Supreme Court Judge Elyakim Rubinstein on Wednesday granted the State's request for a third extension in responding to a court order which calls to evict the residents of the Beit Ezra home in Hevron.

At the same time, Judge Rubinstein ruled that the State will pay 5,000 shekels to the plaintiffs, the leftist Peace Now and local Arab merchants, due to what he termed “the large number of extension requests.”