Occupied Palestine – Israeli Supreme Court has issued a decision that paves the way for the forcible displacement of over 1,200 Palestinians from Massafer Yatta area in the southern occupied West Bank.
The Supreme Court released its verdict late on Wednesday, dismissing all the petitions against the forcible displacement of Palestinians families who reside in the area.
Israeli human rights group B’Tselem called on the international community on Thursday to prevent the displacement from taking place.
“The justices have thus proved once again that the occupied cannot expect justice from the occupier’s court,” the group said in a statement.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said that the damage this decision will inflict on people’s homes and source of livelihoods is irredeemable.
“People could be made homeless overnight with nowhere for them to go,” Caroline Ort, NRC’s country director for Palestine, said in a statement on Thursday.
“This is a dangerous step that must be reversed. If followed through, it would constitute a violation of international law which prohibits Israel as an occupying power from transferring members of the occupied population from their existing communities against their will,” Ort added
