The Eretz Hakodesh Movement in the Zionist Congress
by Attorney Eliyahu Kaplan et al.
Plaintiffs
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Respondents
Submitted a response
Following cases 004/2024 and 009/2024 and the respondents' appeal to the District Court in hearing in Tel Aviv 46340-08-24, the District Court (Honorable Justice Oded Gordon) returned the dispute to the Zionist Supreme Court.
At the hearing held at the Supreme Zionist Court, the Court made a proposal and requested the Zionist General Council's announcement on the matter.
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The Likud faction in the national institutions and others filed a motion for an injunction to prevent a vote from being held at the Zionist Congress for approval of the Zionist Executive.
In addition, the petitioners demanded that the court order the Standing Committee to prepare a new resolution that would pass by broad consensus. The petition was filed after the opening of the vote.
In its interim decision, the court ruled that once the vote had begun, it could not be stopped. However, it ordered that the votes not be counted until a hearing was held and a judgment was issued.
In its final judgment, the Court held that the petitioners’ claim that there exists a binding custom requiring a wall-to-wall coalition agreement should be rejected. Such a custom was not formalized and is not binding.
The petitioners’ claim of a “fait accompli” (procedural ambush) and of a defect going to the root of the process was also rejected. The Court ruled that despite the short time frame between the setting of the vote and the opening of the voting, this did not amount to a defect justifying judicial intervention or requiring the holding of a new vote.
The tribunal permitted the publication of the voting results.
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The Central Elections Committee confirmed in a final decision the decision of the Mexico Area Elections Committee, based on an external auditor's report, that the Shas Mexico list was disqualified from running in the elections to the Zionist Federation. Shas Mexico claimed that the report was unreliable due to the auditor's connections to former officials in the Federation.
The court ruled that in its decision as an appellate court, it does not interfere with reliability findings. Consequently, the Central Elections Committee's decision was upheld.
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Zionist Federation in Italy
The court declared, based on the announcement of the Zionist Federation in Italy, that Herut is a full member of the Federation. She must be invited to Federation meetings, including meetings of the area election committee.
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Eretz Hakodesh Movement
The request was rejected by majority decision.
Both represented by Daniel Friedman, attorney at law, R.N. 94024
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SHALOM FOUNDATION OF THE ZIONIST
FEDERATION OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
The parties reached an agreement that was validated by a judgment, according to which Shas England's request to join as a member of the Zionist Federation of England was accepted subject to the conditions specified in the agreement.
The Eretz Hakodesh Movement in the Zionist Congress
Plaintiffs
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Respondents
Submitted a response
Following decisions made at the Zionist General Council 38/4 held in February 2024, a request was submitted to cancel some of the decisions.
These are decisions regarding changes to the WZO Constitution and bylaws.
The court ruled to accept the petition in the part that refers to the registration of individual Zionists through the offices of the World Zionist Organization in Jerusalem.
The court also decided that the other articles of the constitution and bylaws that were the subject of the petition will remain as amended during the ZGC session.
The Eretz Hakodesh Movement at the Zionist Congress
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The ruling states:
In light of Article 64 of the Constitution, any vote on proposals for Constitutional amendments will be made during the session of the Zionist General Council exclusively in a physical and face-to-face manner.
It is not possible to make a decision on a change in the Constitution based on an online vote, nor through a virtual extension of the session of the Zionist General Council.
Therefore, the petition must be accepted.
The world union of Arzenu in the Zionist Congress
Arzenu Italy
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the Zionist Federation in Italy
Zionist Executive of the World Zionist Organization
The court decides that Arzenu will be admitted to the federation after fulfilling a number of conditions as agreed between the parties.
