The High Court of Justice grants a temporary injunction against the demolishing of dozens of structures in two Palestinian villages south of Hebron.
The order, which is handed down shortly after the army began demolishing the structures, requires the state to respond within a week.
The Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories confirmed the demolitions earlier in the day and said they came after a drawn-out arbitration over the fate of the buildings yielded no results.
“The buildings being demolished in Firing Zone 918 were illegally constructed,” COGAT said in a statement. “During the last two years, the [Defense Ministry] Civil Administration has been conducting a dialogue process with the population in order to legalize the structures. When the building owners showed no willingness to get the situation in order and illegal construction did not stop, measures were taken in accordance with the law.”
— Raoul Wootliff contributed.
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