The High Court of Justice ruled on Monday that clients of the collapsing construction company Heftsiba, who began squatting last month in houses they purchased in the disputed West Bank neighborhood of Matityahu East, will not be evacuated from their homes at this time.

The ruling comes less than two weeks after the High Court ruled that the would-be tenants of the Modi'in Ilit neighborhood would not be allowed to enter their houses until the court's final ruling on the settlement of the area.

The High Court is still deliberating petitions filed some 18 months ago by activist group Peace Now and the Bil'in council, which seek to bar Jews from settling the area. The court issued an injunction following the submission of these petitions, prohibiting the area from being populated.