Israel News Analysis: Another Warning Sign

The PA's Union of Public Works Committee

[Based on an article that originally appeared in Hebrew in Yeshemda and translated by Hillel Fendel]

Below is a shortened version of Yeshemda’s article. Click here to read the full article in English.

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Israel News Analysis: The PA's Union of Agricultural Works Committee - Another Warning Sign

The following is based on a report entitled "Striking Roots" by the Regavim Association, an NGO working to ensure the protection of Israel's national lands. 

The Palestinian Authority has a plan: to take over broad swathes of Area C - Israeli territory in Judea and Samaria - and include them in the PA-controlled areas that it hopes to turn into a full-fledged state. To this end, its UAWC – Union of Agricultural Work Committees – is its major tool.

Headquartered in Ramallah, the UAWC has more than 65 local chapters of agricultural work committees throughout Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. It employs over 100 people, and its annual budget surpasses 5 million Euros – paid mainly by foreign organizations and sources such as the European Union, the United Nations, France, Norway and Holland. The funding is supplied both directly and indirectly.

The UAWC is connected, both openly and clandestinely, to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization. In coordination with PA security forces and legal organizations, it works mainly to take control of Area C lands, under the guise of humanitarian activity for Arab farmers.