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Court ruling sets precedent: illegal West Bank settlement can be legalised

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Published: 30 August 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Judges ruled that because residents of Mitzpe Kramim built their illegal outpost in ‘good faith’, this was grounds for regulating the settlement

Court okays legalisation of West Bank outpost, possibly paving way for more (Times of Israel)
In a precedent-setting decision, judges apply 'market regulation' tactic to regulate Mitzpe Kramim, where residents were deemed to have built illegally, but in good faith

Israeli court: A West Bank outpost can be legalised if land was seized in good faith (Haaretz)
Precedent-setting ruling made based on market overt concept of property ownership, in which transactions conducted in good faith under certain conditions are considered valid – even if they have certain legal faults

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The West Bank model is a failure (NYT)
MARTIN PERETZ And Israel’s new nation-state law will import those failures into Israel itself

Occupation blindness (Times of Israel)
NAOMI CHAZAN Five reasons most Israelis tread the path of ignorance when it comes to their neighbours in the West Bank and Gaza

Photo: The Mitzpeh Kramim settlement, 2012 (Michal Fattal)
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