In order to comply with the court order to destroy the Jewish hamlet of Migron, an ‘illegal outpost,’ the government offered settlers a viable compromise: new homes will be built for them nearby on state land, after which they will abandon their existing homes for demolition.
Netanyahu misses the point. The outposts are being built to symbolize the Jewish right to set our feet anyplace in the Land of Israel. That is an important symbolic issue, not a housing affair.
Encouraged by the Knesset speaker’s demand to legalize their hamlet, Migron settlers are likely to refuse Netanyahu’s offer.
Perhaps someone could explain why the settlers don’t demand outright extension of sovereignty over the land.
International law recognized Israel’s right to Judea and Samaria at the time of the League of Nations.
All these games of building shacks only to have them demolished and the residents beaten up are baffling. Why not use all that energy to confront the state of Israel with its own violation of international law?
And why aren’t all settlers united in protesting each demolition?