Zionists Stole Palestinian Land

I. HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION

There is NO HISTORICAL EVIDENCE OR DOCUMENTATION of theft of land occurring as a consequence of Israeli sovereignty.

A. Total Absence of any documentation prior to 1900
  1. Ottoman
  2. Islamic
  3. Western
  4. Eyewitness accounts
  5. Archaeological finds
B. Claims of deeds to the land
  1. Ottoman system of land ownership
    1. Little of the land under private ownership
      1. Peel Commission found only 13% privately owned
      2. Over 7% owned by Jews (over 60% of the privately held land
    2. Jews had legal proof of this ownership
      1. Bills of sale
      2. Transfers of deeds
  2. The Ottoman Land Code of 1858
    1. Five different types of land
      1. Mulk (private ownership)
      2. Miri (set up much like Feudal lands in Medieval Europe)
      3. Mewat (dead or undeveloped land)
      4. Mahlul (land passed back to the empire when no heirs)
      5. Waqf (held by the state for religious reasons)

II. SOVEREIGNTY

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