Israel's High Court rejects petition against apartheid planning regime
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/blogs/politics/19199-israels-high-court-rejects-petition-against-apartheid-planning-regime
Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice (HCJ), has dismissed a petition to restore planning rights to Palestinian villages in 'Area C' of the West Bank. The decision is the latest example of Israel's judiciary rubber-stamping elements of Israel's apartheid system.
The petition had been brought by the village council of Ad-Dirat- Al-Rfai'ya, located near Hebron, along with a coalition of NGOs including Rabbis for Human Rights and the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, among others. Responding to the ruling, handed down on Tuesday, appellants said the court had "legitimized a regime of separation and discrimination in planning."
As described by Rabbis for Human Rights, the appeal requested "the restoration of planning authority to the Palestinian villages in Area C of the West Bank (which is under full Israeli control) as it was up until 1971 - 4 years after the Israeli occupation started."
In rejecting the appeal, the three justices accepted the Israeli authorities' proposal "to create institutionalized consultations with the local population on planning matters" - but without any means of obliging officials to take into account what they hear during the consultations.
Israel is in end game whether they like it or not.
It now has a government verbally intent on annexing a large swath of territory not belonging to it while the politicians in control are, without question, expansionist, religious, evil Palestinian-hating nutters.
Israel seems to be moving toward that one wrong descision that will leave them exposed at the UN and friendless internationally.
Not very bright, but a majority of the Israeli electorate and the nutters they have elected seem to want open apartheid while denying its existence. Like I wrote; they're not very bright.
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