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Canada Park
In 1973, Bernard Bloomfield, president of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) of Canada, led a campaign to raise $15 million for a recreational park for Israelis. His vision was realized where Imwas and Yalo once stood:
"a proud tribute to Canada," in his words, "and to the Canadian Jewish community whose vision and foresight helped transform a barren stretch of land into a major national recreational area for the people of Israel."
Unmentioned was that it was on stolen, occupied land, the village names now erased, forgotten, and forbidden to be mentioned until the JNF and Civil Administration agreed under pressure, in March 2006, to erect two signs acknowledging its former existence. It was short-lived, however, as within weeks the signs were vandalized, uprooted and stolen to preserve the new name - Ayalon Park or Ayalon/Canada Park under the administration of the Canada JNF.
It's a recreational area solely for Jews on former Palestinian land, where its former owners can't enter. Canada's JNF calls it "Israel's Central Park." Knowing their history, Palestinians are justifiably outraged.
The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Railway
Israel Railways Ltd. is the independent state-owned company running the nation's rail network, and since March 2003 began building a high-speed line connecting Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, via Modi'in. By early 2008, trains were to be operating between Tel Aviv and Modi'in Central Station, but the entire line to Jerusalem won't be in service until 2016, according to current estimates.
The final portion from Modi'in to Jerusalem will go through Latroun between Canada Park, Mevo Horon, and Beit Sourik. As a result in May 2006, the Civil Administration issued military orders to seize Palestinian land, the way the Separation Wall is expropriating about 12% of the West Bank. The rail line is taking more.
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