'settlers' - as published in Haaretz:
<http://www.haaretz.
Haaretz 2 Aug by Amira Hass -- Shortage of water and agricultural land in
area leads local farmers into embarrassing predicament. -- Settlers in the
Jordan Valley are leasing some of their land to local Palestinians and to
Israeli citizens, but both sides prefer to keep the matter a secret.
Official Israeli sources say they know nothing about the matter, and in any
case it is not common and there are only a few marginal cases involved. The
Palestinians are forced to lease the land from the settlers because of a
shortage of land and water, which Israeli policy in the Jordan Valley has
brought on, and because of limitations placed on the marketing of their
produce ... such leasing is embarrassing for the Palestinians since the
farmed land is land Israel confiscated through various means from
Palestinian communities and residents, then allocated it to settlers in the
Jordan Valley.
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