Another Take: Why is land in the West Bank being sold off to US citizens?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on January 22, 2025. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed.
Expansions of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank are proceeding at a record pace, and in the US town of Teaneck, New Jersey, some residents are organizing to fight real estate sales to American Jews. It’s sparked accusations of antisemitism and ratcheted up tension in the small community. What’s next for Teaneck?
In this episode:
- Rich Siegel, Teaneck Resident
Episode credits:
This episode was updated by Sonia Bhagat. The original production team was Marcos Bartolomé, Duha Mossad, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenburg and our host, Kevin Hirten. It was edited by Sarí El-Khalili.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Hi, I'm Sonia Bagat, and this is another take, where we revisit stories from the archives. |
| 0:17.5 | This week, hundreds of protesters gathered to demonstrate outside a Manhattan synagogue. |
| 0:22.6 | Inside was an Israeli real estate expo, featuring stolen land for sale in the occupied West Bank. |
| 0:30.6 | New York City's mayor, Zora Mamdani, condemned the event, calling the properties illegal under international law and deeply tied to the |
| 0:38.7 | ongoing displacement of Palestinians. Counter-protester showed up too, and there were major clashes |
| 0:45.0 | with police. |
| 0:50.2 | It's a story we reported on last year, in the neighboring state of New Jersey, examining how |
| 0:56.1 | these real estate fairs work and the pushback brewing against them. |
| 1:00.5 | This episode aired January 22, 2025. |
| 1:04.8 | All dates and references are from that time. |
| 1:14.5 | Today time. Today, Americans house hunting in illegal settlements in the West Bank. |
| 1:19.4 | That land does not belong to them. |
| 1:20.9 | It belongs to Palestinian families that's been there for generations. |
| 1:24.0 | U.S. law says these Jewish-only real estate fairs are illegal. So why aren't authorities |
| 1:30.0 | putting a stop to it? I'm Kevin Horton, and this is the take. |
| 1:42.4 | A perfect and pastoral location. |
| 1:45.9 | That's how real estate agency Keller Williams Israel advertised a house on its website. |
| 1:51.3 | Only it wasn't in Israel. |
| 1:53.7 | It was in the occupied West Bank. |
| 1:55.7 | Since October the 7th, Israel's government has accelerated the approval of several illegal settlement |
| 2:02.2 | projects in occupied East Jerusalem. |
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