Israel's High Court asks a challenging question for a change
Published by Avi Green on Thursday, September 03, 2009 at 10:07 AM.
I'm really surprised at this, considering that they are run by leftists, that they'd wonder why illegally built Arab homes are allowed, but not Jewish ones:
High Court Justice Edna Arbel, in a response to a petition charging the government with bias against Jews, expressed amazement that the Defense Ministry has issued orders to destroy only three of 50 illegal Arab homes in one village in Judea and Samaria.I assume that maybe she's come to her senses, perhaps due to disillusionment with Ehud Barak? Well there was a poll taken some time ago showing that Labor might get even less next election than it has this last one. Maybe some leftists are becoming tired of them after all.
The petition by the Regevim organization complained that the government discriminates against Jews in Judea and Samaria, where Defense Minister Ehud Barak has authorized the destruction of hundreds of Jewish homes. Several of the demolitions have taken place in the middle of the night.
The three demolition orders against illegal Arab construction, which is rampant most places in Judea and Samaria and without supervision or planning, were issued since 1996. “Fourteen years? I think that everyone would say that is a bit too much” to understand, Justice Arbel told government attorneys.
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