re: just for snooks yak and dave FACT Jewish settlers destroy Palestinian crops
WHAT is happening ....... “Meanwhile, Jewish settlers have chopped down hundreds of Palestinian olive trees in the West Bank, sparking condemnation from both sides of Israeli politics. “
HOW “ The Israeli authorities have confiscated massive amounts of Palestinian-owned lands. As the majority of the Palestinian community traditionally relied on agriculture as their main source of income, state expropriation of lands forced Palestinians to seek work as wage-labors and thus become primarily dependent on the Israeli economy. Prior to 1948, the Jewish community owned just 6-7% of the land. During the next four decades, 80% of lands owned by Palestinians living in Israel were confiscated and placed at the exclusive disposal of Jewish citizens. Today, 93% of all land in Israel is under direct state control.
Most importantly, the Israeli government has maintained an aggressive policy of land expropriation, adversely affecting Palestinian land and housing rights. For example, the National Planning and Building Law (1965), retroactively re-zoned the lands on which many Arab villages sit as "non-residential." The consequence of this is that despite the existence of these villages prior to the establishment of the state, they have been afforded no official status. These "unrecognized Arab villages" receive no government services, and residents are denied the ability to build homes and other public buildings. The authorities use a combination of house demolitions, land confiscation, denial of basic services, and restrictions on infrastructure development to dislodge residents from these villages. The situation is severely acute for the Arab Bedouin community living in these unrecognized villages in the Naqab.
“ from an Adalah report.
ARGUE WITH THIS ... "Prior to 1948, the Jewish community owned just 6-7% of the land." to "Today, 93% of all land in Israel is under direct state control."
