Settlement expert: Imposing permits for entering Palestinian villages is a mini scenario of what will happen in the West Bank.

The settlement expert Khalil Tafkaji stated that the Israeli occupation is working to geographically dismantle Palestinian cities and villages in the West Bank by subjecting residents to security permits that restrict their daily activities, noting that the imposition of permits for entering villages in occupied Jerusalem is part of the preparation for expulsion.

It is mentioned that the Israeli occupation forces have imposed on the residents of the towns of "Beit Iksa," "Nabi Samuel," and "Al-Khalayla neighborhood," northwest of occupied Jerusalem, the requirement to obtain permits to enter them, while continuing their incursions into several areas in the occupied West Bank, and carrying out extensive raids and arrests.

Based on this decision, those without a permit will not be able to cross the military checkpoint at the entrances to the three villages, in a move to subject them to occupation control, and to consider their residents as inhabitants rather than landowners.

Tafkaji clarified that no one will be able to enter the Palestinian village of "Beit Iksa," located in the northwest of Jerusalem, except after obtaining security approval from the Israeli sovereign authorities, which complicates the ability of Palestinians from other villages to visit their relatives or acquaintances from the village.

As for the village of "Nabi Samuel," which has a population of no more than 150 residents, Tafkaji noted in his statements the history of the village, which was turned into a nature reserve after being destroyed by the Israeli occupation in 1972, and then its lands, which amounted to about 3,500 dunams, were confiscated in 1995.

The village of "Al-Khalayla," a small population center surrounded by Israeli settlements, is also subjected to what the settlement expert described as a "process of expulsion," and it is now "under complete Israeli military sovereignty."

Tafkaji describes the scene in Al-Khalayla as a "miniature scenario of what will soon happen in the West Bank," as the occupation exerts the utmost forms of pressure on the village residents in carrying out their daily activities.

According to the expert, a Palestinian residing in the village must obtain two permits, one when leaving his workplace and another when leaving his residence.

Regarding the coincidence of the Israeli decision concerning the three villages with the start of United Nations talks that will witness recognition of the Palestinian state scheduled for next Monday, the settlement expert ruled out that the occupation's measures are a calculated step to place obstacles in front of the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Tafkaji explained that any recognition of the Palestinian state now does not bring anything new to the Palestinian cause, affirming that the occupation has indeed managed to restrict this state and build its settlements on it, clarifying that the Israeli occupation has created geographical gaps between Palestinian cities and villages, especially in the West Bank.