The Attorney General against settlement: The battle for the future of Ma'ale Adumim reaches the High Court
The Ma'ale Adumim municipality petitioned the High Court against the Attorney General's instruction to postpone the tender for the construction of 1,234 housing units in E1 until after the elections. The petition claims that the Attorney General's intervention is itself improper political interference, and that the freeze could transfer the fate of the construction to the next government and allow a policy change.
The Ma'ale Adumim municipality petitioned the High Court against the Attorney General's instruction to postpone the tender for the construction of 1,234 housing units in the E1 area until after the elections. The petition, filed today (Sunday), argues that the decision to advance the plan was made back in 2025, political approval was given in December 2025, and the tender was published last August. According to the municipality, stopping the process now does not preserve the status quo but could allow the next government to change the approved policy. The petition states that the submission of bids on October 19, 2026, is a business event, not a political one, and that the legal advisory decision has no authority to turn the election period into a 'stop button' for government activity that has already begun. Mayor Guy Yifrach criticized the decision, saying that the city's young couples should not be held hostage to a legal battle. Background: E1 is the area connecting Jerusalem to Ma'ale Adumim, a focus of heavy international pressure on Israel, and the UK recently intensified its measures against Israel over the promotion of construction in the area. The article presents the municipality's position one-sidedly, without reference to the Attorney General's position or other legal factors.