Israel's top court orders 9 settler homes razed
Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the government to demolish nine homes in a West Bank Jewish settlement which were built on private Palestinian land, court documents show.
But according to the ruling handed down late on Sunday, the authorities have until 2017 to carry out the demolitions in Ofra, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah. "Given the difficulty in implementing the demolitions, where families live in most of the buildings, and to allow them to find alternative accommodation, I propose that the demolition orders be carried out within two years of this judgment," judge Asher Grunis wrote.
