A large unit of police officers early Wednesday morning brought in tractors and destroyed five structures and two tents used by youth at the Migron Heights outpost, which has been destroyed and rebuilt several times.
The residents and friends protested and tried to stop the demolitions, which were carried out after police arrested two youth.
Dozens of police remained until the destruction was completed in order to prevent the youth from immediately rebuilding the structures.
Migron Heights Is located close to the Migron community, where three houses are under the threat of demolition. Peace Now petitioned the High Court for these demolitions, charging that the homes in Migron were built on Arab land. Peace Now filed the petition of its own volition, without the request, approval,or backing from the Arabs they are allegedly representing, a phenomenon that is allowed in Israeli courts and criticized by legal advisors to the regional authorities.
In response to the government's declaration in the response that it would “not allow Migron residents to expand their settlement,” Yesha Council chairman Danny Dayan said that “when I see the total lack of enforcement of building regulations in the Arab towns in Area C, and the over-enforcement of building regulations in Jewish towns, I realize that there is no greater injustice than destroying Jewish homes.”
Video: tractors leave Migron: