HCJ 1014/16 - Skafi et al. v. Military Commander of the West Bank Area et al. Judgment

Rejection of HaMoked's petition not to demolish the home in Hebron of the suspect in a vehicular attack at the Halhul junction in November 2015. Regarding HaMoked's claim that the evidentiary basis is not sufficient for ruling that the event was an attack, rather than an accident, the judges rule by majority that the evidence meets the threshold for applying the military commander's authority. Justice Zilbertal, in a dissenting opinion, states an order nisi should be issued, "because the respondent did not have sufficient administrative evidence to enact its authority", and that in light of the severity of the method of home demolitions, an evidentiary threshold is required which is not just "sufficient proof", but "clear, indisputable and convincing".