HaMoked’s petition for a further hearing of an appeal by two children to whom the ministry of interior refused to grant status. The children were born in Jerusalem and live with their family Sur Bahir’s Wadi Hummus neighborhood, which is outside city limits. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal in a majority judgment, leaving the children status-less, while ignoring the neighborhoods’ complex reality in the wake of the wall. Among HaMoked’s reasons for seeking a further hearing: the judgment establishes new common law on the manner in which status is to be granted in Israel under Regulation 12 of the Entry into Israel Regulations and introduces a new, narrow interpretation that defeats the purpose of this regulation, which centers on the child’s best interest.