The Israeli occupation government has approved the start of building settlement units east of "Nokadim" settlement, which is built on the lands of Tekoa and Beit Ta´amer, east of Bethlehem Governorate.
And the director of the Office of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority, Hassan Brijieh, stated earlier that the occupation approved a detailed structural plan to seize tens of dunams, in the areas of Al-Jibjab, Basin 11 and Khallet Abu Harith, Basin 12, north of Battir, in favor of settlement expansion.