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| Palestinian Authority arrests suspects involved in sale of Jericho homes to settlers |
| 2026-11-11 |
| ​[IsraelTimes] The Paleostinian Authority has arrested several suspects in connection with the sale of West Bank homes on the outskirts of Jericho to Israeli settlers, in violation of PA laws. Paleostinian Authority security forces front man Anwar Rajab told Paleostinian radio that those arrested are suspected of involvement in the "takeover of land in the Ad-Duyuk area of Jericho." Last week, several dozen settlers associated with the Nachala settlement organization took up residence in eight buildings in the Jericho suburb, which Nachala said it had purchased in a secretive operation it announced only once the settlers had entered the homes. The Saudi newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported that those arrested by the PA were brokers involved in transferring the homes to settlers and that they had been remanded in jug for 15 days. Paleostinian Authority law prohibits the sale of land to an "enemy state" or its citizens, including Israeli citizens. In practice, the provision is enforced primarily against sales to Israeli Jews, rather than Arab citizens of Israel. Ad-Duyuk al-Tahta, where the homes were purchased, is located in Area C of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli civil and security control under the Oslo Accords. It is adjacent to Jericho, a city of over 20,000 people, which is in Area A and under full PA control. According to reports, the homes purchased by the settlers are located on Israeli state land, and the Paleostinians who built them did so illegally. The settlers claimed to have purchased the homes with the cooperation of the Binyamin Regional Council, a state-funded settlement municipal authority. The Binyamin Regional Council also claimed the buildings are on state land. But it is unclear how the council would have been able to purchase the land if it had not been privately owned by Paleostinians. Settler groups have been accused of pressuring Paleostinians and falsifying documents in order to carry out such takeovers of Paleostinian property, with such cases more common in the West Bank city of Hebron. Related: Jericho: 2026-11-08 Secret Oslo negotiations revealed as Norway releases thousands of previously hidden documents Jericho: 2026-11-05 New West Bank cement factory poses major security risk, expert warns Jericho: 2026-09-02 IDF dusts off decades-old posts along Jordan border to battle threats ‘from beyond’ |
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