Meeting to discuss combating land confiscation in Tayibe: 'A fatal blow to future generations'

An emergency meeting was held in the Tayibe municipality with dozens of residents, landowners, the Follow-Up Committee, Arab lawmakers, and local council heads to discuss opposing a plan to confiscate about 2,200 dunams of citizens' land in the city's plain, alongside a bypass road plan threatening an additional 2,000 dunams.

An emergency meeting was held on Thursday in the Tayibe municipality with dozens of city residents and interested parties to discuss the land confiscation plan in the city's plain, which threatens about 2,200 dunams of citizens' land, in addition to discussing the bypass road plan threatening about 2,000 dunams in the city. The meeting was attended by a large number of Arab leaders and lawmakers, local council heads, and landowners. Speakers included the head of the Higher Follow-Up Committee Dr. Jamal Zahalka, Tayibe Mayor Yahya Haj Yahya, Knesset members, Sheikh Raed Salah, and landowners, who all emphasized the importance of popular action and protest in light of what citizens are facing. Attendees noted the situation in the city of Lod and the importance of action amid settler movements and provocations against the city's Arab residents. Citizen Shadi al-Talla presented an overview of the plan targeting citizens' land in the city, its developments, and how to respond before it is too late. Legal advisor to the Farmers Committee, attorney Youssef Jumaa, described the meeting as a joint invitation from the Tayibe municipality, the Farmers Committee, and the Popular Committee.