By Meron Rapoport: Israel demanding right to buy Greek Orthodox church property
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Title: Property laws in the Common Law countries Name: Vitaliy, Esq. City: Brooklyn State: NY
Those in the countries with common law (England, USA, etc.) should look to their countries own laws before saying "thou shalt not covet" and think about returning the lands their countries occupy to their original owners, aka Native Americans... This is not "coveting". Throughout the World, the idea that a government may have a higher interest in the property is recognized quite well. My relatives had some nice property in downtown Krakow. Shouldn`t I get it back, if the rule is "thou shalt not covet?" Why don`t the rest of Jews inherit the land of their dead relatives? Then we`d own half of Europe, that`s why...