The municipality of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central region, said it was formally notified of two new Israeli military “land‑seizure for security needs” orders targeting privately owned Palestinian lands in several natural basins and parcels across the town. The orders include the confiscation of land and the construction of a military road.
In its statement, the municipality said the orders affect lands belonging to residents of Deir Dibwan, urging all affected landowners to immediately contact the municipality to complete the legal procedures and file objections.
It stressed that the deadline for submitting objections does not exceed seven days from the date of notification.
Municipal teams are currently documenting the targeted areas and contacting landowners to prepare the necessary legal files to challenge the orders.
The Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission said the new orders come amid a sharp escalation in Israeli military “land‑seizure” decrees issued under the pretext of “military needs,” many of which are later used to carve out military roads serving illegal Israeli colonies and expanding their control over surrounding Palestinian lands.
According to the Commission’s latest report, Israeli occupation authorities issued dozens of such military orders during the first half of the year, targeting hundreds of dunams of Palestinian land.
These orders resulted in the construction of military roads, the creation of buffer zones around colonies, and the establishment of military sites that directly support the broader colonization project in the occupied West Bank.
The Commission noted that these orders form part of a systematic pattern in which “temporary military needs” are used to justify long‑term land control, often paving the way for colony expansion, new outposts, and additional restrictions on Palestinian access to agricultural areas.
