit Aryeh settlement, built on the lands of citizens of the two aforementioned villages.
The third order, numbered T/38/25, targeted a total of 4,659 dunams of land in the villages of Shibtin and Deir Qadis, west of the Ramallah Governorate. The purpose was to construct a military road connecting the settlements of Na'ale and Nili, built on private land in the two villages. An analysis of the targeted areas in the military order file indicates that the occupying state allocated an area of one dunam declared as state land for the military order, while 3,654 dunams were added to the aforementioned order. According to data from the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, since the beginning of 2025, the Israeli occupation authorities have issued a total of 19 military orders to seize Palestinian land. Six of these orders resulted in the establishment of buffer zones around settlements. These include: two around the settlements of Nekudim and Efrat in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, specifically on lands in the Bethlehem Governorate; one around the Avitar outpost in the Nablus Governorate; one around the Havat Gilad outpost on lands in the Qalqilya Governorate; and one around the settlements of Na'aleh and Beit Aryeh in the Ramallah Governorate.
The Israeli occupation state has recently intensified the issuance of these types of orders in an attempt to impose new realities on Palestinian lands, represented by the construction of military towers and roads designated for the army and settlers, in addition to the buffer zones around settlements. These military orders serve the interests of settlers and settlements, at the expense of citizens' lands and their ability to lead normal lives.
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