Israeli court rejects Palestinian planning rights in West Bank

‘Israel’s Supreme Court has dismissed a Palestinian petition that sought an end to the Tel Aviv regime’s discriminatory housing policies in the occupied West Bank.

The Tuesday ruling against granting local planning rights to the Palestinians torpedoed an earlier petition lodged by residents of Ad-Deirat Rifaiyya – a village of 1,800 residents in the southern West Bank – and local human rights organizations.

The appeal had sought to end Israel’s iron grip on all planning matters in what is known as Area C, which covers more than 60 percent of the occupied West Bank, give Palestinians control over their own planning, and curb the practice of house demolitions.’

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