The Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday an appeal by the residents of the Mevaseret Zion absorption center to receive an injunction to prevent their eviction, which is set for September 4. Justices Uri Shoham, George Karra and David Mintz said in their decision that they grant the state authorities the option to delay the eviction. They added that they hope that the authorities involved – the Aliya and Integration Ministry and the Jewish Agency – will provide the residents with acceptable alternative housing, but did not obligate them to do so. During the discussion the justices suggested to both sides to agree to a three-month delay in which the residents could find alternative housing. “On the basis of the vision of the Declaration of Independence, I call on Aliya and Integration Minister Sofa Landver and the government not to abandon our olim.”

Source: Ethiopian News August 30, 2017 20:37 UTC