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Palestinian land laws refer to ownership of land under the Palestinian Authority (PA). These laws prohibit Palestinians from selling Palestinian-owned lands to "any man or judicial body corporation of Israeli citizenship, living in Israel or acting on its behalf." These land laws were originally enacted during the Jordanian occupation of the West Bank (1948–1967). Land sales to Israelis are considered treason by the Palestinians because they threaten the founding of a future state and to "halt the spread of moral, political and security corruption".〔 Palestinians who sell land to Israelis can be sentenced to death, although death penalties are seldom carried out; a death sentence has to be approved by the Palestinian Authority President.〔〔(Palestinian Handed Death Sentence ), BBC News, 29 April 2009〕〔 ==Background== Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan and Gaza from Egypt during the Six-Day War of 1967. Under international law, Jordanian laws as they existed on 4 June 1967 (the eve of the occupation) are applicable to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem,〔(''Property transactions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory—Legal brief'' ). PLO Negotiations Affairs Department, October 2008〕 and Israel as an Occupying Power is obliged to respect these laws. Shortly after the war, Israel began establishing settlements in these territories based on the legal opinion of Plia Albeck, in contradiction with legal advice of others, including from Theodor Meron, the Israeli Foreign Ministry's advisor.〔(Senior legal official warned that settlements would be illegal in 1967 ) Independent - 26 May 2007〕 In 2005, Israel dismantled its settlements in Gaza, but Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem, along with their security zones, still account for about 60% of the area.〔Katya Adler, ("Challenge of Israeli settlements" ), BBC News.〕 In the West Bank, settlements have continued to slowly grow and as of April 2009, included about 400,000 settlers.〔 All Israeli settlements in the occupied territories (including those in East Jerusalem) have been declared illegal under international law, but Israel disputes this finding.〔 Palestinians argue that the growth of Israeli settlements compromises their ability to establish a viable state of their own in the territories, in accordance with the proposed two-state solution.〔Matt Spetalnick, ("Obama to hear Abbas plea on Israeli settlements" ) ''The Independent'' (Reuters source).〕 In April 2009, a Chief Islamic Judge of the Palestinian Authority reminded of an existing fatwa that bans Palestinians from selling property to Jews, which is considered high treason and punishable by death. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palestinian land laws」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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