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Timeline of Land Reform Events:

May 12, 2009: May 31, 2009: June 6, 2009:
Knesset subcommittee to deal with ILA Coalition JNF
reform issues (a subcommittee created
under the auspices of the Economic against Land Directorate in
Privatization in
Israel accepted
Affairs Committee) passed the ILA Land
Reform bill, making it a government Israel formed to the land swap
agreement
fight land
proposal; their first step in making this
proposal into law was adding it as a sub- reform with the State
of Israel
clause in the Economic Arrangements
Law (Chok Hahesderim), a budgetary bill
pertaining to the 2009-10 budget.
June 14, 2009: June 17, 2009: June 18, 2009:
Original date of land- JNF General Assembly JNF General
swap vote scheduled for delegates from the Assembly
JNF General Assembly Diaspora arrived in members start
members (this vote was Israel, in time for the discussion on land
postponed due to a JNF General Assembly swap agreement;
court ruling stating that conference vote on this issue
the vote could not be is postponed to
held before the majority June 17, 2009: allow more
of the delegates were to Land reform bill discussion.
arrive in Israel). passed first reading in
the Knesset

June 23, 2009: June 24, 2009: June 25, 2009:
JNF General Assembly Three petitions filed at Regional Court in Temporary
members vote on land swap Jerusalem: injunction issued
agreement. • Tzofiya Diamant-Yosef, Kadima JNF by Jerusalem
One Israeli (Kadima) delegate, General Assembly delegate – claiming Regional court
acting as a proxy voter for 12 she made a mistake while voting against finalizing
additional Diaspora delegates, • Uri Bank, JNF directorate member – an agreement
was confused by the English against general conduct of directorate between JNF
ballots and accidentally voted members regarding agreement’s and the State,
“abstain” instead of “against” approval, and legality of agreement until the main
with her 13 votes; land made petition (Uri
agreement therefore passed, • Avi Widerman – Kadima JNF General Bank’s) is ruled
with a vote of 62 to 55, with Assembly delegate, regarding the way on; this
13 abstentions (if she had that the ‘secret’ ballots were handled injunction was
voted ‘against’, the proposal (delegates had to write down their then renewed on
would have failed, 68 to 62) names on their ballots) July 26, 2009.

July 19, 2009: July 20, 2009: July 22, 2009:
Rally of around Date originally scheduled for second Scheduled vote for second
650 people held and third Knesset readings of land and third Knesset readings
outside the reform bill, which would privatize up of the proposed reform;
Knesset; 800,000 dunam (800 square km; the Bibi withdrew the reform
movement original bill did not limit the amount from the floor in fear that it
members were of land that could be sold) of Israeli would be voted down; it is
joined by MKs to land; the vote was delayed because of not yet known when the
oppose the reform. opposition’s filibuster tactics. vote on it will be scheduled.