The coordinator of the Popular Committees for Resistance to the Wall and Settlements, Sohail al-Salman, told Al Jazeera:
The Israeli authorities presented new plans for the expansion of the settlement "Evni Hefetz", southeast of Tulkarm.
The plan connects the settlements east of Tulkarm with the industrial area south of it, up to the interior which was occupied in 1948.
We are facing a round settlement crescent that isolates the villages of al-Kafriyat south of Tulkarm from the city, to its north and east.
The expansion of the settlements and the industrial area confiscate hundreds of dunams of agricultural land and prevent the expansion of the Palestinian population.
The project will effectively prevent a large number of Palestinian farmers from accessing their lands and harvesting their crops.
The plan stifles geographical communication and prevents the expansion of the Al-Kafriyat villages towards the city of Tulkarm and the neighboring villages to the east and southeast.
Increasing the number of settlers will cause an escalation in their terrorism and will place Palestinian villages under a direct target of settlers and the IDF.