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| PA overrules own court, affirms death penalty for selling land to Juices | |
| 2010-09-21 | |
| The Palestinian Authority on Sunday reaffirmed the death penalty for any Palestinian found guilty of selling land to Israelis. The decision came in response to a ruling by a Palestinian court according to which such acts were only a "minor offense." The land law, which was originally put in force by Jordan between 1948 and 1967, carries the death sentence. In 1997, the PA announced that it would seek the death penalty for any Palestinian convicted of selling land to Jews or Israelis, in accordance with the Jordanian "Law for Preventing the Sale of Real Estate to the Enemy." According to the 1973 legislation,
The PA later drafted its own law to replace the Jordanian statute. The law is called the "Property Law for Foreigners." It describes the sale of land to "occupiers" as an act of "national treason." Although the PA has thus far refrained from executing those convicted of selling land to Jews, there have been many extrajudicial killings of Palestinian suspects over the past decades. | |
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