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Seizure of land in Jerusalem nullified
By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, Knight Ridder | February 2, 2005
By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, Knight Ridder | February 2, 2005
JERUSALEM -- Israel's attorney general nullified yesterday a recent decision by Israeli Cabinet ministers to seize Jerusalem land of absentee Arab owners, declaring that it violated domestic and international law.
The decision by Meni Mazuz blocked what attorneys for the landowners said was an attempt by Israel to confiscate thousands of acres of Jerusalem land and to cement Israeli control over the eastern sector of the city, whose fate is one of the most difficult issues in any future peace talks. The Palestinians hope to make east Jerusalem the capital of an independent state, while Israel claims the entire city as its capital.
Hundreds of acres of Jerusalem land have been seized in recent months, the attorneys said.....(http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/02/02/israel_presses_for_a_halt_to_attacks/)
The decision by Meni Mazuz blocked what attorneys for the landowners said was an attempt by Israel to confiscate thousands of acres of Jerusalem land and to cement Israeli control over the eastern sector of the city, whose fate is one of the most difficult issues in any future peace talks. The Palestinians hope to make east Jerusalem the capital of an independent state, while Israel claims the entire city as its capital.
Hundreds of acres of Jerusalem land have been seized in recent months, the attorneys said.....(http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/02/02/israel_presses_for_a_halt_to_attacks/)