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Criticism | 3103/06 | 1.7.2012 | Adv. Yotam Ben Hillel
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Criticism
HCJ 3103/06 Sholomo Valero v. The State of Israel concerns the fate of assets in Hebron which were purportedly purchased by Moshe Valero, a Jewish man, in 1935. Valero passed away in 1945 and his property was divided between his three children. The petitioners in this case were two of his children and the heirs of the third.As is known, beginning in 1948, the West Bank was under the control of ...
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Criticism | 4506/08, 4343/08 | 1.12.2011 | Adv. Yossi Wolfson
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Criticism
One of the central tenets of the laws of occupation is that the discretion of the military commander of an occupied territory is constricted by two magnetic poles: the military needs of the occupying power on one hand and the interests of the population of the occupied territory on the other. The Supreme Court of Israel has ruled time and again that the military commander may not take into acco...
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Criticism | 7995/02 | 10.9.2011 | Adv. Yossi Wolfson
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Criticism
It is commonly accepted that law enforcement agencies have the authority to use force in order to apprehend suspected offenders. This authority is far reaching: it does not concern self-defense or stopping the commission of an offense, nor use of force in order to enforce a served judgment. This is a secondary power which is adjunct to the power to imprison an individual for the purpose of clar...
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Criticism | 253/88 | 1.4.2011 | Adv. Yossi Wolfson
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Criticism
In the beginning of the first intifada, Israel conducted mass arrests in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Many detainees were transferred to a special holding facility built far away in Ktzi'ot, in the Negev region, inside Israel.In the Sajdiya judgment, the Supreme Court reviewed a number of issues relating to the prison camp. The court instructed the military to resolve the issue o...
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Criticism | 660/88 | 1.3.2011 | Adv. Yossi Wolfson
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Criticism
Forced military rule naturally arouses political resistance among those it subjugates. Hence, it inherently involves suppressing the political life of the subjugated population. In fact, suppression or manipulation of the political life is a necessary condition for the survival of oppression. Though this is self-evident, it is odd to see how a court in a self-professed democracy implements it w...
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Criticism | 6492/08 | 15.2.2010 | Adv. Yossi Wolfson
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Criticism
One of the important characteristics of occupation under international law is its temporariness. An occupying power is prohibited from introducing permanent changes in an occupied territory. Therefore, as far as the Supreme Court of Israel is concerned, all the changes Israel made in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are only temporary: the settlements, the separation wall, the military camp...
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Criticism | 22/07 | 9.1.2010 | Adv. Yossi Wolfson
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Criticism
The bizarre case of retired judge Shlomo Bareli demonstrates how deeply involved the Israeli court system is in Israel’s annexation project in the West Bank.The story begins with two dogs that were walking without a leash – so it was alleged – in the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in July 2006. We do not know what exactly is alleged against Bareli, but let us assume that the dogs were his and that...
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Criticism | 7932/08 | 1.1.2010 | Adv. Yossi Wolfson
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Criticism
The status of the West Bank as occupied territory under international law is used by Israel to justify a regime of separation which employs two different legal systems, one for each of the population groups. This system essentially preserves the hegemony of the Jewish ethnic population over the Palestinian population (separated into several subgroups to each of which Israel applies a different ...
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Criticism | 114/78 | 1.12.2009 | Adv. Yossi Wolfson
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Criticism
It could be said that the Burqan judgment enshrines in Israeli law the principle of affirmative action – in favor of the Jewish majority.These are the facts as reflected in the judgment: the family of the petitioner, a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, had lived in a rented apartment in the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem since 1947. The apartment may have been partly owned by...
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Criticism | 69/81 | 1.11.2009 | Adv. Yossi Wolfson
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Criticism
The economic exploitation of occupied territories is as ancient as wars and occupations. Perhaps, beyond all national, security and ideological explanations, the expectation of economic exploitation is what drives any occupation and war. It is only natural therefore, that the attempts made by international law to control the use of force and limit the severe implications of war extended also to...
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