Peace Now Goes To Court

I found this map over at the Peace Now site where they inform of an appeal to the High Court of Justice to halt construction at Shiloh. The various areas are marked and I've added an arrow pointing to my house:

ג-1 are 25 apartments.
ג-2 are 12 apartments.
א are completed 10 units.
ב are 18 almost completed units.

As we say, "the ____ bark and the caravan proceeds".

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Why Some People Don't Appreciate Israel High Court of Justice

Reported:

High Court delayed work on gap in West Bank fence which terror cell used to enter Israel

The gap in the separation fence in the Hebron Hills area, through which the terror squad uncovered yesterday apparently entered, is the the largest gap to adjoin a residential area. The hole extends for about 12 kilometers, from southern Jerusalem to the village of Jaba, south of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.

The delay in building the fence in this area apparently stems from a petition to the High Court of Justice. But Shaul Arieli, an expert on the fence from the Council for Peace and Security, claims that were the state determined to build the fence in this area, it could do so without any problem.

This is carrying the law to its extreme.

Or its militancy.

We can't say "terror", can we?

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State Asserts Israel's High Court for Justice Supports "Illegal" Outpost

Serves those judges right.

Reported:

In a 14-page document, the state argued that it did not plan to demolish the [Amona] outpost at this time, even though it acknowledged that the hilltop community was illegally built...penned by the Defense Ministry’s settlement adviser Eitan Broshi.

...enforcement has to take into current circumstances into consideration, he added. In this case, considerations that stem from the diplomatic process with the Palestinians have to be taken into account...These decisions that are of a sensitive nature should be beyond the court’s jurisdiction, he said.

To bolster his argument, he referred to a High Court decision not to interfere with the 10-month moratorium on new construction in Judea and Samaria that lasted from November 26, 2009, to September 26, 2010. The court refrained from acting because the issue was diplomatic, he said.

This same logic works here as well, Broshi argued. The court understood in that instance that the nation’s diplomatic agenda was at stake and that as result the court should not get involved. It should take the same stance here as well, he said...

That's telling them!

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And Who Is Now Criticizing Israel's High Court?

"the High Court has created an absurd situation in which the court instructs authorities not to uphold an order that they themselves issued. We hope that the ruling will be changed soon..."

Peace Now's Yariv Oppenheimer.

He's allowed.

He's a lefty.