Settlers say bought outpost land, one year after Palestinian owner's death
New appeal by 17 residents of the West Bank settlement of Migron, due to be demolished next month, cite 2012 acquisition papers; Palestinian owner died in 2011.
Residents of the condemned West Bank outpost of Migron
have appealed the High Court to stay the demolition of the settlement's
illegal structures on Tuesday, claiming that they had recently purchased
the land on which the homes were built.
However, a preliminary inspection of
the purported sale reveals that the Palestinian whom the settlers claim
sold them the land passed away in 2011, one year before the alleged
transaction.
Citing what they said was their
desire to keep the identity of the seller unknown, the 17 appellants,
represented by Zeev Scharf, asked the High Court to submit the sale's
documentation in a sealed envelope.
According to the appeal, the
acquisition was conducted by the al-Watan development firm, which is
owned by the Mateh Binyamin Development Company, who, in return, is
owned by the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council in the West Bank.
Al-Watan officials have claimed to
have bought Miron's lands in the past. However, a police investigation
at the time revealed that the purchase was false, interrogating the
firm's heads. The case was closed due to a lack of evidence.(1)
Lol, just goes to show you what pathetic, lying jerks the Israeli illegal settlers are. They have the gall to lie to their own country's highest court to steal land.
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