Tel-Chai Nation

The Israeli high court of justice could end up trying to undo a law passed to prevent demolition of Israeli neighborhoods in Judea/Samaria for the sake of Islamists and their sympathizers:

Israel’s High Court began a hearing Sunday on the Judea and Samaria Settlement Regulation Law which they had previous frozen, to determine whether it should be upheld or declared illegal.

The law, passed in February 2017, aimed to legalize retroactively up to 4,000 housing units that were built on what was claimed to be private Palestinian land in what is known as Area C (under full Israeli control) of Judea and Samaria.

This would prevent what has been the common practice of the court when Palestinians or left-wing organizations claim the settlements were built illegally on Palestinian property and petition for the destruction of the Israeli homes, even though the Jewish owners had been assured by government ministries and institutions that they had a right to be there.

The Regulations Law states that the Palestinian landowners would continue to own the property but their usage would be expropriated by the State. In return, they would be compensated at a rate of 125% of the worth of the property or receive alternative plots in a different location.

The Jews who built their homes “in good faith or at the state’s instruction” would be allowed to continue living there.

In order for the Palestinians to receive payment however, they would first have to prove their ownership of the land. This might be quite an obstacle to many – and it is an issue that the High Court has never dealt with.

Until now, property disputes in Judea and Samaria are not first adjudicated in lower courts, where plaintiffs have to prove the property is theirs. The Justice Minister is trying to change this situation as well by transferring these kinds of disputes to administrative courts.

Nine judges are hearing the case, which, in a very unusual twist, is not being defended by the government’s own attorney-general, Avichai Mandelblit, who opposes the law as being “unconstitutional.”

Wow, so the attorney-general is also a bad lot. This decidedly calls for a clear protest and objection to how the court is acting, along with panning Mandelblit's own cowardice. He does not deserve the job if he cannot show the courage to uphold Israel's history and civil rights.

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