"Without planning procedure as required":
The Supreme Court judges sitting as the High Court today (Wednesday) criticized the state authorities regarding the conduct of work at Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's residence in Raanana
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Judge Noam Solberg noted: "Despite the fact that an opinion was formulated regarding the status of the Prime Minister's House in Raanana by the Attorney General of the Prime Minister's Office - even before the petitions were filed, the opinion was not forwarded to the court and the parties. "After the petitions were filed, it was expected that the opinion would be attached at the outset, with the submission of the response of the government respondents to the petitions."
In addition, Solberg noted that "during the procedure, it became clear that the construction work was carried out in the vicinity of the Prime Minister's House in Raanana, without being preceded by a planning procedure as required." "Although in practice no such procedure has taken place at all."
Clouded in the eye of the storm.
The Bennett family, Photo: From Naftali Bennett's Facebook
Regarding the renovation of the residence for security purposes, Judge Solberg wrote: "The government respondents argued in their preliminary response that the official residence of the Prime Minister in Jerusalem needs a security and maintenance renovation, which will last at least six months. This means that at the present stage, until the matter is settled, it is not possible to allow the Prime Minister to reside in his official residence, even if he wishes to do so; this situation is inappropriate and improper. ".
Judge Yosef Elron wrote: "It is impossible to avoid referring to the bleak picture that was revealed and the clearly incorrect manager who was exposed during the hearing of the petitions, on several levels. A guiding hand and while dragging is not clear. "
"You get a disturbing impression."
Judge Yosef Elron (archive), Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Judge Ofer Grosskopf: "The things we have heard in relation to a significant number of these issues are troubling. .
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