HaMoked has petitioned the Administrative Court following the Interior Ministry's refusal to restore the revoked status of a resident of Israel: From the day he returned to Israel after residing in the United States, the Interior Ministry allowed the Petitioner to remain in Israel legally without raising objections. Only more than two years after he had returned to Israel did the Petitioner find out that his civil status had been revoked. Recently the Petitioner was referred to a meaningless procedure called “self family unification,” which was rejected without any real reason

On 31 July 2006 HaMoked petitioned the Administrative Court because of the refusal of the Interior Ministry to return the revoked status of a resident of Israel. The Petitioner resided for some time in the United States and even received citizenship there. From the day he returned to Israel, the Interior Ministry led him to understand by its conduct that his residence in Israel was completely legal, both in terms of the manner in which he entered Israel and regarding his stay in Israel in the first years after his return. He assumed that he could depend on this fact. Only more than two years after he had returned to Israel was he informed that his civil status had been revoked. 

Since then, the Petitioner has been trying to get back his status as a resident, but has repeatedly found himself in an impasse – a situation created for him in advance by the Interior Ministry. 

Recently the Petitioner was referred to process called “self family unification," which requires the payment of a fee. This requirement is completely contrary to the previous policy of the Interior Ministry and has no basis in law. In establishing this requirement, the officials in the Interior Ministry did not apply the considerations they are required by law to examine, and did not consider the request in depth. It was evident to them that the application would be rejected. The Interior Ministry did not take into consideration the life of the Petitioner and his family, which have already been rooted for over eight years in Israel, and refused to reinstate the Petitioner's civil status, on the grounds that the initial revocation of his residency was lawful.  

View the petition (Hebrew)