Israeli settlers pitch tents for new illegal outpost in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers have erected tents for a new illegal settlement outpost near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, as separate groups of settlers have besieged the village of Qusra for a week.Settlers pitched tents in the Wadi Zeytun area near the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah, on Sunday in an attempt to establish a new settlement outpost, said Al Jazeera’s Tharwat Shakra.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Spearhead of annexation’: Israel hands West Bank rule to civilian policelist 2 of 3Timeline: The one-week siege of Qusra by Israeli settlers in the West Banklist 3 of 3What could stop Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians?end of listReporting from Ramallah, she said settlers also began establishing a separate outpost in the village of Burqa on the same day.If a new outpost is established, the number of outposts surrounding the two neighbouring villages will rise to six, said the Palestinian news agency Wafa, which also reported the encroachment in Wadi Zeytun.Settlers have seized roughly 4,700 of Umm Safa’s 4,800 dunams (about 470 of 480 hectares, or 1,160 of 1,186 acres), and 10,000 of Burqa’s 12,000 dunams (1,000 of 1,200 hectares, or 2,471 of 2,965 ac...