The state on Sunday morning requested a one-month postponement in the expulsion from Ramat Migron. The state’s attorney explained that IDF Central District Commander Nitzan Alon a number of days ago requested an extension from the High Court’s August 1st deadline – explaining that too much manpower is required to maintain order in Yehuda and Shomron during Ramadan to address a forced expulsion from Migron. The senior commander signaled if residents are willing to leave without resistance as was the case in Beit El’s Ulpana neighborhood, then it would not require the same manpower deployment.
The state’s attorney explained that if there is an expulsion by August 1st, the military must concern itself with deploying troops around the community as well as around potential targets in PA (Palestinian Authority) areas during “a sensitive period”, referring to Ramadan. The state added that the replacement homes in Givat HaYekev are not all ready so waiting an additional month would also solve that problem. The public buildings in the new community will not be ready until the end of August.
There are also calls to delay and expulsion after Migron residents have been reporting that have legally acquired most of the land in question, buying it from local Arabs with the assistance of a philanthropist so in essence, there is no need to remove the homes. The state is asking to delay any move until August 20th to permit a proper probe into the claims that the homes in question have been purchased since the High Court’s original ruling to oust the community built illegally on privately owned land.
High Court Chief Justice Asher Gronis had harsh words for the IDF central commander and Cabinet Secretary Tzvi Hauser, signaling another delay will compel the state to pay fines and legal expenses, adding “the government has lost all shame and is seeking any excuse to delay carrying out the High Court’s decision and remove the illegal outpost, Migron”.
Another hearing was set by Gronis for Sunday afternoon 3 Av at 16:00.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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This is pure garbage how a judge can decide to go against the people against the government all for their liberal views
Here’s an idea: instead of removing the residents, why not remove the High Court? How much longer will these unelected dicators in robes be allowed to behave as though they were the legitimate government of Israel and the actual government must cater to their every whim?
Point by point:
Migron is not Ramat Migron. The two communities are only geographically close, no more than that. This is Migron proper, a community of 49 families on the ground for thirteen years.
The reason why we can’t cooperate is that, in consultation with our rabbanim, we have drawn the red line at the fact that we cannot cooperate with the destruction of Jewish homes in Eretz Yisrael. We did negotiate at length to be able to work with the government, but the Supreme Court turned us down.
Migron was established legally, on land that at the time was classified almost entirely as ownerless.
I invite your Israel Desk correspondent, as well as your readership to visit us here in Migron, to strengthen and to be strengthened and to get the real story. I can be reached at aviela. deitch @ gmail.com.
Aviela Deitch
Foreign Desk Spokesperson
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