Na veel getouwtrek en mitsen en maren is er een overeenkomst dat de bewoners van de buitenpost Migron binnen een jaar zullen verhuizen naar de nederzetting Adam. Big deal. De vervangende huizen voor de mensen in de buitenposten hadden natuurlijk al lang klaar kunnen zijn, en hadden natuurlijk in Israel zelf gebouwd moeten worden, anders is het een sigaar uit eigen doos. Barak heeft Mitchell beloofd dat de illegale buitenposten binnen weken of hooguit maanden zullen zijn geëvacueerd. Dat klopt dus niet met de overeenkomst die over Migron is bereikt.
RP
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'Migron would have one year of grace'
JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST
'Migron would have one year of grace'
JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST
The residents of Migron, an illegal outpost in the West Bank, should have a year to voluntarily evacuate, and if they refuse, at the end of that time they should be evacuated by force, the state said during a High Court of Justice hearing Monday.
During the discussion on the illegal outpost, which following a petition submitted by the left-wing Peace Now group, the state's representative said it would take a year until housing units in Adam are ready to absorb the people currently living in Migron.
Attorney Aner Hellman, the state's representative, emphasized that the understanding between the government and the settlers on evacuating Migron voluntarily was an important achievement, but, "If the residents of Migron do not buy the lots which will be ready in a year, there will be no escaping evacuating them by force."
Attorney Michael Sfard, representing Palestinians who say the lands where Migron is built belong to them, said the estimate of a year was optimistic, and that it would take longer until the plan could be implemented.
He further stated that resettling Migron's residents to Adam, a large settlement which is also beyond the Green Line, would harm the basic rights of Palestinian residents.
"It would be better to leave Migron standing than to approve a construction plan in Adam," he said.
Migron residents reacted with fury to the hearing.
"The fate of Judea and Samaria neighborhoods cannot be decided upon in a hearing in this or any other court," they were quoted by Army Radio as saying, adding that they were not prepared to accept any evacuation agreement.
They further stated that "we were sent to this place 10 years ago by the country in order to settle the rocky and empty hill which had never been worked upon, and we didn't expel any people from their land."
During the discussion on the illegal outpost, which following a petition submitted by the left-wing Peace Now group, the state's representative said it would take a year until housing units in Adam are ready to absorb the people currently living in Migron.
Attorney Aner Hellman, the state's representative, emphasized that the understanding between the government and the settlers on evacuating Migron voluntarily was an important achievement, but, "If the residents of Migron do not buy the lots which will be ready in a year, there will be no escaping evacuating them by force."
Attorney Michael Sfard, representing Palestinians who say the lands where Migron is built belong to them, said the estimate of a year was optimistic, and that it would take longer until the plan could be implemented.
He further stated that resettling Migron's residents to Adam, a large settlement which is also beyond the Green Line, would harm the basic rights of Palestinian residents.
"It would be better to leave Migron standing than to approve a construction plan in Adam," he said.
Migron residents reacted with fury to the hearing.
"The fate of Judea and Samaria neighborhoods cannot be decided upon in a hearing in this or any other court," they were quoted by Army Radio as saying, adding that they were not prepared to accept any evacuation agreement.
They further stated that "we were sent to this place 10 years ago by the country in order to settle the rocky and empty hill which had never been worked upon, and we didn't expel any people from their land."
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