Palestinian gets death sentence for selling land to Israel (Haaretz)

Seems like a little bit too harsh for the punishment...But there are 2 key take-aways:
1. He is selling land not belong to him. That will wash his accusation away to Fraud charges
2. How could this be happend & wondering how the buyer is convinced if the law is already stated treason for selling land to Israeli

Weird...

Palestinian gets death sentence for selling land to Israel (Haaretz)
A Palestinian military court has sentenced a man to death by hanging for selling land to an Israeli company.

Land sales are considered treason by the Palestinians because of their long-running dispute with the Israelis, however the sentence is unlikely to be implemented.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas routinely withholds the required approval for executions. Several others are on death row as suspected informants for Israel.

The sentence was handed down Tuesday in a military court in the West Bank city of Hebron after two days of closed-door hearings.

Prosecutor Issa Amer said the defendant sold land that didn't belong to him in the village of Beit Ummar