Posted on 09/11/2009 5:39:34 AM PDT by SJackson
The State of Israel must enforce demolition orders issued for two illegal structures built by Palestinians in the West Bank, the High Court ruled on Wednesday. The court ordered the state to set a deadline within which to follow up on the demolition.
The ruling came as a response to a petition from an Israeli monitor group, demanding to know why the state does not homes built without permits in the Arab villages of al-Sawaya and Yatma.
Regavim, the petitioning group which works "to preserve the nation's lands," said that the Civil Administration had issued few demolition orders against the illegal structures but was not implementing the action.
Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer on Sunday said in response to the petition that perhaps the state prosecution had indeed discriminated between Arabs and Jews with regard to illegal construction on the West Bank, the latter's detriment.
"There isn't a single Jewish outpost with illegal construction against which demolition orders have not been issued," claimed Amir Fischer, representing Regavim.
Melcer, who prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court represented residents of the illegal outpost of Migron, asked government attorney Hila Gorani "whether there is a difference in the order of priorities."
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This won't make Barry happy, he's pro segregation. Hillary either.
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Which “High Court”?
Is this the actual Irael supreme court or some faux Arab kangaroo court that has no authority?
Good riddance Aharon Barak the racist, Jew hating former head of the Israeli Supreme Court.
The actual Supreme Court, who recognize there are thousands of demolition orders which aren’t enforced because the targets are Muslim Arabs. An interesting development as the case didn’t involve Arabs, they became an issue only in the context of the discriminatory nature of the enforcement of the law
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