21. Peres pointed out at the news conference Tuesday that the Israeli government policy was not to use public funds for settlement construction or to confiscate more land for settlements. 22. Peres said Finance Minister Avraham Shohat, who approved the decision last month to confiscate the land, would suspend the move. 23. A guerrilla leader Tuesday warned that the Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule will flare again if Israel continues to confiscate Arab land. 24. A new Land Reform Law requires farmers to conform to a government agricultural strategy or risk having their land confiscated. 25. A land reform law requires farmers to conform to a government agricultural strategy or risk having their land confiscated and redistributed to the poor. 26. A new Land Reform Law requires farmers to conform to a government agricultural plan or risk having their land confiscated. 27. Arafat also told a news conference before leaving Wednesday that Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres had promised him that no more Arab land would be confiscated in Jerusalem. 28. Arab leaders postponed a summit in Morocco after Israel suspended its decision Monday to confiscate Arab land in Jerusalem, Egyptian and Arab League officials said. 29. At the same time, Palestinian officials accused Israel of violating accord by not freeing jailed Palestinian activists and by confiscating West Bank land. 30. At the same time, Palestinian officials accused Israel of violating the Wye River summit accord by not freeing jailed Palestinian activists and by confiscating West Bank land. |