El-Husseini accuses Israel of confiscating lands near Jerusalem

Faisal El-Husseini , the Palestinian official in charge of the Jerusalem file, accused the Israeli government yesterday of confiscating Palestinian lands to resume making making roads to link eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank and settlements with one another.

In a statement, El-Husseini said that the confiscation is illegal and making roads around Jerusalem threaten any hope to reach a peace agreement.

A source in Beit al-Sharq, the official head quarter of the Palestinian Liberation Organization in Jerusalem, said that the Israeli government allowed the confiscation of 50 Hektars owned by Palestinians in 6 villages near eastern Jerusalem, adding that the project whose total cost are 225 million dollars comprises digging 3 tunnels and building a bridge that will last for 3 years.