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State tells Court it backs evacuation of settlers from Hebron market

By Yuval Yoaz, Haaretz Correspondent

The State Prosecution informed the High Court of Justice on Monday that it supports the evacuation of settlers who are squatting in Palestinian-owned stores in a market in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Prosecutors told the court they view a recent appeals committee decision to delay the evacuation, from a market near the Jewish Avraham Avinu neighborhood of city, as "extremely unreasonable and constitutes an infraction upon the rule of law."

The prosecution expressed support for Peace Now petition calling for the immediate removal of the settlers, urging the court to rule in favor of the petition.

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The petition was submitted two weeks ago by Peace Now and the Palestinian owners of the stores, through attorney Michael Sefarad, after the appeals committee orderd the evacuation delayed until the ownership claims of the settlers are reviewed. The ruling was made despite the disapproval of the State Prosecution, which stated that "the activity in question is illegal, deliberate and premeditated, and violates the rule of law in Hebron."

According to the Peace Now petition, "the meaning of the [appeals committee] decision is that Jewish squatters can use any outrageous argument, in the name of the people and the nation, and succeed even if there is no legal basis for it."

In its statement, the State Prosecution sided with 'Peace Now.' According to State Prosecution attorney Gilad Sherman, "The Hebron Old City Rehabilitation Committee initiated the Jewish families' invasion of the stores, and this without any legal right. This committee's goal, it would seem, was to force the local authorities and the state to deliver stores and other property in Hebron into their hands."

Hebron Community Council spokeswoman Orit Struk said in response that, "This is another instance in which the State Prosecution and Military Prosecution collaborated with the radical left in order to expel Jews from their land, ignore the owners of the land and continue the work of the murderers in the Hebron Massacre of 1929."

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1.	novel concept for Israel	19:41	\|	realism	01/10/07

2.	Let them stay	20:11	\|	Danny Epicorus	01/10/07

3.	A litmus test of Israeli seriousness about peace	20:11	\|	Ivar	01/10/07

4.	Haaretz`s lesson in proper journalism #3...	20:30	\|	bat yam	01/10/07

5.	When political correctness clashes with legal reality	20:41	\|	Gili	01/10/07

6.	Thanks GOD that the State Prosecution	20:52	\|	Becky	01/10/07

7.	Squatters	20:57	\|	Miransky	01/10/07

8.	High time !	20:58	\|	Esther	01/10/07

9.	Wrong squatters	21:07	\|	Gee	01/10/07

10.	5 Gili. Don`t confuse the hysterical left wing & Jew haters here	21:16	\|	common sense	01/10/07

11.	Quite right, Esther...	21:16	\|	Silvienne	01/10/07

12.	#7. Miransky. They should be CONVICTED not EVICTED.	21:18	\|	Arik	01/10/07

13.	Esther from TA dreaming of alikes of Ivar dictating her life	21:25	\|	Absolute Sweden	01/10/07

14.	Hey, Bat Yam - evacuate Olmert from PM office	21:35	\|	Polybios	01/10/07

15.	bat yam 3	21:40	\|	realism	01/10/07

16.	A Quotation from The Lubavitcher Rebbe Part 1	21:43	\|	Alan	01/10/07

17.	Quotation from The Lubavitcher Rebbe Part 2	21:44	\|	Alan	01/10/07

18.	Quotation from The Lubavitcher Rebbe Part 3	21:47	\|	Alan	01/10/07

19.	Jews have a right to live in Hebron...	21:51	\|	Izik	01/10/07

20.	Gee unwittingly advocates "right of return"	22:05	\|	Izik	01/10/07

21.	Lubavitcher rebbe never visited Israel	22:08	\|	Izik	01/10/07

22.	Strange Olmert hasn`t asked for Muslim Special Forces in IDF	22:17	\|	Chick	01/10/07

23.	Haaretz misleads: This is Jewish-owned land	22:20	\|	Moshe	01/10/07

24.	Re Absolute #13	22:24	\|	Esther	01/10/07

25.	What? Are they still there?	22:29	\|	John	01/10/07

26.	Hebron	22:58	\|	Elon	01/10/07

27.	It`s flat out illegal	23:18	\|	Paul	01/10/07

28.	They are acting out:Catholicism	23:19	\|	Paul	01/10/07

29.	State violates Human Rights of Jews	23:22	\|	sam	01/10/07

30.	Conviction is before and after eviction	23:22	\|	paul	01/10/07

31.	Interesting.....	23:26	\|	Esther	01/10/07

32.	Palestinian Owned Stores.... NOT !	00:59	\|	Tom	02/10/07

33.	media bias	03:48	\|	grace	02/10/07

34.	Fire Sale	04:07	\|	ralphsrant1	02/10/07

35.	#15 what are german reparations to israel realism	05:12	\|	victor hardman	02/10/07

36.	victor hardman 35	12:09	\|	realism	02/10/07

37.	hebron settlers are a disgrace	13:26	\|	ben	02/10/07

38.	Is Israel serious about making peace--Prove it	15:15	\|	Labhras	02/10/07

39.	# 13 look who`s speaking	17:49	\|	Kris	02/10/07

40.	#16,#17,#18 Hasn`t anybody told you that there`s..	17:58	\|	Kris	02/10/07

41.	# 29 You are right the US does violate human rights	18:05	\|	Kris	02/10/07

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