Surrounded by Israeli border police, Jewish settlers from the Esh Kodesh settlement outpost, sit in a field in an attempt to prevent Palestinians from farming land in the northern West Bank, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Both the settlers and Palestinians living in the area claim ownership of the disputed land. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
The activists said in a statement Friday they wanted to build a village in the area known as E-1 in order to "establish facts on the ground."
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said they had been served documents saying they were trespassing but it wasn't immediately clear what action, if any, would be taken.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he would build homes in E-1, situated on a key route linking Palestinian areas of Jerusalem to the West Bank, after the U.N. endorsed a de facto Palestinian state.
Actual construction on the project is years away but Israel's decision was fiercely criticized by its closest allies.
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