Hamas rejects Israeli move to register West Bank land as ‘state property’ (www.aljazeera.com)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 15 Feb 23:38
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The Israeli government has approved a proposal to register large areas of the West Bank as “state property” for the first time since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territory began in 1967.

The Israeli public broadcaster Kan said on Sunday that the proposal was submitted by far-right Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich, Minister of Justice Yariv Levin and Minister of Defence Israel Katz.

“We are continuing the settlement revolution to control all our lands,” Smotrich said.

Registration of land establishes permanent ownership, but most Palestinian land is not formally registered, as it is a long, complicated process, which Israel had stopped in 1967. International law states that an occupying power cannot confiscate or settle land in occupied territories.

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