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Originally Posted by Xellos-_^
ownership is being contest in a Court of Law. How does ownership default to the State? what kind of screwy land laws does Israel have?
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all land belongs to the state (by default) unless it belongs to someone who bought it from the state (or from whoever held it before the state)
if no one buys the land from the state, then the state is the landlord
if that someone buys the land, then he owns it and he becomes the landlord
and if you buy a house built on that land, you buy it from him (the landlord)
if he only rents you that house, they you dont OWN the house, but you have a claim to it so long as you pay rent
if you dont pay rent, you get evicted
its not screwy, its simple real estate
and in the US, if you dont pay the rent, you'll get evicted all the same
the fact that you CLAIM that you own the land, doesnt mean that you do
and the fact that this case has been in court for quite a while, shows you that the court had good reason to suspect that they dont have a case