SINCE

OCCUPYING THE

WEST BANK AND

GAZA IN 1967,

ISRAEL HAS

UNILATERALLY

DECLARED TENS

OF THOUSANDS

OF HECTARES OF

SO-CALLED

'STATE LAND' FOR

ISRAELI

SETTLEMENTS. FOLLOWING THE

FORCED

DISPLACEMENT

(NAKBA) OF

OVER 750,000

PALESTINIANS

IN 1948, THE NEW

STATE OF ISRAEL

ENACTS LAWS

TO CONFISCATE

THE VAST

MAJORITY OF

PALESTINIAN

LANDS. PRIVATISATION OF

LAND UNDER THE

BRITISH MANDATE

ACCELERATES

ITS TRANSFER

AND SALE TO

ZIONIST

ORGANISATIONS,

AND THE

DISPLACEMENT

OF PALESTINIAN

INHABITANTS. UNDER

OTTOMAN RULE,

ZIONIST

ORGANISATIONS

INCLUDING THE

JEWISH

NATIONAL FUND

BEGIN TO MAKE

LAND

PURCHASES

THROUGHOUT

PALESTINE FOR

JEWISH

SETTLEMENT.