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Published: 07/01/09, 12:58 PM
MKs to Yesha: Help Resist Obamaby Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) The responses to the government plan to build 50 homes in the growing town of Adam – population 4,000 and growing – don't stop. Knesset Members and others warn outpost residents against the consequences of agreeing to leave hilltops and crowd into large towns. Government officials, following a Supreme Court demand to get the Jews off the Migron hilltop as quickly as possible, have submitted an official plan to build the new homes for the Migron residents. The plans also call for an additional 1,400 units to be built in Adam, also known as Geva Binyamin, but these will not be actualized until further notice.
Peace Now, for its part, opposes any construction at all for Jews in Judea and Samaria, and strongly objects to the plan. MK Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) objects for the opposite reason. In a letter to Migron and other outposts that will reportedly face similar “offers” in the future, Ben-Ari asks them not to fall prey to the government plan to “give away our Biblical homeland.” The letter states: “The evil plan to relocate the outposts by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak is aimed only at giving away the inheritance of our forefathers and to expel Jews from their land. This plan is accompanied by the well-known technique of ‘divide and conquer.’” Netanyahu's Speech Did Not Mention Future of Settlements MK Eldad: I Agree - If the Rest Are Legalized Speaking with Israel National Radio’s Yishai Fleisher this week, Eldad said with tongue in cheek, “As you know, I’m not an extremist, of course, and I will support such a package deal - but this must include a whitening of all the settlements by the government.” “There are many, many that can become legalized [he cited the number 95% elsewhere – ed.] with just one signature of the Minister of Defense. There are others that sit on what is called private Palestinian land, and for these there should be an exchange of land with the owners - if they are ever found - for State-owned land, and the Jewish residents should move to another place. But this must be done only in the framework of ‘laundering’ all the other settlements.” The reason he insists on this seemingly impossible condition, Eldad explained, “is because such a government decision will blow up everything with the American administration, will stop the process of giving in to Obama’s demands, stop an Israeli decision not to build in eastern Jerusalem and Judea/Samaira and to build a Palestinian state.” Eldad said he fears that in the end, “the uprooting of Migron will take place, but the government will not build anywhere – not in eastern Jerusalem and not in Yesha - and will not legalize the settlements.” Danny Dayans' Response However, Dayan did not relate to the other fears of the MKs, and of others, namely, that the relocation of Migron helps pave the way for a construction freeze, the concentration of Jews in large towns, expulsion, and a PA state. Contacted later, he said he had already commented on this a year ago when the plan was first approved, and that “the announcement today by Barak that he intends to freeze all construction outside the settlement blocs is much more serious.” In fact, Barak, currently in Washington, said that construction would continue in the settlement-bloc areas. Dayan said, “Barak’s remarks mean a willingness to form a Palestinian state even before negotiations begin.”Sign up to receive the Daily Israel Report by email (Free) © IsraelNN Syndications - This article may not be republished freely. Review what you can publish free of charge and what requires a syndication payment on the Syndications Page.
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