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NAOMI SEGAL
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jerusalem
he Jewish National. Fund-Keren
Kayemeth Lelsrael did not
deliberately uproot trees planted by
tourists in Jerusalem, according to a
retired judge who looked into the
controversy.
An examination was conducted by
retired Judge Arie Segalson, who was
appointed by the JNF-KKL in July to
review the "Plant a Tree With Your
Own Hands" program after an article
in the Israeli press claimed the organi-
zation was pulling up saplings planted
by tourists and having others plant
more trees in the same place.
The five-month examination did
find forestry guidelines were not fol-
lowed at the Ein Kerem planting area
cited in the article, but they did not
substantiate the allegations. The exam-
ination found saplings were improper-
ly cared for and uprooted without
their superiors' knowledge.
But the examination cleared the
organization of deliberately uprooting
trees, as suggested in the articles that
appeared last June in the Israeli daily
Ma'ariv and its Jerusalem weekly, Kol
Hazman.
"We never denied there were aberra-
tions at the site, but the examination
determined specifically it was an iso-
lated lapse," said JNF-KKL World
Chairman Yehiel Leket. "The point is
that there was no policy to pull up the
trees planted by tourists to let others
put different trees in their place. There
was no deception."
Some 80,000 trees are planted annu-
ally through the plant-a-tree program.
Though the project is not one of the
organization's central activities, it plays
a significant kle in fostering a good
public image.
Following submission of Segalson's
report, the JNF-KKL executive decid-
ed to adopt its recommendations.
They include removing all tree-plant-
ing responsibility from former man-
agers of the plant-a-tree project.
A decision was also made to restruc-
ture management of the program.
Formerly overseen by the department
responsible for raising funds abroad, it
will be moved to the Department of
Forestry, which is responsible for
planting more than 2.5 million trees a
year in Israel. ❑
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