An-Najah News - Israeli settlers started the groundwork for the construction of a settler-only road on Palestinian-owned land near Nablus.

Hafez Saleh, a villager of Asira al-Qibliya town said that settlers escorted a bulldozer to his plot of land in the eastern section of the town, where they heavy machinery proceeded to level his land for the construction of a road that would connect colonial settlements with one another.

He noted that he, with the help of other villagers, was able to stop the bulldozer from proceeding with the land leveling.

These measures, taken under the guise of security, are intended to entrench Israel’s 53-year-old military occupation of the West Bank.