Did Rami act correctly in this case? (Photo: ShutterStock)
A 90-year-old widowed woman who lives in a settlement in the center of the country owned for about 3 decades an agricultural building, which was used for living in accordance with a temporary order following the large immigration from the Soviet Union in the 1990s.
Later, the curfew was not extended, but the living arrangements remained.
After the director's announcement regarding non-agricultural use of the buildings, they were evacuated for their contents, but the Israel Land Authority nevertheless decided to file a claim for NIS 800,000 against the elderly woman, in addition to the demand to demolish the building.
What did Rami decide?
As part of a settlement reached through the lawyer Oren Abela who represented the elderly woman in the lawsuit - the amount was reduced to a cost of about NIS 200 thousand.
In addition, Rami agreed to remove from the chapter the demand for the demolition of the building.
The settlement was validated by a judgment. Attorney Oren Abela congratulates the manager for exercising his discretion, saying that "I want to congratulate the manager for understanding that cases of this type must be concluded in mediation before In Mesher. Our position has been fully heard, and it is that a 90-year-old woman should not be made to feel sorry for a property that has not been used for many years and she does not know how to pay usage fees of such magnitudes."
Furthermore, he added that: "Given her age and her health condition, this is the right place to enter the requirements and understand that there are agricultural buildings that have been given a temporary permit for residential use, and on that basis it is legal. It is not clear for what reason the Israeli government decided not to extend the hours they allowed, for the conversion of buildings farmers for housing units, but what is certain is that one should act with sensitivity towards those who acted to help with the housing crisis that existed then and still exists today."
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