Recall
Israel's latest land grab scandal - walling Palestinians from tracts of their land and then confiscating it. This is exactly what the opponents of "the wall" claimed was the purpose - to take more land from the Palestinians. Sharon claimed, of course, that it was merely a protection against terrorist attacks on Israelis. Now, his own Attorney General has ruled the latest move illegal.
The government invoked the 1950 Absentee Property Law last July and word leaked out this month, alarming Palestinians who feared an attempt to usurp their claims to East Jerusalem, which they want as the capital of a future state.
Israeli media said the move had angered the US administration, which regarded it as an obstacle to new peace prospects raised by the election of moderate Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on 9 January to replace Yasir Arafat.
In a lengthy legal opinion, Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz told the government to cancel implementation of the law in East Jerusalem, saying it violated obligations under international law and was sure to be overturned by the Israeli supreme court.
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