these lands by the JNF has been forestation, mostly to hide Palestinian villages
that were destroyed by Israel. Indeed, one staff member even admitted that the
JNF’s forest planted on lands “that were Arab villages” [emphasis added], aimed
at such cover up.34 Out of the 93 percent of Israel-controlled land, the JNF
currently holds title to about 13 percent, which cannot ever be sold as the JNF
holds them “on behalf of the Jewish People in perpetuity.”35 However, the land
it controls can be leased, but only to Israeli-Jews.36
In the territory of Palestine 1948, the use of force (A) as well as discriminatory
legislations (B) and restrictions (C), has enabled Israel to deny Palestinian access
to their lands, leading to both de jure or de facto confiscation of Palestinian lands.
34 Eitan Bronstein Aparicio, “Most JNF - KKL forests and sites are located on the ruins
of Palestinian villages,” Zochrot, April 2014, Accessed 15 February 2022, Available at:
https://www.zochrot.org/en/article/55963
35 Palestine Land Society, “Jewish National Fund’s Violation of International and
Domestic Law”, Palestine Remembered, 2005, Accessed 15 February 2022, Available at:
https://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/JNF/Story1513.html
36 Ibid.
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