Summary
The 1953 Land Acquisition Law (Actions and Compensation), one of two primary laws executing the massive transfer of land in the entry’s account, in Discriminatory Laws Database (lines 2824-2847).
Details
- Approximately 93% of the land in Israel (excluding the OPT) is owned by the state and the JNF, and only 3-3.5% by the Arab population, compared to 48% in 1948, in the entry’s figures (line 2838 in the copy’s numbering as read; see source page for the entry range).
- Through this law 1.2-1.3 million dunams were expropriated from the Arab population, from 349 towns and villages, in addition to the built-up areas of about 68 villages whose precise area was not included in the expropriation orders (source entry, lines 2824-2847).
Related pages
Discriminatory Laws Database, Adalah, Absentee Property Law, Jewish National Fund