العربية
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العربية
HE
Judgment on three petitions submitted by HaMoked against the intention to destroy three homes in Qabatiya, belonging to the assailants in a stabbing and shooting attack in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Court rejects the petitions, ruling that "the basic assumption is that harming property is permitted where there is a chance of saving human lives; if the deterrence is indeed helpful, and lives will be spared, the sorrow of causing damage to property is overpowered by the sanctity of life". In a dissenting opinion, Justice Joubran states that the petition should be accepted. In his words: "I feel uneasy with the use of Regulation 119", which grants the legal authority for home demolitions, and "the questions arising from enacting the authority in Regulation 119 should be re-examined in an expanded panel". This statement is joined by Justice Barak-Erez, though she was of the opinion that the petition should be rejected.
