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'''פארק קנדה''' הוא פארק לאומי בישראל קרוב
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'''Canada Park''' is a recreational area west of [[Jerusalem]] adjacent to [[Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut]]. It was founded by the [[Jewish National Fund]] in 1973, Canada Park is now a picnic area and tourist destination.
== Prior Palestinian use of the land ==
The land on which Canada Park now stands formerly contained the [[Palestinian]] villages of [[Imwas]], and [[Yalu (village)|Yalu]], demolished by Israel after the 1967 [[Six-Day War]] by order of then commander [[Yitzhak Rabin]] due to the corridor's strategic location and control of the [[Highway 1 (Israel)|route to Jerusalem]]. Israel said the residents aided the [[Siege of Jerusalem (1948)|Siege of Jerusalem]] and the [[Egypt]]ian commandos in their attack on [[Lod]] days before. The residents of the three villages were offered compensation but were not allowed to return.<ref>[[Michael Oren|Oren, Michael]] (2002). Six Days of War, pp. 307. ISBN 0-19-515174-7.</ref><ref>[[Tom Segev|Segev, Tom]] (2006). 1967: Israel, the War and the Year That Transformed the Middle East, Metropolitan Books, pp. 306-309.</ref><ref>Segev, Samuel (1967). A Red Sheet: the Six Day War, pp. 82.</ref><ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=464050 Ha'aretz.com: Aviv Lavie, Right of Remembrance] </ref><ref> [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Archive/Editorials/2005/Editorials+27-Jul-2005.htm Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Summary of Editorials from the Hebrew Press, 27 Jul 2005]</ref> <ref> [http://www.vcn.bc.ca/outlook/library/articles/israel/p05canada_park.htm Outlook: Canada Park: Canadian Complicity in a War Crime, by Dr. Ismail Zayid]</ref> The former residents of the villages fled to refugee camps in the [[West Bank]] and [[Jordan]], where most of them remain today according to the [[Palestinian Authority]].<ref> [http://www.idrc.ca/fr/ev-111708-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html Canadian International Development Research Center: Planning in support of negotiations: the refugee issue by Khalil Nijem]</ref>
== Founding of Canada Park ==
In 1973, Bernard Bloomfield of Montreal - then President of the [[Jewish National Fund]] of [[Canada]] - spearheaded a campaign among the Canadian Jewish community to raise $15 million to establish Canada Park as a picnic area accessible to Israelis from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The Jewish National Fund of Canada remains responsible for the upkeep of the park today through charitable donations
== References==
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[[en:Canada Park]]
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