A Jewish organization has reclaimed the land based on property deeds whose authenticity is disputed, and which date back to the 1870s, long before the Jewish state was established in 1948.
One broker, Haniff Baksh, the vice president of ERA Besmatch, conducted his own survey, based on deed transfers recorded by the Department of Buildings.
He was born poor, he is India's first leader with no affiliation to anyone born before independence, and his rise is based on deed and not on name and inertia.
If Jewish Israelis can claim property in East Jerusalem based on land deeds that predate 1948, why can't Palestinians with similar deeds reclaim their homes in West Jerusalem?
"I think the story is plausible, based on historical deeds and documents," said Paul DiBenedetto, the president of the Bayside Historical Society.
In the early 1970s, the Israeli courts awarded two Jewish associations ownership of the compound based on land deeds that were a century old.
In the early 1970s, a Jewish association claimed ownership of the land around the tomb, based on property deeds from Ottoman times.
Beginning in the 19th century, the "Great Man" theory of leadership held that the historical march of civilization occurs based on the deeds of great individual leaders.
The most prominent of these being Islam, in which some interpret the hadith, guidelines for life based on the deeds and sayings of the prophet and his companions, as encouraging (but not requiring) men to squat and pee so as to avoid contact with unclean urine.
Such bold action would lend the UN a credibility based on facts and deeds, as well as help restore faith in the very mechanism the UN is promoting to assist in securing the future of clean energy investment.
