61. Palestinian leaders say the land sales give Israel ammunition to deny Palestinian claims. 62. Palestinians widen crackdown on land sales to Jews. 63. Other officials said that while the government is delaying residential land sales, it will continue selling industrial land to meet the requirements of the manufacturing sector. 64. Pastrana replaced Araujo one year into his administration, after prosecutors named him in corruption investigations surrounding a government land sale in Cartagena. 65. Parliament passed a long-awaited land code last year allowing for limited land sales. 66. Palestinians say land sales allow the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem and threaten their hopes to establish a state there. 67. Property stocks fell Monday after a disappointing government land sale. 68. Pope Shenouda III, who leads the Coptic Church, said such land sales are tantamount to treason. 69. A flexible approach will be taken towards the Land Disposal Program, the blueprint for land sales over the next five years. 70. A second Palestinian land dealer accused of arranging land sales to Israelis has been murdered, Palestinian officials said Sunday. |