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Originally Posted by blankall
They don't own the homes.
The courts determined that the land was owned by Jews. When Jordan invaded and occupied East Jerusalem, they forcibly removed all Jews and took all their land. The land was given to wealthy Jordanian landlords, but occupied by Palestinians.
When Israel regained control of the land, they returned ownership to the Jewish residents, who made a deal with the occupying Palestinians, that they could stay as long as they paid rent. Over seventy years later they stopped paying rent, and the owners sought to evict.
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None of this is legitimate. "Regained control"? When? It's an occupied territory, they don't have the right to do that. They have made up the rules of the game, and you just accept that, despite the rest of the world and every honest court in the land disagreeing with them.
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Originally Posted by blankall
This started a decades long court case. The Palestinians argued that Israel could not enforce it's laws there, and the Jordanian confiscations should stand.
Do you not know the details or just choose to leave them out?
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And they are correct. Read the pdf I posted(please, please!), you'll get a good overview of all the ways Israel is committing war crimes, contravening the Geneva convention, and generally being awful to people while trampling on their rights, along with a history of the land.