Word: benvenisti
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Dates: during 1982-1982
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...West Bank be linked to Jordan in a confederation. There are increasing signs, however, that while the Begin government accepted the principle of autonomy at Camp David, it is in fact aiming for the outright annexation of the West Bank. According to a research project conducted by Meron Benvenisti, a former deputy mayor of Jerusalem, and completed earlier this year, Israel already exercises direct ownership of 27% of the West Bank. But by using an old statute from the days of the Ottoman Empire, it has managed to gain access to as much as 65% of all West Bank land...