"The homes of the petitioners were burned and vandalized": High Court orders state to compensate families expelled from Jalud with NIS 51,000
The High Court of Justice ordered the state to pay NIS 51,000 in legal costs to three Palestinian families from the village of Jalud, whose homes were burned after they were forced to leave due to settler violence. The justices determined that the families were under a de facto siege known to the IDF, and that an attempt to return them in September ended with the torching of two homes by settlers. The court ordered the rehabilitation of the homes within 30 days and the submission of a plan to ensure the families' safe return by November 10.
The High Court of Justice ordered the state to pay NIS 51,000 in legal costs to three Palestinian families from the village of Jalud, whose homes were burned after they were forced to leave due to settler violence. The justices determined that the families were subjected for months to a de facto "siege" known to the IDF and security forces. An attempt to return the families on the night of September 28-29 ended with an attack by 100-200 settlers, who set two houses on fire. On October 24, the third house was torched. The court sharply criticized the state's conduct, noted that its representatives defined the incident as a failure, and ordered it to enable the rehabilitation of the homes within 30 days and to notify by November 10 how it would ensure the families' safe return. Attorney Jiyad Nasser, representing the petitioners, welcomed the decision.