Israeli group criticizes Israeli settlement policy

The Israeli group B'Tselem yesterday accused the Jewish settlers, the government and the Israeli Supreme Court of giving an appearance of justice to operations of expropriating the Palestinians' lands through confiscating their lands and joining them to the state's properties. B'Tselem added that the settlement Maalia Adomim came into existence as a result of land theft from the Palestinians. 26,000 Jewish settlers live in Maalia settlement, which is the largest in the West Bank.