Illegal Construction

The Haifa District Court ordered five apartment owners to demolish unauthorized balconies built without neighbor consent, reinforcing strict property laws.

The Land Enforcement Authority demolished an inhabited five-story illegal building in Jerusalem's A-Tur neighborhood as the state cracks down on planning violations.

The Jerusalem District Court upheld a community service sentence and heavy fines for the director of a Beit Shemesh educational association over a decade-long violation of a demolition order and illegal construction.

The massive villa was built over years in Area B, which is subject to a military order prohibiting construction. The Binyamin Council and the Regavim movement are demanding that the security establishment demolish the structure, which they claim poses a security threat: "In security matters, one does not wait for a disaster to wake up."

The National Land Enforcement Authority demolished structures built without permits at the complex as part of a move to regulate the site, rehabilitate it, and improve visitor safety. The activity comes against the backdrop of infrastructure defects and hazards identified at the site, which is visited by hundreds of thousands of people annually, and follows lessons learned from the Meron disaster.

During the demolition of an unauthorized structure in East Jerusalem, the ceiling of an additional floor was damaged, which was not included in the order, even though it was also illegal. The court ruled that the state was negligent.

Advocate Yair Gabay, an expert in planning and construction law running in the Likud primaries for the Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and Shephelah district, is leading a persistent struggle against illegal construction at the Turkish consulate in Jerusalem.

The Regavim movement has filed a petition against the Minister of Defense, the Central Command, the Civil Administration, and the Israel Police, demanding the demolition of an illegal four-building complex in Barta'a, Wadi Ara.

During Itamar Ben Gvir's tenure as Minister of National Security, illegal house demolitions in the Negev have indeed increased. However, the data presented by the minister to compare with the previous government is misleading. Globes' Whistle.