The Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that the buildings of Givat HaUlpana in Beit El targeted for destruction because of an ownership dispute would receive a 60 day reprieve.
Located in the mountains of the Benjamin tribal region in southern Samaria, the Ulpana buildings were ordered destroyed by the Supreme Court in May, after the extreme anti-Jewish settlement group Yesh Din filed a lawsuit claiming the property had been built on Palestinian land.
Though the court demanded that the residential apartments be razed, the question of who actually owns the land has yet to be resolved in court. Parties in Beit El have appealed to the lower court, arguing that they own the land, having bought it outright from Palestinians.
Justices Edna Arbel, Asher Grunis, and Yoram Danziger granted the stay, giving 60 days to find an alternative solution, rather than the 90 days initially requested by the government.
Approximately 550,000 Israelis live in Judea, Samaria, and the eastern part of Jerusalem.