Israeli authorities confiscate West Bank endowment lands

A Palestinian official has confirmed that the Israeli authorities confiscated 130,000 square meters of Islamic Endowment lands in the West Bank. The official in charge of the endowments, Yousef Salama, said in a statement to the Jordanian Al-Dustour newspaper published on Tuesday, that the Israeli measure is part of a scheme to confiscate 150,000 square meters of endowment lands in the West Bank.

The Palestinian official denounced the Israeli procedures and termed it as a flagrant infringement of international laws and the freedom of worship.