{"article":{"id":83530,"heading":"Israel offering free land to encourage Judaization of Galilee","author":"Stanley Levin","created":"2003-09-19 20:14:47","modified":"2003-09-19 20:14:47","last_modified":"Sat, 20 Sep 2003 03:14:47","article":"

Racist Israel offers stolen land to Jews only:

Israel offering free land to encourage Judaization of Galilee



By Uri Ash, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service







The Jewish Agency for Israel, the Ministry of

Housing and Construction and the Authority for the

Development of the Galilee have launched a

campaign aimed at promoting Jewish settlement in

the areas adjacent to the northern border with

Lebanon.



The state is offering free land

for construction, financial

assistance for development of

infrastructure and services, a

construction grant and improved

mortgage benefits. Some of the

terms and conditions will be on

offer until the middle of

December.



The campaign will target the regional councils

of Mateh Asher, Ma'ale Yosef, Marom Hagalil and

Hagalil Ha'elion, and will span 23 settlements

in the northern region.

Israel's northern border region is among the few

areas where kibbutzim have continued to prepare

agricultural ground for construction purposes

despite a supreme court ruling banning the

practice, in accordance with temporary Israel

Lands Administration regulations.



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