Israel issues evacuation orders to Hebron farmers

Maan News Agency | Febr 7, 2012

HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities issued evacuation orders to several Palestinian farmers in the village of Beit Ula, west Hebron on Tuesday.

The land owners told Ma’an that they found notifications in their fields demanding that they evacuate 10,000 square meters of land.

The orders were dated Feb. 6 and claimed that the land was “illegally possessed,” and must be evacuated within 45 days.

The owners could raise any objections to the order at Ofer military court within the given period of time, it added.

One of the landowners Muhammad Mahmoud al-Amlah told Ma’an that the “Israeli occupation plans to tighten the grip around Palestinian farmers, steal their land and prevent reclamation.”

Israeli forces also confiscated a tractor belonging to villager Sadiq Muhammad al-Amlah.

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