Shalomed out
Peace Now loses another round in Israeli courts, and this time, there will be no move to evict Jews from living in one of the most ancient of Jewish cities.Arutz Sheva:
(IsraelNN.com) The High Court Sunday rejected a Peace Now petition filed a year and half ago that Jews be expelled from a military base in Hevron. The justices pointed out that the base was established 25 years ago, and that Jewish civilians have been living in part of the compound for 20 years. The government sided with the Jewish residents, arguing that Peace Now’s appeal came 20 years too late. The court remarked that the situation of civilians living on a military base was known two decades ago and that the anti-nationalist organization was at fault for waiting so long to complain. The judges accepted the government’s view that the Arab leaders of Hevron as well as Arabs who might try to claim ownership of the land, and not Peace Now, are the parties that would logically have filed an appeal.
Things are decidedly looking up for Beit HaShalom as well. Meanwhile ‘moderate’ Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas promises to continue to ruthlessly prosecute Palestinians who sell land to Jews.
