An-Najah News - According to local sources said Israeli occupation forces ordered today the confiscation of 803 dunums of Palestinian land -village of Duma in Nablus.

The Israeli occupation army handed a notice informing local Palestinian villagers about their intention to take over 803 dunums of the village's land.

The land will be taken under the pretext of drilling for groundwater said Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors Israeli settlement activities in the north of the West Bank.

An-Najah News - Dozens of women participated today in a protest sit-in against murders and violence in the Palestinian society.

One of the most recent a crime was the heinous crime that occurred in Wadi al-Nar, near Bethlehem, in which a man, his wife and sister were murdered.

Participants gathered at Bethlehem business district where they chanted slogans condemning the murder and violence and demanding an end to it responding to a call for the protest by the Association of Women Development Institutions.

The protest came to draw attention to the worrisome increase in crime and violence, making reference to the triple murder in Wadi al-Nar, while calling for urgent action to put an end to these crimes and to hold the perpetrators accountable for their actions said Suheir Farraj, director of the Women’s Media and Development Center.