Watchdog: Israel approved largest land grab in three decades

Peace Now, an anti-settlement watchdog, says Israeli authorities recently approved the seizure of 12.7 square kilometers (4.9 square miles) of land in the occupied West Bank – the largest appropriation in more than three decades, Al Jazeera reported. Since the start of the year, Israel has declared 23.7 square kilometers (9.15 square miles) in the Palestinian territory as state land, it said.