Court: Kassam Attacks No Basis for Relocating Expulsion Victims
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The Supreme Court Wednesday rejected an appeal from expulsion victims who demanded that the government provide them with housing that is free form Kassam rocket attacks. The justice said the government is obligated to provide compensation and housing, without taking responsibility for locating the former Gaza area residents in areas free from Kassam rocket attacks.
However, Justice Aharon Barak added that although the government does not have a legal obligation to relocate the victims, it should consider options other than the area of Karmiya, which has been besieged by the same rockets which beleaguered the residents before their expulsion from the Gaza region. “We have not ignored the dire state of the petitioners,” said Justice Barak.