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San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage, Nov. 2, 2001

 
Do you want to buy some land in the disputed territories on the West Bank?   Rabbi Arthur Zuckerman of Congregation Beth Am recommended the idea during an Oct. 24 program at Congregation Beth Am when he hosted former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens.

Zuckerman later told HERITAGE that the Land Redemption Fund is purchasing land in unsettled areas from Arab owners and reselling it to Jewish settlers at a price of  $15,000 per dunam.  A dunam is approximately one fourth of an acre.

"This is land that was legally bought," Zuckerman said.  "Land on the other side of the Green Line would cost 5 to 10 times as much," he added.

The Conservative rabbi said he has no personal financial interest in the Land Redemption Fund, but "I am a Zionist, and how can you be a Zionist and not be supportive of building the land of Israel?"

He said his contact in Israel for the land purchases is a gentleman named Zvi Slonim, whose telephone number is 011 972 9 792 1290.      - Donald H. Harrison