Defense Minister Ehud Barak has appealed to Supreme Court President Dorit Beinish, asking her to postpone the planned demolition of houses in the Yovel neighborhood by six months.
Barak noted in his request that the neighborhood is home to the widows and orphans of two soldiers who recently fell in battle defending the state - Major Eliraz Peretz and Major Roy Klein. Barak said this necessitates sensitive and humane treatment in this affair.