07.08.2007|Judgment|Judgment / District Court
AP 771/06 - Abu Guella et al. v. Minister of Interior et al. Judgment
Following HaMoked's petition, the Administrative Court orders the daughter of an East Jerusalem resident be granted residency. The Court ruled that the purpose of the 2005 amendment was to make the law more "proportionate", given remarks made by the Supreme Court. The Court further ruled that the law had current applicability, i.e. it applies to existing cases. Since the law applies to all applications filed after the Government Resolution and until it was passed, and since the ruling must be made on the application the Petitioner filed in 2002, it must be decided based on the 2005 amendment, which allows granting minors under age 14 status. Since the Petitioner was under that age at the time of the application, she must be granted status.
