ILA

The Israel Land Authority (ILA — Hebrew: רשות מקרקעי ישראל), formerly the Israel Lands Administration prior to 2009 institutional restructuring, manages the substantial portion of Israeli land that is state-owned or held by the Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemet LeIsrael) under public-trust arrangements.

Per ILA disclosures, approximately 93% of Israeli land falls within ILA management — either state-owned, held by the Development Authority, or held by the Jewish National Fund under the integrated public-trust arrangement.

ILA's institutional mandate includes:

— Long-term leasehold administration (ILA does not generally sell freehold title; the standard arrangement is 49- or 98-year leases) — Conversion of leasehold positions to extended-term or near-freehold arrangements through structured administrative processes — Coordination with municipal planning authorities on land development approvals — Administration of agricultural-land arrangements with kibbutzim, moshavim, and the broader Israeli agricultural-cooperative sector — Sale of urban land for residential and commercial development under structured tender processes

The ILA leasehold architecture is one of the more structurally distinctive features of the Israeli real-estate environment compared to most other developed-market real-estate jurisdictions. For foreign buyers in particular, understanding the leasehold-vs-freehold distinction, the conversion processes, and the broader leasehold-architecture implications operates as a meaningful pre-acquisition due-diligence consideration.

Tabu registration of ILA leasehold positions operates parallel to Tabu registration of private-ownership freehold positions.

See also: /glossary/tabu/, /glossary/keren-kayemet-leisrael/, /real-estate/