Shaked’s Proposal to amend the Administrative Affairs Courts Law :
Impact on Palestinians’ Litigation

On 4 January, 2018, the Israeli Ministry of Justice published a proposal submitted by Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked to amend the Administrative Affairs Courts Law (5760-2000). The proposed bill stipulates the expansion of the jurisdiction of the Administrative Affairs Court to include the adjudication of petitions presented by Palestinians against Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank. The Bill aims at transferring the exclusive jurisdiction over such matters from the Israeli Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, to the Israeli Administrative Affairs Court in Jerusalem.

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