265. On I July 1985, a source ln the Likud party revealed that rrork on thelnfraatructure of four of the slx new settrements co be €stablished under thecoalitlon agreement had already begun. trhe settrementa are Mlgatallm, Neot-Adumim,Aaarel and Peles. ulgdalln ttray be ready by the end of August, the source Eaid.(Jerugalem lbst, 9 JuIy 1985). 257. on 22 JDLy 1985' Eouelng Mlnister David Levy declared in the Jordan valleysettrement of l,l,aaleh Efraim that hls Minlatry eourd thle year !.ay the groundnorkfor tbe establishment of L5 nen Eettleoents, including seven in the territories.lttr. Levy Has speaking 6t a cornerstone-lay I ng cereoony for a nelr neighbourhood of52 hooea. One of tevyrs assistants, Dan yitzhaki, told a corresponttent thaE heexpected the new €ettlements in the west Bank to be popula ted thi6 year and notedthat people were already Llvlng on a hlll near Beltar - another proposed settlementEouth-uegt of Jerusalem. Atzrnona and Bedolah lrere to be populated in the Gazadistrict. !,lore roads rere to be butrt anai additlonar infrastructure tra s to beprepared this year for three settlements ln Judea arear Ualklshua, Avney-Befetzand !.{euadot yebuata. (Jerusalem poat, 23 JuIy l9B5} 3. Exproprlation 268. The Israeli authoritles reportedly confiscated 450,000 dunamg of l{eat BankLand and declared them 'scate land". The head of the clvit section in the rsraeliAttorney ceneralrs offi,ce was checklng the ot'nershlp of another l5o,o00 dunans.According to rsraeri estlmEtes, about 600,000 dunams Here being used for Jewishaettlement, agrlculture and industry. (AI Fair, 24 August l9g4) 269. on 23 August 1984, the Israell authorlties reportedly announced their decisionto conflscate 100 dunans from the snsll village of trhlrbat Batlr near Bethlebem. Tbe land ln guestion ls planted rri, th olive, fig, and alrpnd trees, as well as nithgrapevines. The authorltles had confiscated 1,000 dunams from the same vtllage ayear ago. (A1 Fajr,.24 August 1984) 27o. on I8 septembei 1984r the Israell military authorities reportedly confiscaledoore than 1,300 dunams of land belonging to more than 30 families from the villageof Mazra al Qibiltyeh, allegedly for expandlng settlements in the area. (A1 Fa.ir,2l september 1984 )
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the Israeli government's actions regarding land expropriation, settlement establishment, and infrastructure development in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The focus is on the Israeli authorities' efforts to expand settlements and infrastructure in the occupied territories, which is likely related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Humanitarian aid and relief, Culture