However, the 41,000-acre reserve, was enshrined as a “no-build” zone under the 1998 Wye River Memorandum.
Nearby residents hailed the move as “historic” saying the illegal Palestinian Authority Arab construction has been unchecked in the Judean Desert Nature Reserve in the Gush Etzion region.
By Josh Hasten
"It will not be easy to enforce this decision, but I hope the Civil Administration will now act," said Knesset member Simcha Rothman.
The Palestinian Authority is taking advantage of the war to continue building a new city in the Ha-Masrek nature reserve atop the Judean Desert in eastern Gush Etzion.
Sebastia/Shomron is a "hot spot for Palestinian Authority historical revisionism," said the head of Regavim's International Division.
By David Isaac
All along the Green Line, Jewish communities are being encroached upon to the point where there is no buffer zone, zero reaction time.
By Hanan Greenwood / Israel Hayom
The Palestinian Authority paved a road and is allowing residential building at El-Unuk, a site from the times of Joshua.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Regavim documentation shows illegal Palestinian Authority construction where Jewish communities were before the 2005 disengagement.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Between Jan. 1 and Feb. 7, 144 illegal structures were destroyed in eastern Jerusalem and Area C of Judea and Samaria.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The apartment building in the Shiloach neighborhood has been slated for demolition for years.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The measures, which include the approval of six Palestinian Authority building plans in Judea and Samaria, “de facto puts Area C under the control of the P.A.,” says Gush Etzion Regional council head.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The current leadership is putting itself on the wrong side of Zionist history.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The EU is enabling and funding the Fayyad Plan to take over Judea & Samaria.
In the 12 years since the unveiling of the Fayyad Plan, the PA has built 100 new and illegal schools in Area C.
Civil Administration inspectors arrived and photographed one site, but the Al-Quds Center for Legal Aid obtained an Israeli court order to prevent the demolishing of the building.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Arabs plant farms and groves to lay claim to the land.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The EU has been funding the illegal Palestinian Authority seizure of state land.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Bennett’s coalition partners, including Ayelet Shaked, Zeev Elkin, Avigdor Liberman, and Yoaz Handel, were also very loud with their criticism of Netanyahu’s policy, but are doing exactly what he did, and for the same reason – a fear of a diplomatic clash with Europe.
A number of illegally built structures were demolished.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Palestinian Authority Arabs are building illegally on Israeli land to lock in the Jewish communities.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Palestinian Authority is trying to create facts on the ground, often with European support.
This is part of the Fayyad plan to create facts on the ground in breach of Oslo.
Regavim claims the Civil Administration is granting post-facto “legalization” to illegal structures built by the Palestinian Authority.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that the government would increase the enforcement of legal planning and construction.
Six residents, including Kafr Kana municipal council mayor Mujahad Awadeh, were lightly wounded in clashes with police.