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Destruction of the Mughrabi neighborhood for the Western Wall plaza

שו”תCategory: moralDestruction of the Mughrabi neighborhood for the Western Wall plaza
asked 3 years ago

Is the destruction and devastation of the Mughrabi neighborhood for the purpose of expanding the Western Wall plaza (at the time it was a tiny alley) righteous and good in your eyes?
Are there ‘general considerations’ in which a person’s ownership of his home can be expropriated for a ‘multiple purpose’ that is not a fiqon, and if so, is this case one of them?
 
I have a feeling that today it wouldn’t come close to passing the High Court if a petition were filed to prevent the destruction of the neighborhood.

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מיכי Staff answered 3 years ago

Why not? How is this different from expropriation for the purpose of a road? I assume it would also pass the High Court easily.

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