April 07, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 129) • Page Image 4
… groups in Israel: 1) the distribution of funds should not discriminate between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel, and 2) the money should not support Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. The JNF…
… over 90% of all "public" land in Israel. Most of the lands acquired by the JNF since 1948 are lands which belonged to refugees forced to flee in 1948 or lands expropriated by the gov- ernment from Arab…
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… and carrying out the forced evacuation of Palestinians from their villages in 1948, and the subsequent bulldozing of many of the villages to erase all traces of Arab presence. The JNF claims that since…
… about 220,000 and that of this 65 per- cent are Arabs? Do you know that in some areas of the Galilee the Arab population has a numerical majority of as much as eight-to-one? "The Jewish National Fund is…
…/21/82). Economic violence In 1974, Yitzhak Efron of the JNF said, "The economic impact of our land purchases and our activities on Arabs is not considered.... The government would have to look after all citizens if…
… national home for the Jewish people. Toward this end, the JNF pur- chased land, mostly desert and swamp, from absentee Arab land owners all too anxious to rid themselves of what they considered to be…
… worthless terrain. With the establishment of a Jewish state, the JNF shifted its priorities from land purchase to development and af- forestation. The Arab population believed that the combined forces of…
… seven Arab armies would defeat the outnumbered and out- flanked Jewish community and conquer the entire land. The Arabs rejected the Parti- tion Plan and invaded the newly declared state of Israel. Mr…
… raise money exclusively for land develop- ment. There are no biases in the JNF's work as proven by the recent approval of the planting of a forest requested by mem- bers of an Arab village. Mr. Jackson…

















































