Ripping apart Palestinian communities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\u00a0According to the Jenin governor\u2019s office the planned road connecting the two Israeli settlements, combined with other settlement activities in the area, will sever\u00a0Jenin from other Palestinian governorates such as Tulkarem, Tubas and Nablus, further\u00a0fragmenting Palestinian\u00a0communities\u00a0in the\u00a0unlawfully\u00a0occupied\u00a0West Bank. Severing Palestinian towns form one another also undermines the economic,\u00a0social\u00a0and political ties between them.<\/p>\n
The Jenin governor\u2019s office told Amnesty International that the enforcement of these confiscation orders has already started and when completed, the negative economic repercussions for hundreds of families will be immense, as they will be cut off from\u00a0their livelihoods, including agricultural lands and olive groves, just as\u00a0the olive harvest season is approaching.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The confiscated lands are mostly privately owned by residents of the villages Qabatiya,\u00a0Arraba, Mirka,\u00a0Misilya,\u00a0Jirba\u00a0and Al-Yamoun in Jenin Governorate.<\/p>\n
Most of these\u00a0lands are\u00a0located\u00a0along\u00a0Road 60 which crosses\u00a0from the north to the south of the West Bank.\u00a0On 29 July 2026, Israel\u2019s Supreme Planning Council of the Civil Administration approved a plan for the expansion of the road, which is a critical part of settlement infrastructure easing the movement of settlers across the West Bank, often at the expense of Palestinians\u2019 freedom of movement, and encouraging further transfer of Israelis to illegal settlements. In recent years the Israeli army has been blocking the access points of Palestinian villages and towns along Road 60 using metal gates, military checkpoints and dirt barriers.<\/p>\n
In April 2026, UN OCHA reported 925 movement obstacles that permanently or intermittently restrict the movement of 3.4 million Palestinians in the West Bank, marking a 20-year high that is 43% more than the annual average during the last 20 years. Other\u00a0land confiscation orders for the expansion of settler infrastructure and roads have been\u00a0issued\u00a0by the Israeli military in other parts of the West Bank, including Qusra \u2013 Nablus\u00a0governorate, and Kufr Ni\u2019meh \u2013 Ramallah\u00a0governorate.<\/p>\n
\u201cIsrael\u2019s shameless use of land seizure orders to dispossess Palestinians and accelerate the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory must be stopped immediately. By confiscating Palestinian land to expand its illegal settlements, Israeli authorities are escalating long-standing violations of international law and further entrenching a system of dispossession and oppression. Israel must immediately halt these unlawful land seizures and end the relentless expansion of illegal settlements,\u201d said Heba Morayef.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe international community must move beyond rhetoric and take concrete steps to uphold its legal obligations to bring Israel\u2019s violations to an end. States must use all available measures at their disposal; this means suspending cooperation that contributes to these violations, conditioning economic projects with Israel on the withdrawal of these land confiscation orders and ensuring that businesses do not support projects linked to settlements, unlawful occupation, land confiscation and annexation.<\/p>\n
Private actors have also a crucial role to play in refraining from prioritizing profit over compliance with human rights standards. They must responsibly disengage from, or refrain from entering into business projects with entities contributing to the expansion of Israel\u2019s unlawful presence in the OPT, including security-related infrastructure, transport or other commercial projects.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amnesty International reiterates its call on Israeli authorities to remove all settlements, which are war crimes under international law, and to dismantle its system of apartheid against Palestinians, which is a crime against humanity. It also urges Israel to end its unlawful occupation of Palestinian territory once and for all in line with the July 2024 International Court of Justice\u2019s Advisory Opinion endorsed by the UN General Assembly in September 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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