Tuesday, September 6, 2011

1 Shekel for 50 Dunams..That's how much this settler pays a year

Amira Hass

An officer in the Civil Administration who lives in the settlement of Reihan was given a 25-year lease on 50 dunams in the northern West Bank by the World Zionist Organization's Settlement Division, at a price of one shekel per year. This information surfaced during a petition to the High Court of Justice filed by a Palestinian who claims ownership of around 16 dunams of the land.

The 50 dunams in question are among the 3,500 dunams that the Civil Administration's custodian of abandoned and government property transferred in 1994 to the WZO, which in turn granted Reihan permission to use it. But these are the land reserves of Palestinian villages in the area.

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