26.01.2009|Judgment|Judgment / District Court
AP 8350/08 - 'Attoun et al. v. The Interior Minister et al. Judgment
Judgment in 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, with the exception of the two petitioners, they are all registered. The Court rejects the petition and rules that the center of the petitioners' lives is outside Israel, therefore, they do not meet the requirements of Regulation 12 of the Entry into Israel Regulations. The Court rejects the claim that the National Labor Court's decision – that residents of the neighborhood have a center of life in Israel for the purpose of National Insurance – applies to the Entry into Israel Law. In the Court's opinion, the petitioners do not fulfill the requisite condition – they are not yet residents of Israel.
