Free Republic

Feb. 12, 2003 Court hears appeal against Hebron home demolitions By DAN IZENBERG The State Attorney's Office argued on Wednesday that the decision to destroy Palestinian houses along "Worshippers Way," linking Kiryat Arba to the Machpela Cave in Hebron was in accordance with international law. Attorney Yochi Gnessen, representing the state, claimed that the state was allowed to protect Jewish worshippers seeking to pray at one of Judaism's holiest sites according to the Hague Convention and the Fourth Geneva Convention. The government decided to destroy homes belonging to Hebron residents that straddle the road to the Machpela Cave after an...