British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume I - Page 306

CHAPTER VIII.

(b) The Government to make available from these lands, for the use of the inhabitants of Ma'lul, 1,700 dunums of plain land and 1,700 dunums of hilly land, for the Mazareeb tribe (see paragraph 164), 300 dun urns of hilly land on such terms and conditions as Government shall deem fit, but provided •that one of these conditions shall be that the inhabitants of Ma'lul and the members of the Mazareeb tribe shall resign formally and absolutely all claims and established rights to grazing within any part of the village of Ma'lul the ownership of which remains registered in the name of the Jewish National Fund.

(c) The Government to transfer to the Jewish National Fund the title to 3,700 dunums of State Domain situated in Beisan Sub-District or elsewhere within zones A or B of the Land Transfers Regulations.

(d) The Government to place a value upon the 3,700 dunums of Ma'lul lands to be surrendered by the Jewish National Fund and upon the equivalent area within zones A and B to be offered in exchange therefor.

(e) Should the Government and the Jewish National Fund disagree over the valuation of the lands, the difference of opinion to be referred to a British Judge for assessment in accordance with the procedure of the Land (Acquisition for Public Purposes) Ordinance, 1943.

(f) Should the determined value of the 3,700 dunums offered by Government be less than the determined value of the 3,700 dunums at Ma'lul surrendered by the Jewish National Fund, an area of State Domain within the "free" zone of the Land Transfers Regulations to be transferred by Government to the Jewish National Fund. The extent of this are" of State Domain within the "free" zone would be determined by the difference in value between the areas exchanged within the restricted zones.

172. The reply of the Jewish National Fund to these proposals was to the effect that they declined to negotiate on the has is of the Land Transfers Regulations and would not accept the proposal that any dispute over comparative values should be submitted to any third party. They proceeded to make three alternative offers. The first two were for the exchange of 6,372 dunums and 4,153

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