The PA has reaffirmed the death penalty for any Arab who sells land to Israelis.
PA Prosecutor-General Ahmed al-Mughni appealed a recent ruling by a lower court that selling land to Jews was a minor offense. The higher court agreed that it was a “major offense” punishable by death.
The land law upon which the cases were based was originally put in force by Jordan between 1948 and 1967, and carries the death sentence.