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The High Court of Justice accepted the state's claim that residents of the villages in Masafer Yatta near Hebron began squatting in the area after it was declared a firing zone by the Israeli military in 1981
Israeli civil rights groups on Thursday denounced a High Court decision that approved the eviction of roughly 1,000 Palestinian villagers to make way for a military training zone.Residents of eight villages had been in court for around 20 years fighting Israeli government efforts to evict them.The case of Masafer Yatta -- or Firing Zone 918 -- an agriculture area near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, has been one of Israel's longest running legal battles.
Israel's top court gives the army the green light for forcible eviction of more than 1,000 Palestinian inhabitants of a rural area in the West Bank.
Palestinians lose two-decade court battle over land
For 22 years, I watched as Israel tried to slowly break up Masafer Yatta. Now, the fate of eight of our Palestinian villages hangs on a final court hearing.