APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Nablus - 07 May 2021. Protesters wave Palestinian flags during a demonstration against the establishment of Israeli outposts in Beit Dajan east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank
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Beit Dajan has become a scene for weekly protests against the Israeli authorities move to construct new colonial settlements and expand existing ones at the expense of Palestinian territory.
Located 12 kilometers to the east of Nablus city, Beit Dajan has a population of some 4,700 and occupies a total area of 44,100 dunams, including 360 donums of built-up area for the villagers. A large part of the village lands were seized for the construction of Al-Hamra and Mekhora (Mehola) colonial settlements, east and southeast of the village, in 1971 and 1973.
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