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Article by Mustafa Abu Sneineh explains the role of Israel's Absentees' Property Law of 1950, which was used to seize Palestinian land after forcing its owners to flee, and how the land was instrumentalized through the present day, highlighting contemporary examples of how the Jewish National Fund funnels illegally seized property through the 1950 law to Israeli settlers.This source is a helpful introduction to Palestinian land confiscation, Sheikh Jarrah, ethnic cleansing, Palestinian property rights, and Israeli property law.
