78 Israeli Land Grab and Forced Population Transfer of Palestinians Parks law does not allow for the confiscation of the land from its original owners, but rather offers the Israel Nature and Parks Authority a broad discretion on how to use the land. As such, no compensation is offered for the land taken, while the private use and access to the land is prohibited, as it is now ‘public land’. The Antiquities Law 1978 allows for the declaration of a ‘particular place to be an antiquity site’ after which, the owner of the land “shall not carry out a range of uses on the land, including: building,… ploughing, planting, etc, any alteration to the ‘antiquity’, erection of buildings or walls on adjoining property, painting, among others”.277 An antiquity is deemed as “any object, whether detached or fixed, which was made by man before the year 1700 of the general era, and includes anything subsequently added thereto which forms an integral part thereof.”278 The Israel Antiquities Authority and the Archaeological Council are separate entities from that of the National Parks Authority. The Civic Coalition of Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem reported, on 18 November 2011 that, the Israeli District and Planning Committee for Zoning and Building in Jerusalem approved Plan 11092 for the construction of a “national park” on 738 dunums of land from Al-Isawiya village and At-Tur neighborhood - the eastern slope of French Hill.279 Israeli planning authorities have claimed the area to be the eastern gate to Jerusalem and as such must be maintained as an ‘open area’ due to its strategic, archaeological and natural importance.280 Gaza Strip “The so-called ‘buffer zone’ is a military no-go area that extends along the entire northern and eastern perimeter of the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, inside Palestinian territory, as well as at sea. The precise areas designated by Israel as ‘buffer zone’ are unknown; changing Israeli policy is typically enforced with live fire.”281 277 The Antiquities Law 1978, 1978; available from http://www.antiquities.org.il/article_Item_eng. asp?sec_id=42&autotitle=true&subj_id=228&id=453&module_id=6#as; accessed 24 April 2013 Chapter 7, Sec 28-29. 278 The Antiquities Law 1978 Chapter 1. 279 CCPRJ, Construction of a ‘National Park’ on Confiscated Palestinian Land in Jerusalem a Clear Violation of Human Rights (n.d.); available from http://civiccoalition-jerusalem.org/human-rightsresources/publications/submissions/construction-national-park-confiscated-palestinian-l; accessed 23 April 2013. 280 CCPRJ, Construction of a ‘National Park’ on Confiscated Palestinian Land in Jerusalem a Clear Violation of Human Rights. 281 PCHR, ‘The Buffer Zone in the Gaza Strip’ (September 2011); available from http://www.pchrgaza. org/files/2011/factsheet-bufferzone-sept.pdf; accessed 2 May 2013.