Ownership of land under the Palestinian National Authority
Palestinian land laws dictate how Palestinians are to handle their ownership of land under the Palestinian National Authority—currently only in the West Bank (see governance of the Gaza Strip). Most notably, these laws prohibit Palestinians from selling any Palestinian-owned lands to "any man or judicial body corporation of Israeli citizenship, living in Israel or acting on its behalf".[1][2][3] These land laws were originally enacted during the Jordanian occupation of the West Bank, which began after Jordan's partial victory during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and ended after the sweeping defeat of the Arab coalition to the Israeli military during the 1967 Arab–Israeli War, following which the territory was occupied by Israel. Land sales by Palestinians to Israelis are considered treasonous by the former to the Palestinian national cause because they threaten the aspiration for an independent Palestinian state. The prohibition on land-selling to Israelis in these laws is also stated as enforced in order to "halt the spread of moral, political and security corruption".[4] Consequently, Palestinians who sell land to Israelis can be sentenced to death under Palestinian governance, although death penalties are seldom carried out; capital punishment has to be approved by the President of the Palestinian National Authority.[2][4][5][6][7]
^Roger Kaplan & Adrian Karatnycky (1998). Freedom in the World: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties, 1997–1998. Transaction Publishers. p. 577. ISBN 0-7658-0476-X.
^ ab"Israel Investigates Death of an Arab Land Dealer". The New York Times. 11 May 1997. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
^Abu Toameh, Khaled (1 April 2009). "PA: Death Penalty for Those who Sell Land to Jews". The Jerusalem Post.
^ abCite error: The named reference Haaretz_PA_court was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Weiner, Justus Reid (2005). Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society(PDF). Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. p. 22. ISBN 965-218-048-3.
^Palestinian Handed Death Sentence, BBC News, 29 April 2009
^"Death Verdict over W. Bank Land Sale". Al Jazeera English. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
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