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righthandfollowshare
7-29-2007 4:46 PM
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righthand says:
Today, the state has nationalised 80% of land inside Israel, and the JNF holds another 13%. Neither sells land to private owners on the grounds that it is being held in trust for worldwide Jewry. Instead, they offer long-term leases on the land in their possession.

The JNF has far more power than the division of land suggests, however: its 13% share is reported to include some 70% of the country's inhabited land; it effectively controls a government body known as the Israel Lands Authority that manages the 93% of land owned by the state and the JNF; and it dominates committees set up to vet applicants to hundreds of rural communities.

Because the JNF charter forbids it from selling or leasing land to non-Jews, this arrangement has allowed the JNF to discriminate against Arab citizens on behalf of the government. The JNF's control of the Israel Lands Authority and the vetting committees has ensured that Arab citizens are excluded from most of the 93% of nationalised land.

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7-29-2007 5:11 PM
Amergin
That is how income tax started, it was for the good of the nation.
God help us if other nations cop on.
7-30-2007 10:51 AM
gzuckier
Bought the land? I thought you guys were supposed to say the Jews stole the land.
7-30-2007 11:10 AM
righthand
@Gzuckier
Glad to see your interest in this grown-up's topic. I'm sure you would not be in favour of "A RACIST JEWISH State" any more than the majority of the rest of us!

This headline is from the Israeli national newspaper Haaretz. I'll quote you just to first paragraph as I' m sure you are very busy.

[url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/884358.html]Every day the Knesset has the option of passing laws that will advance Israel as a democratic Jewish state or turn it into a racist Jewish state. There is a very thin line between the two. This week, the line was crossed. If the Knesset legal counsellor did not consider t[b]...
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