David Benyamin

PCHR, acting through its Israeli attorney, filed an emergency appeal with the Israeli Supreme Court and persuaded the Israeli military legal advisor, David Benyamin, to visit the site personally and guarantee that the operation would not go ahead without a court decision, although at least one house had already been demolished by that time.During the afternoon of 19 February, the Court issued two order nisis temporarily halting the demolitions,

in response to emergency appeals filed by PCHR and the al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights.

PCHR rejects any attempt by Israeli occupation forces to provide legal cover for house demolitions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and remains concerned that the Supreme Court has yet to issue an order definitively guaranteeing that the houses in question will not be demolished.PCHR will continue to pursue this case, as well as its international campaign to end Israel's house demolition policy.