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duration of the occupation) was
able to wrest control of fully one-
third of the land in the West
Bank. It is on these "state lands"
that most of Israel's settlements
have been built.
Indeed, for years Palestinian
spokesmen have angrily protest-
ed that successive Israeli gov-
ernments have stripped helpless
villagers of their property and
used these "state lands" not for
the benefit of the indigenous
Palestinian population (as inter-
national law requires) but for Is-
raeli settlers.

The Jewish Federation Apartments

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are Proud to Announce a Call for Nominations for

Faced with a
credibility crisis
with the
Palestinians, the
government found a
loophole.

The history of Givat Tamar is
the latest case in point. In 1980,
when Israel's Civil Administra-
tion in the West Bank (the Mili-
tary Government under a
euphemistic name) first declared
> the hill to be "state lands," the
1 residents of al-Khadir protested
but failed to prove ownership to
the satisfaction of the authorities.
In fact, the plan to turn the area
into an independent Israeli set-
tlement (and later an extension
of Efrat) goes back to 1980. Orig-
inally the Likud government
planned to build there. It was
only after Yitzhak Rabin's new
Labor government decided to halt
public construction (though not
private building) in the territo-
ries that the Olive Association en-
tered the picture. Oddly enough,
it wasn't until August 1993, just
weeks before the Israeli govern-
ment signed the Declaration of
Principles, that the Civil Admin-
istration leased the land on Gi-
vat Tamar to the Olive
/- Association for 2.5 million shekels
($833,000), about 13 percent of
its real value. Mr. Rabin now says
that the allocation of that partic-
ular hill was a technical error. It
wasn't the only one. Crossed out
of the lease was a clause stipu-
lating that "the local IDF [Israel
Defense Force] commander and
the head of the Civil Adminis-
tration are entitled to cancel this
/1 contract at any time and demand
the immediate evacuation of the
property."
But faced with a credibility cri-
sis with the Palestinians, the gov-
ernment found another loophole.
Attorney-General Michael Ben-
Yair advised the government of
its right to cancel the develop-
ment contract for Givat Tamar
"if it believes that its current pol-
icy and the public interest so re-
quire."

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ongoing contributions are making a difference in the Jewish and/or community at large.

Celebration will take place on Sunday, May 7, 1995

Criteria for Nominees

Candidates should fulfill one or more of the following criteria based upon the story of Chanukah...
+ Working to maintain and strengthen Jewish identity + Dedicating oneself to a belief or cause
+ Facing challenges and taking risks to promote a cause + Making a difference by leading a "few" in victory over "many

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Please send me a nomination form:

Completed Applications due before January 31, 1995

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