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2017-02-07 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

In historic first, Israel legalizes West Bank outposts with sweeping new legislation

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Posted by trailing wife 2017-02-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Bad move, Kelso with D-8s.

Posted by Shipman 2017-02-07 08:25|| 2017-02-07 08:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Honestly, I have deep reservations about this because it appears to be an Israeli version of the Kelo case allowing government entities to seize private land using eminent domain, only to turn it over to other private entities under the guise of "increasing tax revenues".

On the other hand, the West Bank was formerly part of Jordan, technically a Kingdom where private property "rights" are subject to the whim of the monarch: I recall a time where Jews attempted the process of legally buying back the land from individual Arab owners, only for such sales to be banned by Muslim/Arab "governments".

Add to this the questionable process of determining if Palestinian land is actually privately owned: I can see where Palestinians would like a very watered down standard that boils down to, "It's mine because I say its mine." But then again, Islam already says that about Spanish land conquered

Would be nice to have Kelo effectively declared "internationally unconstitutional", if only to see the Left twist itself into knots to hold to the one and deny the other...

Posted by ptah 2017-02-07 11:03|| 2017-02-07 11:03|| Front Page Top

#3 The Jews paid for that land more than two fold. Those that saw the Jews coming and fled, lost the right. The rest were paid for their property.

There is no such thing as a "Palestinian"

Posted by newc 2017-02-07 16:34|| 2017-02-07 16:34|| Front Page Top

#4
my understanding was at one of these places Palestinians had sold their land to Jews, but the supreme court had ruled that Jordanian Law applied and by Jordanian law Jews cannot own land, so the sales were illegal and the land was still Palestinian.
This law is in reaction to that decision.

Posted by Grins Snese4215 2017-02-07 17:06|| 2017-02-07 17:06|| Front Page Top

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