The Israeli Supreme Court has allowed any Palestinian whose land, home, livestock, or property has been confiscated to file a lawsuit seeking redress, provided the case includes a title deed personally stamped by King David, along with a selfie with a dinosaur at the same military checkpoint near the property in question.
The Israeli judiciary has given affected Palestinians 24 hours to submit the required documents or their cases will not be considered, with the exception of those currently besieged in the village of Qusra and unable to appear in court.
Those Palestinians have been granted an additional two days, provided they hand the keys to their homes to the nearest settler before filing a lawsuit.
Legal expert and linguistics researcher Marwan Hanbali has said the ruling does not mean Palestinians will get their property back. “We must distinguish between redress and justice. The redress promised by the court means that a Palestinian who manages to prove all of this is entitled to be arrested on charges of falsifying documents.”
For his part, Israeli Minister of Settlement and National Missions Orit Strock has accentuated the challenge, proudly exhibiting photos of Israelis in Palestine alongside the dinosaurs.
