The General Intelligence Service (GIS) in Bethlehem Governorate managed to thwart a deal to leak Palestinian lands to Israeli settlers. A security source in the GIS said that, based on intelligence information about an attempt to leak lands in the Bethlehem governorate to settlers, four people suspected of planning to carry out this deal were arrested thus bringing a halt to this deal and thwarting a plan to leak hundreds of dunums of land for the benefit of settlers. The detainees and their case file were referred to the Public Prosecution Office to complete legal procedures against them in accordance with the law, said the source, who explained that the deal involved 600 dunums of land in the village of Nahalin that are located near the illegal settlements of Bitar Elite and Daniel. The General Intelligence Service urged people to exercise caution in any land sale and to make sure that all procedures are taken in accordance with the law, especially in occupied Jerusalem, border areas, and areas near settlements.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA