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| By: Haaretz |
| Published: August 16, 2005 |
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The High Court of Justice on Tuesday ordered the state not to let security forces dismantle synagogues and Torah academies in the Gaza Strip before Thursday, after Elei Sinai rabbi Yishai Brohan petitioned the court with a request to relocate the constructions into Israel proper.
Justices Dorit Beinisch, Edmond Levy and Elyakim Rubinstein ordered the state to reply within two days whether it would be possible to dismantle parts of the synagogues and reuse them in the construction of new synagogues in Israel proper.
Said Levy, "... Knowing the (Palestinians), if we leave the synagogues where they are we would be contemptuous (towards the prayer houses), and the state must act as a state should and do this much (for the sake of their preservations)."
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High Court: Gaza synagogues may be relocated, not razed
- (Haaretz)
08.16.2005
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