Israel’s Supreme Court Issues Regressive Judgment on West Bank Deportations

On May 4, the Israeli Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice (HCJ), issued its long-awaited judgment in Abu Aram v. Minister of Defence—a dispute concerning the designation of an area in the southern part of the West Bank as a closed military area. Litigation started in 1997, and the judgment, issued 25 years later, rejects all claims made by Palestinians adversely affected by the closing of the area. Justice David Mintz wrote the leading opinion, and the other two justices in the panel, Isaac Amit and Ofer Grosskopf, concurred in very short opinions that added minor comments about expected post-judgment developments (calling for practical arrangements allowing for

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