Court gives six month extension to move West Bank memorial

7 December 2016, 6:57 pm

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The High Court has ruled that a memorial monument and lookout for two dead soldiers built near an illegal West Bank outpost does not need to be moved for another six months.

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely with the father and brother of Emmanuel Moreno at the memorial site in the Netiv HaAvot outpost in the Eztion Bloc. December 6, 2016. (Courtesy of Tzipi Hotolevy's spokeswoman) — Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely with the father and brother of Emmanuel Moreno at the memorial site in the Netiv HaAvot outpost in the Eztion Bloc, December 6, 2016. (Courtesy of Tzipi Hotolevy’s spokeswoman)

The court had earlier ruled in response to a petition that the memorial near Netiv Ha’avot cannot remain on private land and Peace Now had sought its immediate removal.

In its ruling to give until May 7, 2017 to move the structure, which it says should not be complicated, the court notes that it weighed the feelings of the families of the soldiers and the public against the need to uphold private rights and the rule of the law in the sensitive case.