An illegal trailer neighborhood is currently being built within the settlement Kochav Yaakov found just to the east of Ramallah. The trailers are being built on private land owned by the Palestinian village of Akeb and are not part of any approved valid plan for building and construction. There are approximately 15 trailers being built and work is already underway to connect them to the rest of the settlements infrastructure.
This is not the first time the settlement Kochav Yaakov, found 7.7 km over the green line, has illegal erected structures. There are currently more than 50 illegal permanent houses that are already inhabited which sit on private land owned by the Palestinian villages Akeb and Barke.
While Ehud Barak plays hide and seek with the top hill youth, the settler’s old guard continues to build and expand neighborhoods that pose an immediate threat to the two state solution.
Peace Now calls to immediately demolish the new trailer neighborhood!
For Ynet News report on the illegal construction please click here.
