" Land confiscated from Palestinians for the purpose of security buffer zones around illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank is actually being utilized as "land reserves or for agriculture," according to an investigation by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

The buffer zones were originally created during the Second Intifada reportedly as a way to curb attacks against illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

According to Israeli human rights group B'tselem, settlements control 42 percent of the land area in West Bank."
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