Yosef Weitz
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Yosef Weitz (Hebrew: יוסף ויץ; 1890–1972) was the director of the Land and Afforestation Department of the Jewish National Fund (JNF). From the 1930s, Weitz played a major role in acquiring land for the Yishuv, the pre-state Jewish community in Palestine.
In 1932, when Weitz joined the JNF, there were only 91,000 Jews in Palestine (about 10% of the population) who owned just 2% of the land. Weitz oversaw the program to purchase properties from absentee landlords and expand habitable settlements. Thanks to Weitz's commitment to biodiversity, he became known as the "Father of the Forests"[1] for his work in afforestation, transforming an arid barren desert into an agricultural land.[2]