Why is land in the West Bank being sold off to US citizens?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
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 set off accusations of anti-Semitism 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 produced by 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 | Today, Americans' house hunting in illegal settlements in the West Bank. |
| 0:15.8 | That land does not belong to them. |
| 0:17.2 | They belongs to Palestinian families that's been there for generations. |
| 0:20.3 | U.S. law says these Jewish-only real estate fairs are illegal. |
| 0:24.6 | So why aren't authorities putting a stop to it? |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Kevin Horton, and this is the take. |
| 0:41.5 | A perfect and pastoral location. |
| 0:46.9 | That's how real estate agency Keller Williams Israel advertised a house on its website. |
| 0:49.5 | Only it wasn't in Israel. |
| 0:52.0 | It was in the occupied West Bank. Since October the 7th, Israel's government has accelerated the approval of several illegal settlement projects in occupied East Jerusalem. |
| 1:01.0 | They're going in and carrying out conflict and war in Gaza. |
| 1:04.0 | They are carrying out brutal raids in the Occupied West Bank. |
| 1:08.0 | And while the world's attention is elsewhere, they are scooping up more and more Palestinian land |
| 1:12.6 | and claiming it as their own gross violations of international law. |
| 1:16.9 | Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories |
| 1:19.9 | are illegal under international law. |
| 1:22.7 | Yet that's not stopping Israelis from selling homes there to American Jews. |
| 1:27.4 | Recently, things boiled over in Teaneck, New Jersey. |
| 1:31.3 | Because the guys, I don't you cry! |
| 1:35.3 | We will never let you die! |
| 1:37.3 | We will never let you die! |
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