An Israeli official insisted the government is committed to removing settlement houses on privately owned Palestinian land. The official suggested, however, that Israel is reconsidering what it deems private Palestinian land.
The newly commissioned panel was established because members of Mr. Netanyuhu's government say the designation of settlement land as private Palestinian property was politically motivated, the official said. "We want to make sure that the status of the land is correct," said the official.
There should be nothing wrong with investigating the legality of the status of lands.
There should be nothing wrong in utilizing the framework of eminent domain. It's being used now in Illinois and California. The US Supreme Court permitted Columbia University to employ it.
Even more so if the lands in question, as in Migron, it has been claimed, were gifts from the King and if the lands had never been used and, as in some cases, the present "owners" didn't even know they owned the land until someone from Peace Now or Yesh Din came along.
The Jewish people were granted exclusive rights to all state and waste lands (League of Nations Mandate, Article 6) after losing all of TrandJordan and after partition plans were rejected.
This is how civilized nations act - within the framework of the law.
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