HaMoked has been battling the
growing practice of issuing administrative removal orders against East Jerusalem residents, which mean only one thing – the expulsion of residents from their city. One of the individuals who was removed from Jerusalem in this way, is also the subject of a six-month
removal order from the West Bank. HaMoked fought against the man’s removal from Jerusalem, including a
High Court of Justice (HCJ) petition, and, at the same time, took action against the removal from the West Bank.
On December 28, 2014, HaMoked
appealed to the military against the removal order from the West Bank. HaMoked argued that the order was expansive, disproportionate and likely based entirely on classified material. On February 24, 2015, the military rejected the objection.
On March 5, 2015, HaMoked
petitioned the HCJ to instruct the military to revoke the removal order. HaMoked argued that the man’s right to a hearing had been violated, and that the order was expansive, as it referred to the entire West Bank. HaMoked also argued that the order was disproportionate in terms of time as it was issued for six months. HaMoked said the man had never been interrogated by the police with regards to the suspicions that prompted the removal order, that the order was entirely based on classified intelligence material and that its questionable reliability of this material had not been clarified in court.
