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An Arab’s attempt to gain control of a tract of land bought by Israel Nesson, an American Jew, by invoking an alleged 700-year-old deed, was defeated by the Jerusalem Land Court which affirmed Nesson’s right to the property.
Nesson bought the land, a 100-dunam rocky tract near Beit Hakerem, twelve years ago and returned to the United States, leaving behind an Arab watchman to protect the property and put up boundary stones.
Recently Nesson returned with surveyors and remained there a number of months without interference. At the end of last January, certain members of the Ehzeim family threatened to drive Nesson off the land by force if he did not leave.
Nesson took action against the Ehzeims in Magistrates Court as trespassers, but Magistrate Hubbard ordered him to prove his claim. Nesson then brought an action in the Jerusalem Land Court for confirmation of his claim.
The Arabs contested the claim, maintaining that the land was “Maitan Waqf,” Moslem holy land which cannot be sold, and that he had permission to enter it by an old deed.
The court ruled, however, that Nesson had not been given the necessary notice of this fact and, further, that the contention could not be established in the Land Registry.
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