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Rally Against Court Ruling to Raze Givat Ze’ev Shul


1In response to a High Court ruling to raze Kehillas Ayelet HaShachar in Givat Ze’ev, a rally is set for Sunday evening to express opposition to the demolition order.

Mispallalim explain that they have already paid out Arabs in the past who claimed the shul was built on their land but the High Court would not hear this, preferring to accept the position of left-wing organizations including ‘Yesh Din’. Mispallalim point out the shul is used by 400 mispallalim.

Residents of the community and mispallalim of the shul are calling upon the general public to join the battle to save the shul. The rally on Sunday is set to begin at 19:00.

The court on Sunday agreed to hold off with the demolition until 2 Elul after shul officials in an urgent appeal showed papers documenting the shul legitimate ownership of the building.

It is also reported on Sunday, hours before the start of the rally, that Shas leader Economy Minister Aryeh Deri and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon reached agreement by which the state will ask the High Court to place the demolition order on hold to permit the sides to reach agreement. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed to the move.

The agreement calls on mispallalim to vacate the shul within one week and the shul will be sealed for a half year during which time efforts will continue to reach agreement with the Arabs who claim ownership of the land. In the past, efforts to reach agreement with the Arabs failed as they were unwilling to accept any sum, demanding the demolition of the shul.

Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita also turned to PM Netanyahu to become personally involved to prevent the demolition.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)



3 Responses

  1. This is ridiculous the shul stands there for over 20 years and now those organizations suddenly found out that it belongs to an Arab and the stupid court does agree with them they would never do such a thing to a mosque in these cases they give compensation to the owner please I’m asking anybody who can to come on Sunday 7pm to demonstrate it’s not far from yerushalim

  2. I live there. It’s not “suddenly”. They’ve been fighting it in the courts for years. Only now the Supreme Court handed down the final decision but we’ve been given a reprieve. The shul isn’t being destroyed in the meantime

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