Summary
The 2009 Economic Efficiency Law provisions on National Priority Areas, extending discretionary classification of towns and areas for state resources, in a Description-only entry in Discriminatory Laws Database (lines 2112-2148).
Details
- The entry says the law contradicts a 2006 Supreme Court decision ruling a 1998 decision classifying 553 Jewish towns and only 4 small Arab villages as National Priority Areas with A status in education unconstitutional (lines 2124-2128).
- Adalah filed a contempt motion in June 2010 after four years of non-compliance; the Supreme Court dismissed it in February 2011 after the Attorney General’s office announced the prohibited classifications were no longer used (lines 2130-2134).