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Israel Retroactively Legalizes Palestinian Homes
(Ha'aretz) Chaim Levinson - The Israel Civil Administration in the West Bank retroactively legalized 1,611 Palestinian structures built without the necessary permits in recent years, according to internal documents obtained by Ha'aretz. The practice of granting legal status after the fact to illegally built structures is commonly applied in the state's dealings with illegal Palestinian construction. According to internal memos circulated by the office of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, the state retroactively legalized 956 Palestinian homes in 2008 alone. Meanwhile, the state has informed the High Court of Justice that it intends to retroactively authorize dozens of buildings in Israeli settlements.