Israel Plans To Takeover More Palestinian Owned Land In East Jerusalem

Tuesday March 02, 2010 07:23 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

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Israeli municipality workers and troops started, on Monday midday, preparation steps to takeover a land owned by a {Palestinian man in East Jerusalem.

Witnesses said that the municipality workers arrived at the land located at the East Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and took photos and measurements.

The municipality announced last month that it is planning to take over the land in question to construct a parking lot for settlers living nearby. The settlers took over a house in the Palestinian dominated neighborhood last year.

The land nearby the new settlement was used by residents and owners of the house and their supporters to erect the protest tent. Israeli police removed the protest tent a number of times.

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