Capital Offense
Court rules selling land to Israel is capital offense
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A Palestinian court in Jerusalem ruled Thursday that selling land to Israel was a capital offense.
Judge Ta'et At-Twil ruled that the act of selling - or attempting to sell - land to a foreign country was a criminal offense which could result in the death penalty.
Under the instruction of general attorney Ahmad Al-Mughni, the court issued the ruling as a consolidation of the previous legal principle, a statement from the prosecution said, adding that the ruling aimed to protect the Palestinian national project to establish an independent Palestinian state.
(Published by Ma'An News Agency – September 20, 2010)