07.05.2012                      15.Ijar. 5772                    Tag 30 des Omer; Ta'anit BH"B

Oberstes Gericht:

Israel's Supreme Court criticizes government for backtracking on demolition of West Bank outpost

Government asks court to reconsider its pledge to demolish structures in the Ulpana neighborhood of Beit El.

Israel's High Court justices sharply criticized the government on Sunday for not fulfilling its legal commitment to demolish a West Bank settlement.
During a hearing regarding the state's request to reconsider the demolition of illegally-built structures in the Ulpana neighborhood, which is part of the West Bank settlement of Beit El, Justice Uzi Fogelman said that "when the state claims it will do something, we do not imagine that it will not be done. There is respect between the branches"….