Taking it personally

13.06.2011                      11.Siwan, 5771                      

Privateigentum:

Taking it personally

A new decision by the High Court will allow kibbutz and moshav members to assume private ownership over their homes, but they claim the ruling is unworkable and unfair.

In a landmark decision Thursday the High Court of Justice ruled that members of kibbutzim and of cooperative moshav agricultural communities can register their homes as their own personal property. A panel of seven justices upheld a resolution to this effect, drafted by the Israel Land Council, the policy-making arm of the Israel Lands Authority, over objections from the Association for Distributive Justice nonprofit group….