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| By: Israel Insider staff and partners |
| Published: April 24, 2006 |
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An Israeli court on Sunday turned down a claim for compensation by a Jewish settler bilked by Palestinians in a West Bank land deal, saying it had no authority to enforce Israeli judgments in Palestinian-controlled territory, which it said enjoyed "quasi-sovereign status."
Overturning a lower court ruling, the Jerusalem District Court cited a 1995 Israeli-Palestinian agreement and subsequent Israeli legislation as giving the Palestinian Authority judicial authority in the areas under its control, which since last year's Israeli pullout means all of Gaza and the most densely-populated areas of Judea and Samaria.
"In fact, the Palestinian Authority acquired the status of a quasi-sovereign body," said the ruling released by the court.
The court, however, said a principle in international law under which the courts of one country may not sit in judgment on the acts of the government of another which are carried out in its own territory, was not applicable in this case.
"These principles do not directly apply to the Palestinian Authority as long as it has not been declared a state," the judgment said.
AP contributed to this report. |
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