Jerusalem – Israel has asked the country’s Supreme Court to delay the court-ordered evacuation of an illegal West Bank outpost slated for later this year.
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The state asked the court for a seven-month extension on Monday.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2014 that the Amona outpost was built on private Palestinian land and must be demolished by Dec. 25. The impending evacuation has threatened to destabilize Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line coalition.
Pro-settler lawmakers have tried to find a legal loophole to keep the outpost in its place, a move Israel’s attorney general says is unconstitutional.
Amona is the largest of about 100 West Bank outposts built without permission but generally tolerated by the government. These are in addition to 120 settlements that Israel considers legal.
There are NO “illegal” settlements in OUR Eretz Yisroel !!!! דמד
Just demolish it, its לא תגנוב
It is sad when a government hates it’s own people. The government should have gotten involved way before communities enlarge to such a degree if it is illegal, and not wait until it is a prosperous community with healthy economy and people. I would almost bet that it is now illegal, since Israel has turned into a banana republic for the world and they bow to them. and have changed their laws to bow to the UN.