Hamas: Sale of Jerusalem real estate to Jews “a national crime”

Senior Hamas official Isam ad-Dha’lees has strongly denounced the sale of Palestinian real estate in Occupied Jerusalem to Jewish groups and settlers, describing such practice as “a national crime.”

In press remarks, Dha’lees called on the Palestinian competent authorities and the Palestinian people from all spectra to strongly confront those who facilitate the sale of Palestinian real estate in Jerusalem and make efforts to prevent such transactions.

As part of a Zionist plan to Judaize the holy city of Jerusalem, Jewish settlers and groups have recently escalated their takeover of Palestinian homes and property in different areas of the city, especially in its old neighborhoods, mostly with the help of foreign straw companies, and third-party brokers, or seized from the Palestinians by force.