Young Leadership Israel Advocacy Program visits Misgav Am on a trip
organized by the Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee in 2011.
(Photo: Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee)
Two weeks ago Israeli authorities admitted that a kibbutz and popular
tourist destination called Misgav Am is situated on land inside the
borders of Lebanon. The admission came after the kibbutz residents filed
an application with the Ministry of Interior to re-zone a section of
the town from agricultural to residential, and the government responded
that their approval was pending “the withdrawal towards Israeli
borders and amending the Blue Line,” according to al-Akhbar, which picked up the story from the Israeli daily Maariv. al-Akhbar English says this
is the first time Israeli officials have acknowledged that the kibbutz
is partially built in Israel’s northern neighbor, on land confiscated
from the village of Adaisseh. 
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