Court Asks: Why Does Gov’t Bias Allow Illegal Arab Homes

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

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.

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.

Justice Hana Meltzer asked during the hearing on Thursday, “The problem is there are no clear guidelines in which circumstances orders are issued. The distinction between populations creates a feeling that officials are working only against Jews.

If this is illegal building, what difference does it make [if it is Arab or Jewish]?”

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Source: INN