A panel of the High Court of Justice heard arguments on Monday in a petition challenging what Palestinian residents describe as the effective disappearance of the Bedouin herding community of Ras Ein al-Auja, in the southern Jordan Valley area of the West Bank.
The bench - Deputy Supreme Court President Noam Sohlberg, and Justices Alex Stein and Gila Kanfi-Steinitz - said it would issue a decision at a later date.
The hearing took place just days after the last families left the area, following what petitioners describe as months of sustained harassment and pressure linked to nearby Israeli settler grazing outposts.
“We’re asking the court to do what the state said it would but didn’t - to close the area to Israeli civilians and make it possible for the residents to return,” said attorney Shlomo Lecker, who represents several of the families.
The petition was filed in March 2025 by six residents together with the Center for the Development of Peace Initiative
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