According to Director of Development for Beit El Institutions, Baruch Gordon, the case to determine ownership of the property on which the buildings sit is still in civil court. “This District Court case (Civilian Case #36209-09-11) represents the first time that the alleged land owners produced by Michael Sfard are being challenged to prove their ownership. The District Court has not yet made any determination on the issue. This is a key point: the Supreme Court openly admits that it did not investigate the ownership issue, but rather relied on the government position in its decision, as presented by the prosecution.” Gordon says in his blog.
Furthermore, the Supreme Court wrote in its May 7,, 2012 response that Beit El had already presented its claim of ownership to the government and that the government rejected the claim. Again, the court is openly admitting that it is not determining ownership through any judicial process, but rather relying on the Netanyahu government position.”
Yet through their disgust and sorrow, the residents are already showing the strength and resolve to move forward. “Today, the government and the Supreme Court may have succeeded in forcing the Jews to move 500 meters to the right, just as they succeeded a few years earlier to move the Jews of Gush Katif to move 2 km to the south,” Traiman said. “But no one will ever succeed to move the Jews off of the Land of Israel.”
