There is ample precedent for both positions, including a nearly identical case regarding a neighborhood in Barkan where the land in question belonged - without question - to a private Jewish landowner.
The Seminar took place in the presence of Mr. Nimrod Barkan, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Israel to UNESCO, Mr. David Killion, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of the United States to UNESCO, Ms. Tatian Balykina, Representative of the Permanent Delegation of the Russian Federation to UNESCO, and Representatives from the Permanent Delegations of Germany and Belgium to UNESCO.