An-Najah News - Nablus - Atallah Mazara, head of the village committee in Jabal al-Baba said that Israeli forces raided Jabal al-Baba Bedouin Community (Pope Mountain), East of Occupied Jerusalem, where they carried out survey operations as a prelude to annex the area for the expansion of the illegal settlement of Ma'ale Adumim.

He said that one of the occupation officers informed them that the survey operations come as a prelude to annex Jabal al-Baba area in the next two days for the expansion of Ma’ale Adumim settlement.

Jabal al-Baba area has a population of around 400 people. The entire community consisting of dozens of Palestinian Bedouin families is threatened with imminent forced displacement.