Adalah, JLAC, and Al Mezan petitioned against the 2017 law;
Adalah: nothing justifies war crimes – including the transfer of Israeli civilians to occupied Palestinian territory while stealing Palestinian land.
JLAC: The challenge now is to follow up on the demolition of Israeli settlement construction built on private Palestinian land and ensure that these lands are returned to their owners – an undertaking that the Israeli state and military will make all efforts to block

9 June 2020

The Israeli Supreme Court issued its decision this evening, 9 June 20202, on the petition filed by Adalah, JLAC, and Al Mezan and 17 Palestinian local authorities against the Settlements Regularization Law, which allows Israel to expropriate private Palestinian land in the West Bank and to “regularize” or “legalize” the Israeli settlements built on it under Israeli domestic law.

On 6 February 2017, the Israeli Knesset enacted the "Settlements Regularization Law for Judea and Samaria [the West Bank]", and just two days later, Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC), and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights petitioned the Israeli Supreme Court against the law.

Adalah issued a response to the Israeli Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday evening:

"This is a significant achievement. At the same time, we are concerned that Israel will seek to circumvent the decision and use other means to confiscate Palestinian lands, particularly in light of the Israeli government's declarations about annexing large swaths of the West Bank early next month. Adalah believe that there exist no circumstances that justify the commission of war crimes – including the transfer of Israeli civilians to occupied Palestinian territory while stealing Palestinian land."