The Jewish National Fund said it owns some 19 square miles of land in Syria. Last week, JNF Chairman Shlomo Gravitz said Israeli officials should use the land as a bargaining chip so that Israel could retain portions of the Golan Heights as part of a peace deal with Syria.
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