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Full coverage· Politics· Updated

Court Overturns Rehovot's Allocation of Building to Chabad for Third Time

A district court judge has canceled the Rehovot municipality's allocation of a building to Chabad for the third time, ruling it was an improper attempt to legitimize the assignment. Judge Shmuel Bornstein found the municipality altered urban planning to facilitate the allocation, which lacked a proper legal process.

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What happened

  1. 01Judge Shmuel Bornstein canceled Rehovot's building allocation to Chabad for the third time.
  2. 02The municipality altered urban planning to legitimize the building's assignment to Chabad.
  3. 03The Chabad center occupied the building since 2012 without a proper allocation process.
  4. 04Bornstein ordered the building vacated within 60 days.
  5. 05The municipality and Chabad were ordered to pay legal expenses totaling NIS 60,000.

He ordered the building vacated within 60 days and the municipality to decide on collecting back fees. The municipality and Chabad were ordered to pay legal expenses.

Translated and summarized by baba from Bizportal, the latest report. Read Bizportal’s original

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