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Negev "Israel's final frontier."
As Ben-Gurion said, "The Negev will
be the test of the creative ability and pio-
orris Ma is passionate about neering valor of Israel."
the Jewish National Fund's
Under JNF's Blueprint Negev, new
project Blueprint Negev. Just
residents will be given land, complete
as Israel's first prime minister David
with water, sewage, landscaping and
Ben-Gurion dreamed of a blooming
parks and help with loans to build a
Negev, Zilka can already see the suburbs
home. The land is JNF-owned. As a
sprouting outside Beersheva.
comparison, real estate in a Tel Aviv sub-
Zilka, a longtime Israeli emissary who
urb, for example, can be as high as $5
has held positions with the Israeli gov-
million an acre, Zilka says.
ernment, the Jewish Agency and the
"The idea is that they will be pioneers
World Zionist Organization, spoke at a
settling the Negev," he said. "They can
parlor meeting April 13 in the home of
drive to Beersheva to work or take the
Leona Bar Levay.
train to Tel Aviv."
He was in Detroit to speak about
With more residents in the Negev, the
JNF's newest project, which strikes close
more likely the proposed high-speed
to home for him. After serving as an
train will be built from Eilat to
officer in the Palmach during Israel's
Beersheva, which would also provide
War of Independence, he helped found
more jobs. Other signs of movement
a kibbutz in the Negev.
south, according to Zilka, include mili-
This southern region accounts for 63
tary-industrial companies relocating
percent of Israel's landmass, but only 8
there and a JNF information center
percent of its population, compared to
opening soon.
the overpopulated north. There is, how-
JNF is committing $250 million to
ever, a growing Bedouin population,
the project over the next five years, says
which has risen from 12,000 in 1949 to
Col. (Res.) Kami Robinson, West
about 250,000 today, Zilka says.
Bloomfield-based regional Israel emis-
The JNF plan calls for laying the
sary for JNF. For $10,000, donors can
groundwork for 250,000 new residents
sponsor an individual housing site.
of the Negev over the next five years. In
In addition to creating communities,
10 years, the goal is to bring more than
JNF also is working with three Negev
500,000 people to 100,000 housing sites kibbutzim to develop educational and
that will be created in 25 new commu-
recreational tourist projects, prepare the
nities.
soil for farming, provide agricultural
JNF President Ronald Lander calls the infrastructure and build reservoirs.

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New JNF project works to populate
Israel's southern region.

