In a precedent-setting decision, Israel’s High Court of Justice prohibited the state from discriminating against citizens by allocating land for the exclusive use of Jews or other groups. The court ruled 4-1 on a petition filed on behalf of an Israeli Arab couple whose application to live in the northern settlement of Katzir was refused.
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