01.08.2011                      01.Aw-Elul, 5771

Gerichtsentscheid:

Court may decide soon if Hamas leaders can stay in J'lem

Four Hamas officials maintain that deportation order against them is illegal, because Israeli law doesn't apply in “occupied East Jerusalem.”

In a case that could have far-reaching significance for Israel’s ability to revoke residency rights from east Jerusalem residents with links to Hamas, the High Court of Justice is conducting a judicial review into a 2006 decision by the Interior Minister to deport four Hamas officials.
The four – Khaled Abu Arafa, Mohammed Totah, Ahmed Attoun and Muhammad Abu Tir, all residents of east Jerusalem – were elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council as Hamas representatives in 2006….