72 72 1960 1960 1961 Basic Law: Israel Lands Defined “Israel Lands” as lands in the ownership of the state, JNF and the Development Authority. The law forbids the ILA from selling the lands, but it allowed it to lease them. The Law established that lands managed by the Israel Lands Administration (ILA, below) shall not be transferred. Israel Lands Established the Israel Lands Thus, this authority Administration Administration (ILA), the manages almost all Law government authority that Palestinian refugee and administers the “Israel Lands”, IDP lands. and the Israel Lands Council The ILC was granted (ILC), to dictate policy and certain powers to supervise activities of the ILA approve the sale, in relation to “Israel Lands.” transfer, and lease of Covenant between the government and the JNF This amounted to 93 percent of what is now Israel being designated as “Israel Lands”. Only 3-3.5 percent is owned by the Palestinian population.72 Allowed this government agency to further control the re-distribution of Palestinian lands, where lands were primarily leased to Jewish-Israelis. Leases were usually granted “Israel Lands” with the for 49 or 69 years. These long-term leases approval of the ILC. began to resemble a type of ownership and laid the foundations for the eventual transfer of ownership under subsequent laws. This Covenant granted the Within its by-laws the The JNF, a quasiJNF 50 percent representation JNF is prohibited from governmental body, on the ILC even though the providing the property acquired a strong and JNF only owned 13 percent of it acquires for sale or influential position in the “Israel Lands.” lease to non-Jews. ILC to manage all “Israel While JNF land is Lands,” not only the managed by the ILA, portion it owned directly. the policies of the latter Tenders for JNF lands are decided by the ILC, are only open to Jewishwhich is influenced by Israelis. This explicitly the JNF. excludes non-Jews (namely Palestinians) from accessing land under the administration of the JNF. 72 Adalah, “Land Acquisition Law (Actions and Compensation),” n.d., available at: https://www.adalah.org/en/ law/view/533 [accessed 19 September 2017]. 30