PA-Sponsored Legal Conference Recommends Expanding Palestinian Judicial Authority To All Territories, Including Jerusalem | MEMRI – The Middle East Media Research Institute

A two-day February 18-19, 2017 conference on „Strengthening Arbitration in Jerusalem“ in Al-Bireh, sponsored by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud ‚Abbas, was attended by legal experts and experts in the field of arbitration. At its conclusion, the conference issued recommendations for expanding the Palestinian judicial authority to all Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, and for shifting conflict arbitration from the Israeli judicial system to a system that will be in accordance with Palestinian law, particularly for conflicts over land in Jerusalem and for all things concerning economic investment in the city.