Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat praised the Jerusalem District courts decision that the far-left associated Babur gallery must vacate municipality property, saying: "The ruling by the court proves that the municipality was right and just from the beginning. We will not allow squatting on municipality property and we will not allow municiplaity property to be used to harm IDF soldiers and the State in any way. We will continue to uphold the law and the institutions of the state."