Knesset Speaker Yuki Edelstein promised, Tuesday, to do what he could to have the government authorize the Samarian Jewish community of Amona, next to Ofra, north of Jerusalem. Under a court order, the community stands to be uprooted and hundreds of its residents transferred to the nearby Shilo bloc.
Edelstein's promise came after he hosted Chairman Avichai Boaron of the Amona Task Force, who expressed his fear of the uprooting and presented the legal solutions that are on the table. After the meeting, Boaron said it's important that the government not turn its back on the pioneers of Judea and Samaria.