The Jewish National Fund announced that it will plant some 4500 acres of new forests throughout the country this winter, about 2000 acres of which will represent “political afforestation,” the aim of which is to assert the State’s claim to ownership of the land. This is necessary, the JNF noted, in areas where Arabs have begun building homes on State land without obtaining the required permits.
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