Al-Quds (JERUSALEM), February 08, 2010, SPA -- Israel has imposed a travel ban on a Palestinian expert on Israeli land confiscations in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Authorities cited unspecified security considerations in barring Khalil Tufakji from traveling outside Israel and the West Bank for six months, according to a report of The Associated Press. Tufakji says he was summoned last week to Jerusalem police headquarters, where he was handed the ban. He called it «one of the ongoing Israeli violations against Palestinians in Jerusalem.» He said Monday he often lectures in foreign countries about Israeli confiscation of lands the Palestinians claim for a future state. The ban is in effect until Aug. 2. --SPA 11:45 LOCAL TIME 08:45 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/746138