JERUSALEM , Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Israel's Supreme Court ordered the evacuation and demolition of a Netiv Ha'avot, West Bank, outpost built for Jewish settlers.
The ruling Thursday by a three-judge panel came after the left-wing Peace Now organization, with several Palestinians who claim ownership of the land, petitioned the court earlier this year. The court ordered the 17 buildings, located 11 miles south of Jerusalem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, to be demolished, saying, "No one disputes that all the buildings were built illegally with neither zoning permits for the outpost nor necessary permissions. The state is obligated to enforce the zoning and building laws."