IDF Radio says there is growing probability that Shalom House – the strategically located house in Hevron in which 200 Jewish students made their home earlier in the week – will be evacuated. According to the military station, the Ministry of Defense has looked into the matter and has determined that the Minister of Defense never gave his approval to enter the building, as is required by law.
Orit Strook, a Hevron resident, is quoted as saying a decision by Defense Minister Amir Peretz to evacuate the building would be a political one: "if the Defense Minister decides not to give the final seal of approval… this would be anti-Semitic behavior," she said. "The question is political, not legal."
Orit Strook, a Hevron resident, is quoted as saying a decision by Defense Minister Amir Peretz to evacuate the building would be a political one: "if the Defense Minister decides not to give the final seal of approval… this would be anti-Semitic behavior," she said. "The question is political, not legal."