News Archive 1999: High Court Delays Rehovot Yeshiva Complex

...The High Court of Justice yesterday ordered a yeshiva to temporarily halt construction on a disputed plot of land in Rehovot and ordered the municipality to explain why it decided to allocate the site to the yeshiva.

The injunction came in answer to a petition filed by the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) and Am Chofshi on behalf of the residents of Ramat Yigal, a secular neighborhood in Rehovot.

It is the second petition currently pending in the High Court between secular residents of Rehovot and haredim planning to build an activity...

Source: Dan Izenberg. High Court delays Rehovot yeshiva complex. Jerusalem Post (22 July 1999) [FullText]