Why is KKL-JNF's plan to buy Palestinian land in West Bank controversial?

The executive committee of KKL-JNF has the right to approve the purchase of private Palestinian land in Area C, which comprises parts of the West Bank controlled by Israel.

THE FAMOUS KKL-JNF blue box is promoted by a rather tall and lanky David Ben-Gurion impersonator on Independence Day in Tel Aviv in 2009.

THE FAMOUS KKL-JNF blue box is promoted by a rather tall and lanky David Ben-Gurion impersonator on Independence Day in Tel Aviv in 2009.

(photo credit: RONI SCHUTZER/FLASH90)

ByJPOST EDITORIAL

FEBRUARY 24, 2021 01:58

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