05.05.2008|Court Documents|Administrative Petition
AP 8350/08 - 'Attoun et al. v. Minister of Interior et al. Petition for Order Nisi
HaMoked's petition to register two children from the village of Sur Bahir in the Israeli population registry. The father has always been a resident of Sur Bahir. He has 11 children, and, aside from the two petitioners, they are all registered. The petitioners reside in the south-eastern neighborhood of the village, which is outside Jerusalem's municipal jurisdiction as outlined in 1967, when the village was annexed; however, when the separation wall was built, the Court accepted the villagers' claims and ordered the State to build the wall such that these lands will be to the east of the barrier, and the village will remain in tact. The petitioners claim their center of life is and has always been in Jerusalem, and thus the children must be registered pursuant to Regulation 12 of the Entry into Israel Regulations.
