25.05.2012                      04.Siwan. 5772                    Tag 48 des Omer

Landminen:

‘Ticking bomb’ land to be cleared for agriculture

INMAA launches first de-mining project in a multi-year plan to clear minefields for agricultural use.

About one percent of Israel’s land contains live minefields, and in a country as small and crowded as Israel, that one percent is important; especially if the land poses an unnecessary threat to its citizens.
The Israeli National Mine Action Authority (INMAA) was established in 2011 after the Knesset passed the Land-Mine Clearance Law. Today in Israel, there are more than 130,000 dunam of minefield and/or mine affected territories that are no longer considered essential to national security….