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 | | From: | United Press International | | Subject: | Palestinians appeal barrier's route | | Date: | Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:10:11 EST |
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Israel's High Court of
Justice Thursday halted construction of part of the security barrier
Israel was building in the West Bank.
The court acted on an appeal by residents of Beit Surik, a
Palestinian village northwest of Jerusalem, who said the barrier's
route does not conform with court-ordered adjustments, the Haaretz
newspaper's Web site reported.
A temporary injunction ordered the state "to refrain from
all uprooting of trees or orchards and digging, paving, leveling,
construction or other preparations for the erecting of the
separation fence" near nine villages.
It gave the state seven days to respond.
Last June the High Court of Justice disqualified part of the
barrier's original route and the state changed 30 kilometers.
The Palestinians appellants insisted the route still does
not conform with the High Court ruling guidelines and Beit Surik
residents said it does not conform with the International Court of
Justice ruling, Haaretz reported.
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