Posted on 08/30/2012 8:20:15 AM PDT by Former Fetus
On Tuesday, a fateful hearing took place at the Supreme Court to determine the destiny of the Jewish community of Migron.
The complicated history of the site, and the legal wrangling surrounding it over the past six years, have left many people wondering where right begins and wrong ends.
But regardless of ones political views, there is something about the case that should send a shudder down the spine of every Israeli who values liberty.
Standing before the justices, Osnat Mandel of the State Attorneys Office said that Migron in its entirety should be evacuated within a few days.
Mandel made no distinction between the land that was recently purchased by Migrons residents, on which 17 families live, and the rest of the communitys territory, where 33 other families reside and the ownership is in dispute.
In other words, the state is willfully choosing to ignore the legal purchase of land by its citizens and is prepared to expel them from their homes.
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