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which they called, interestingly enough, Romans have to the G-d-given Land of and Samaria assuming it to be not on
Transjordan, the Ever HaYarden of the Israel? private land and was given government
Torah. They then imported Abdullah, permission to live there, and 2) the
King Hussein’s Saudi Arabian grandfa- Yet let us assume that the Supreme infrastructure of the town was at least
ther, a Saudi parliament member, to be Court ignores the weakness of the partly paid for by the Israeli govern-
ruler of that newly-invented country. In Jordanian annexation of Judea and ment, then that Jew’s home cannot be
1946, Abdullah crowned himself king, Samaria, ignores the fact that the Arabs evacuated. If an Arab at some point
and during Israel’s 1948 War of didn’t actually buy anything and never surfaces and claims ownership (e.g.,
Independence, Jordan grabbed Judea actually lived on the lands in question, with the help of Israeli lawyers), 1) the
and Samaria, annexing it to let alone knew that they existed. Let us burden is on him to prove that he real-
Transjordan. In effect, it added the assume, further, that the Court ignores ly owns the land, and 2) if he manages
“West Bank” of the Jordan River to the the fact that the whole claim may be a to prove ownership, he can either
“East Bank” already under his control. lie and determines that, despite all of receive 125% of the value of the land,
The annexation was regarded as illegal the above, the best thing to do is to or demand other land instead. The one
and void by the Arab League and oth- physically pull the Jews out of their thing he cannot do is disrupt the lives
ers. It was recognized only by the United homes, find the Arabs in question, and of the honest citizens living there by
Kingdom, Iraq, and Pakistan. Soon after say to them, “Here is your land; please forcing their evacuation.
Abdullah’s death, in 1952, his grandson take it.”
Hussein took over, and it was he who, Make sense? I think so. Call it the
as I said, gave these land parcels as gifts Assuming all of that, what recourse “Common Sense Law.”
to Jordanians so as to claim taxes. By do Jews in Judea and Samaria have to
what right did he do that? avoid being told one day that their The big question now is this: Will
homes, bought and paid for 30 years the Israeli Supreme Court try to strike
At the risk of sounding “controver- before, with infrastructure built by the down this law? Stay tuned! ◆
sial,” I can stretch this discussion one government, are now forfeit, and that
step further. What right did the they will now be thrown out? Former Baltimorean Raphael
Jordanians, British, Ottoman Turks, Blumberg writes from Kiryat Arba. He
Mamluks, Crusaders, Moslem con- Enter the Arrangements Law. The is the author of They Called Him
querors, Persians, Byzantines, or Arrangements Law, passed recently by Rebbe: The Life and Good Works of
the Knesset, states that if a Jew 1) inno- Rabbi Boruch Milikowsky.
cently bought or built a home in Judea
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Transjordan, the Ever HaYarden of the Israel? private land and was given government
Torah. They then imported Abdullah, permission to live there, and 2) the
King Hussein’s Saudi Arabian grandfa- Yet let us assume that the Supreme infrastructure of the town was at least
ther, a Saudi parliament member, to be Court ignores the weakness of the partly paid for by the Israeli govern-
ruler of that newly-invented country. In Jordanian annexation of Judea and ment, then that Jew’s home cannot be
1946, Abdullah crowned himself king, Samaria, ignores the fact that the Arabs evacuated. If an Arab at some point
and during Israel’s 1948 War of didn’t actually buy anything and never surfaces and claims ownership (e.g.,
Independence, Jordan grabbed Judea actually lived on the lands in question, with the help of Israeli lawyers), 1) the
and Samaria, annexing it to let alone knew that they existed. Let us burden is on him to prove that he real-
Transjordan. In effect, it added the assume, further, that the Court ignores ly owns the land, and 2) if he manages
“West Bank” of the Jordan River to the the fact that the whole claim may be a to prove ownership, he can either
“East Bank” already under his control. lie and determines that, despite all of receive 125% of the value of the land,
The annexation was regarded as illegal the above, the best thing to do is to or demand other land instead. The one
and void by the Arab League and oth- physically pull the Jews out of their thing he cannot do is disrupt the lives
ers. It was recognized only by the United homes, find the Arabs in question, and of the honest citizens living there by
Kingdom, Iraq, and Pakistan. Soon after say to them, “Here is your land; please forcing their evacuation.
Abdullah’s death, in 1952, his grandson take it.”
Hussein took over, and it was he who, Make sense? I think so. Call it the
as I said, gave these land parcels as gifts Assuming all of that, what recourse “Common Sense Law.”
to Jordanians so as to claim taxes. By do Jews in Judea and Samaria have to
what right did he do that? avoid being told one day that their The big question now is this: Will
homes, bought and paid for 30 years the Israeli Supreme Court try to strike
At the risk of sounding “controver- before, with infrastructure built by the down this law? Stay tuned! ◆
sial,” I can stretch this discussion one government, are now forfeit, and that
step further. What right did the they will now be thrown out? Former Baltimorean Raphael
Jordanians, British, Ottoman Turks, Blumberg writes from Kiryat Arba. He
Mamluks, Crusaders, Moslem con- Enter the Arrangements Law. The is the author of They Called Him
querors, Persians, Byzantines, or Arrangements Law, passed recently by Rebbe: The Life and Good Works of
the Knesset, states that if a Jew 1) inno- Rabbi Boruch Milikowsky.
cently bought or built a home in Judea
78 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
