tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post6191963385388435240..comments2024-03-28T14:55:27.949+02:00Comments on My Right Word: A Suggestion for SeptemberYMedadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-12191829698681588792011-08-31T21:18:56.414+03:002011-08-31T21:18:56.414+03:00Even a pro-Pal. academic article had to conclude t...Even a pro-Pal. academic article had to conclude that "On one hand, the legal system extinguished most indigenous rights to uncultivated land through its use of colonial law—the interpretation of Ottoman law by Western colonial officials, the use of foreign legal concepts like moral rights and rights of common, and the transformation<br />of Ottoman law through supplementary legislation such as the Mewat LandOrdinance of 1921."<br /><br />Or, in other words, most land upon which Arabs lived was not theirs but squatters rights. But once the Mandate came into operation, the true land owners, the Jews, obtained their own rights stolen from them.<br /><br />Oh, and don't hold your breath.YMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-74043379717424314682011-08-31T18:54:32.030+03:002011-08-31T18:54:32.030+03:00"our fields, our orchards, our vineyards"..."our fields, our orchards, our vineyards"<br /><br />They are all Palestinian. As much yours as Gush Katif and Sharm were. <br /><br />See how many people around the world buy your revenant fantasy on September 20.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com