By NNN-Petra,
Gaza : The Israeli High Court of Justice has given Ehud Olmert’s government 45 days to submit a new route for part of the separation wall that runs through lands belonging to Bil’in villagers northwest of the West Bank Town of Ramallah, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
It said Monday Court President Dorit Beinisch and Justices Eliezer Rivlin and Ayala Procaccia criticized the state on Sunday for ignoring the court’s ruling in the matter a year ago.
A petition was filed in 2005 against the route, which is intended to encompass Modi’in Ilit from the east.
In September, 2007 the High Court of Justice ruled that the route in the Bil’in area is illegal, and ordered the state to devise, within a reasonable time, an alternative route that would be less detrimental.
The court also instructed the state to plan the route so that it runs through state land, not privately-owned Palestinian property.