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US State Department Spokesman on JNF Policy Change: "Avoid Unilateral Steps"
Following the publication in Walla!
NEWS, according to which the organization plans to officially take action to expand settlements in the West Bank, has called on the senior US official not to make such moves.
"This includes annexation, construction in the settlements, house demolitions, payments to terrorists and incitement," he clarified.
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Thursday, February 11, 2021, 10:11 p.m.
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US State Department spokesman Ned Price said tonight (Thursday) that "it is critical to avoid unilateral measures that exacerbate tensions and undermine the attempt to reach a two-state solution."
He said these things in response to a question during the daily briefing for reporters on Walla!
He added that "this includes annexation, construction in the settlements, house demolitions, payments to terrorists and incitement."
Price referred to the fact that the JNF management is expected to discuss next week a proposal that would regulate the organization's activities in the West Bank Settlements.
From the wording of the decision-making proposal that reached Walla!
NEWS, indicates that the organization will officially work to purchase private Palestinian land in Area C in the West Bank, for the potential expansion of existing settlements.
To date, the KKL-JNF has explicitly refrained from operating in the West Bank and has operated through subsidiaries, which have purchased land and transferred budgets in its name.
More on Walla!
NEWS
Policy change: KKL-JNF plans to officially start expanding the settlements
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A construction site in the Etz Ephraim settlement in Samaria (Photo: Reuven Castro)
The chairman of Religious Zionism, MK Bezalel Smutrich, welcomed the publication in Walla!
NEWS.
"Excellent. That was part of our demands in the coalition agreements in the national institutions," he tweeted on his Twitter account.
"Finally, the JNF is returning to itself and its historical role - the redemption of lands in the Land of Israel for the purpose of developing Jewish settlement there.
Zionism 2021. "
On the other hand, Meretz protested the decision. Chairman Nitzan Horowitz said that the JNF has been taken over by a group of settlers who want to make it an operating contractor for the occupation and the settlements.
KKL JNF makes settlements. Move will be serious implications for the status of the JNF Jewish communities in the world. "
Dror Morag, a member of the World Zionist Organization Meretz party, said that" our representatives KKL-JNF objections to this despicable and will work to form a majority To stop the JNF's annexation program.
US State Department spokesman Ned Price during a White House press briefing (Photo: Reuters)
From Peace Now delivered in response to a publication in Walla!
NEWS that "Messianic right-wing elements are using the Jewish National Fund, which was one of the cornerstones of Zionism, to destroy the Zionist vision. The Jewish National Fund is a body belonging to the entire Jewish people Billions of shekels from the Jewish people, for the purpose of financing the dubious activity of purchasing land in the territories.
"Anyone who lends a hand in turning the JNF into the body of a small and extremist interest group is endangering the future of Israel and complicating us in The Hague."
The right-wing organization "If You Will" expressed support for the move.
"This is a welcome step that restores the Jewish National Fund to fulfill its historic role. In the days when the Palestinian Authority is harming Jewish heritage sites, it is appropriate that the JNF continue to work to expand state lands.
It is good to build for our country, "it was reported.
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