22.11.2011|Judgment|Judgment / Supreme Court

AAA 1966/09 - Attoun et al. v. Minister of Interior et al. Judgment

Judgment in HaMoked’s appeal against the rejection of a petition on behalf of a permanent resident who lives in Wadi Hummus to instruct the Ministry of Interior to register his children in the Israeli population registry. In a majority opinion, the HCJ accepts the state’s position and orders the children remain without status. Supreme Court President Beinisch dissented, ruling “the Appellants’ center of life is effectively in Israel” and that leaving them without status contravenes the principle of the best interest of the child.