271. several residents of the village of Deir euds in the Ramallah districtr€portedly recelved a notiflcation from the Israeli authoritles that they hadtleclded to confiscate l,S0O dunams of their land. The authorities claimed that theland rdas government-osned and gave the villagers 30 days to appeal the decision.(AI Fajr, 16 November 1984)^/ 40/702 Engllsh Page 94 272- Mote than lr5oo dunans of agricurtural land, near the vllLage of Arroub in the Hebron district, on 7 Novenber L984 were declared .State land, by ttre Israellnilitary comander. (Al Talirah, O Decemb€r, Al Falr, ? Decenber 1.9g4) 273. Oo 15 Decenber 1984, the villagers of Rantls, north of RanaLlah' sald thatthey had been notified by the nilitary governnent of the expropr iation of 11380 dunans of land belonging to then. Itost of the area consistE of farming land,rhich conatitutes the source of livelihood of a0 fa[ille6 in the vil].age. Thevillagers had one month to appeal the aleclaion. (Ua'aretz, 16 Decenber 1984) 274- The rEraeli authorltieF notifi€d a number of residenta of Beit paJiar vil.rageln the Bethl€hen diEtrict of their alecision to confiEcate 700 dunamE frotn the land orneal by the viltage. (Al-.fgi!, 2l Decenber 1984) 275. On 2I January 1985, IDF troops aeized an area of 200 dunans in the caza strip,ln a region knor.n aa 'Kurum al Luzr, in lfadi Gasa, south of the city of caza.lroops uaed bulldozers and uprooted dozens of olive and fig trees, as eell agvines. secur ity aourcea saiar that the lands rere state-orrned and that the local re6idents had rinvatled then in recent yeara'. (qE!q, 23 January 1985) 276. On 27 January 1985, tt ras reported that realdents of the village of Sanu',
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a collection of news articles reporting on the confiscation of land by Israeli authorities from Palestinian residents. The focus is on the impact of these actions on the villagers' livelihoods, with many of the reports mentioning the loss of agricultural land, farming, and sources of income. This suggests that the category should relate to the economic and social well-being of the affected communities.

**Category**
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Humanitarian aid and relief