Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned on Monday that Israel would begin to evacuate Jewish outposts in Judea and Samaria “over the next few weeks.” He claimed that there are 26 outposts slated for demolition.
Barak claimed that the government had found the 26 outposts to be “illegal” and said that “the Sharon government told the U.S. that it would evacuate those outposts.”
Barak claimed that no other outposts have been established, and that the government has evacuated four since, and reached a deal with the Migron outpost.
With regard to when the evacuations would take place, Barak said, “We will try to negotiate with the outposts on the issue, but if we do not reach results, we will evacuate them with the appropriate amount of force. I do not want to say more, but this will not be over the next few months, but over the next few weeks.”