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Israel's Development Authority (DA) was established to buy, sell, lease, exchange, repair, build, develop and/or cultivate seized property. Only transactions between Jews or Jewish entities are allowed.
In July 1960, the Israel Lands Administration Law established an "Israel Lands Administration (ILA)."
Israel's Basic Law affirms that Israeli land ownership can't be transferred "by sale or any other manner." Structures and everything "permanently fixed to the land" are included.
Israeli laws and ILA policies prohibit Arabs from buying, leasing or using land exclusively reserved for Jews. Israel institutionalized plunder and discrimination. Historical injustices remain unaddressed.
Millions of Palestinians can't live free on their own land. "If this is not apartheid," said Munayyad, "then whatever it is, it's certainly not democracy."
Persecution also affects Arab citizens. Dozens of discriminatory laws harm them.
"For all the talk about" Israeli democracy, "until (its) leaders....recognize Palestinians as equals," reality will belie rhetoric.
Munayyer serves as the Jerusalem Fund's executive director.
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