Real Estate Shopping on Someone Else’s Land

Expand שער המוצב על כביש ליד ההתנחלות דולב וחוסם את דרכם של כלי-רכב פלסטיניים מהכפר הסמוך עין קינייא לכביש הראשי. © Human Rights Watch 2017 At an informational session in the Israeli settlement of Alfei Menashe in the West Bank, a real estate agent engages in sales patter with house hunters for a new development of penthouses and 3- and 4-bedroom apartments: “breathtaking views,” “the highest standards of construction,” and “just minutes” from major Israeli cities. Two potential home-buyers, Israeli men in their 30s, flip through brochures showing high-rise buildings built on open land that…

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