4 years after destruction: New homes approved in Gush Etzion neighborhood

Arutz Sheva ^ | 22/2/23

[Eleutheria5]

Four-and-a-half years after the destruction of 15 homes in Elazar's Netiv Ha'avot neighborhood, this morning (Wednesday) the Civil Administration's Higher Planning Committee greenlighted 433 housing units in the neighborhood.

In addition, over 1,000 units were approved throughout Gush Etzion, while the eastern Gush community of Pnei Kedem was officially registered within the Israel Land Registry (Tabu).

Back in 2018, Israel's Suprme Court ordered the demolition of 15 Netiv Ha'avot homes, which was carried out in June of that year. The court ordered the entire houses destroyed despite the fact that only a tiny part of the buildings, about two percent, was built on land where the ownership was disputed.

After being evicted, the fifteen families were allotted a sum of money to build equivalent homes elsewhere and meanwhile, provided with temporary housing. The families were supposed to receive the lump sum of money within a few months of the eviction, along with a portion of land on which to build - a similar settlement to that reached with the families of the destroyed community of Amona in Binyamin, who rebuilt their community in Amichai.

However, the funds were withheld for four years, until the government decided to release them in May 2022 at the initiative of former MK Nir Orbach (Yamina).

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[Eleutheria5]

To rebuild, it took four years. To destroy, just a few months, all over a tiny sliver of land that might have belonged to a Palestinian that abutted the 15 houses.

Judicial reform can't come soon enough.

[SunkenCiv]

The judge involved in that original demolition decision belongs in prison.

[jjotto]

Baharav-Miara and Hayut, Athaliah and Jezebel, need to be executed along with Jeroboam Aharon Barak. There’s a reason why history favors kings and absolute dictators; they hold the power of life and death regardless of propaganda. Moshiach now!

[Conservat1]

Did JokeBiden reacted that he is “worried”?

[SJackson]

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