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"Mumammad and his lawyer are still waiting for an appointment with the Israeli Civil Administration regarding this incident." They expect little help. Settlers act lawlessly with impunity.
On May 26, armed settlers launched multiple attacks on Palestinian villages near Nablus. Farmers were attacked on their land. One was shot and wounded. He was struck in the abdomen and hospitalized.
Farmlands were also set ablaze. Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Palestinians defending their property. One arrest followed. Palestinians don't know what's worse - marauding settlers or soldiers defending their right to commit vandalism and other crimes with impunity.
On May 25, Adalah headlined "Adalah to Government and Knesset: "Sanctioning Construction on Private Palestinian Land in the West Bank Violates Israeli and International Law," saying:
If passed, Knesset bills will "legalize building on private Palestinian land in Israeli Jewish settlements in the West Bank."
Adalah attorney Suhad Bishara said doing so amounts to large-scale lawless confiscation of Palestinian land. Resources on it will be lost. Israeli wants all valued parts of Judea and Sameria Judaized.
Israel's High Court accepts the legitimacy of private Palestinian property rights. It also recognizes international humanitarian and human rights laws. Israel systematically ignores them.
Politically confiscated land is prohibited. Knesset bills permit it. If enacted, they'll circumvent recent Supreme Court rulings. They ordered illegal settler outposts on private Palestinian land dismantled. Forged papers were used to build them.
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