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JNF to tell court it will market land to non-Jews

By Anshel Pfeffer The Jewish National Fund (JNF) is expected to tell the High Court of Justice today that it will agree to market its lands to non-Jews in the near future, although it has long insisted that JNF lands should be used only for housing Jews. This “tactical retreat” reportedly stems from the JNF’s concern that the High Court will issue a precedent-setting ruling in the petition now before it. The petition was submitted in 2004 by a group of Arab citizens who were …

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