The Land Shall Not Be Sold in Perpetuity : : The Jewish National Fund and the History of State Ownership of Land in Israel / / Yossi Katz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Katz, Yossi,
• Place / Publishing House: München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XI, 237 p.)

The State of Israel is the only Western state where the majority of lands are still owned by the State and by a public body related to it (The Jewish National Fund). At the root lies the divine command stating that the Land of Israel belongs to God and therefore should not be traded in perpetuity (Leviticus 25). This principle has been applied to almost all of the State lands, and was established in a Basic Law. Since the 1980s there were many pressures in Israel to privatize at least part of the State’s and JNF’s lands, due to the general privatization process of Israel’s economy, the deepening globalization process, and the transformation of Israel to an individualistic society. However, only a small portion of the lands were privatized, constituting 4% of the area of Israel. The book is based wholly on primary sources. It describes and analyzes the history of the ideological, social and legal processes that took place and their development since the beginning of the 20th century until today – processes that brought about the unique phenomenon of the State of Israel as an advanced capitalistic state whose lands are mostly state-owned.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. The Principle of the Prohibition of the Sale of Land in the Doctrine of the Jewish National Fund -- Chapter 2. The Foundation of the Holding Companies Meheiman and Himanuta, Which Were Permitted to Sell Land -- Chapter 3. The Legal Registration of the JNF as an Israeli Company after the Establishment of the State of Israel -- Chapter 4. The Legislative Process of the Development Authority Law, 1950 -- Chapter 5. The Legislative Process of the State Property Law, 1951 -- Chapter 6. The Legislative Process of the Basic Law: Israel Lands and the Israel Lands Law, 1960 -- Chapter 7. The Government Plan of 2009 to Transfer Ownership of State Lands, the Public Opposition, and the Changes in the Lands Laws in 2009–2012 -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: Keren Kayemeth Leisrael, Limited: Memorandum of Association, 1907 -- Appendix 2: “The future status of Keren Kayemeth Leisrael Ltd.,” memorandum by Aaron Wright and A. Saville Cohen, July 28, 1948 -- Appendix 3: Keren Kayemet Le-Israel Law, 1953 -- Appendix 4: Keren Kayemeth Leisrael: Memorandum of Association, 1953 -- Appendix 5: Deed of Transfer between Keren Kayemeth Leisrael Limited, and Keren Kayemeth Leisrael, August 11, 1954 -- Appendix 6: Basic Law: Israel Lands -- Appendix 7: Selected Sections of the Israel Lands Law, 1960, applicable in the present, 2015 -- Appendix 8: Selected Sections of the Israel Land Administration Law, 1960, applicable in the present, 2015 -- Appendix 9: Covenant Between the State of Israel and Keren Kayemeth Leisrael, November 28, 1961 -- Bibliography -- Index