PALESTINE
Sun 01 Oct 2023 12:18 pm - Jerusalem Time
Haaretz reveals: Financing a large settlement project in guise of agricultural projects in West Bank
The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz revealed, on Sunday, that the Jewish National Fund is financing a settlement project targeting young settlers to encourage them to establish settlement outposts under the cover of agricultural and grazing projects in various areas of the West Bank.
According to the Hebrew newspaper, in the last two years, the Fund transferred an amount of 4 million shekels for a project called “Rehabilitation of Youth” who suffer from danger due to their dropping out of schools, universities, and others.
The newspaper quoted a source at the Jewish National Fund as saying that some of the farms being supported in the West Bank are larger than those in the Negev and Galilee.
The far-right "Return of Zion" organization received support from the Jewish National Fund, as well as many settlement organizations, where it received an amount of half a million shekels, and it is expected to receive an additional 1.75 million shekels this year.
Among those settlement farms under whose cover settlement outposts are established is the “Moshe Farm” (Ameq Tirza) in the Jordan Valley, whose residents carry out acts of violence against the Palestinians.
The newspaper indicated that the Israeli Civil Administration transferred about 800,000 shekels to a settlement association with the aim of encouraging similar projects, while similar associations will receive similar amounts.
These projects focus on controlling the largest possible amount of Palestinian land, and constitute a center of attraction for young settlers.
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Haaretz reveals: Financing a large settlement project in guise of agricultural projects in West Bank