Posted on 12/26/2014 10:55:00 AM PST by Steelfish
Israel's Top Court Orders West Bank Settlement Demolished Protester
By BATSHEVA SOBELMAN Amona, the largest of unauthorized outposts in the West Bank, is ordered demolished by Israel's top court Israel’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to demolish the West Bank settlement of Amona within two years and relocate its 300 Jewish residents, moving to end a years-long legal battle.
In the ruling late Thursday, Supreme Court President Asher Grunis acknowledged that demolishing the community would be “difficult and painful” for its residents. However, he wrote, “this difficulty cannot enable illegal construction on private land” or justify failure to comply with the law.
Four months into truce, tensions remain along Gaza border Four months into truce, tensions remain along Gaza border Established in 1995 without explicit government permission, Amona is the largest of the unauthorized outposts in the West Bank and was built largely on privately owned Palestinian land.
A group of Palestinians claiming ownership of the land petitioned Israeli courts through the Israeli nongovernmental rights group Yesh Din in 2008, demanding removal of the outpost, access to the land and compensation.
As the court case progressed, the Israeli government conceded that the construction was illegal and should be dismantled. The state had agreed to evict the residents by the end of 2012 but repeatedly asked for extensions while it claimed to have purchased parts of the land from the Palestinian owners.
In a token move last year, settlers tore up an access road and removed a contested mobile home ahead of a court deadline.
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[Does Hamas Have A Supreme Court?]
Yes, a bunch of sick perverted Imams sit in a room and decide how many generations of the women in your family get raped.
the Enemy Within strikes again.
(a substantive change is needed at the Israeli Supreme Court)
ps: similar to the US Supreme Court Problem in USA...
Jeez, I hope “political correctness” is not beginning to infect the upper reaches of the Israeli judiciary. If so, and it continues, Israel is ultimately doomed.
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