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ABSTRACT
This article compares the amount of land designated for various uses in the Jewish and Arab municipalities in Israel between the years 2003–13. It is generally accepted that the Arab-Jewish conflict in Israel is heavily based on land ownership. This conflict still has implications for the policies and actions of the State of Israel on the one hand, and the attitudes and behaviours of the Arab population on the other. Two main conclusions emerge from this article. The first is that in 2013, the area per capita used for residential living in Arab localities was larger, presumably because of the lack of high-rise buildings. The second conclusion is that the areas designated for economic and public purposes in the Arab sector are much smaller. The Israeli government should therefore allocate additional government land to the Arab local authorities.
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Notes
1. Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook.
2. Channel and Bigger, “Minority Majority Relations in Israel.”
3. Zandberg, “Distributive Justice Jewish Nation.”
4. Mikgrum and Bar-levav, “Distribution of wealth in Israel”; and Nisanov “Economic Classes in Israel.”
5. Hananel and Alterman, National land Ownership.
6. Khamaisi, Between Customs and Laws.
7. Ibid.
8. The 120 Days Team, Housing shortage minority communities.
9. Sofer and Gana’im, “Changes in Land Use.”
10. Gubman and Fleishman, Dwelling Values.
11. Central Bureau of Statistics, 2008 Census Data.
12. Ibid., Expenditure survey 2011; and Gubman and Fleishman, “Changes in Land Use.”
13. See note 8 above.
14. See note 9 above.
15. Lee and Leigh, “Role of Inner Ring.”
16. See note 8 above.
17. Bana, Suwide, and Yehudkin, Outline planning for Arab.
18. Alfasi, “Familial versus modern planning.”
19. Central Bureau of Statistics, Local Authorities Israel 2015.
20. Ibid., Local Authorities Israel 2003.
21. The 120 Days Team, Housing shortage minority communities; and Israel Lands Authority, Land Planning and Marketing.
22. Towns that participated in the program were Banu Nugidat, Kafr Manda,Yifi’a, Nahaf, Nazareth, Sachnin, Akko, Rahat, and al-Sayid.
23. Israel Lands Authority, Results of lands auctions.
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Notes on contributors
Tal Shahor
Tal Shahor, Javier Simonovich, and Moshe Sharabi are members of staff at the Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Israel.