Migron was first founded in 1999 on a barren, rocky hilltop with a commanding view of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. Just a hop, skip and a jump away from the heart of Israel, the community overlooks the paths on which Abraham, Isaac and Jacob strode. Barely ten years after Migron was founded, the government wants to tear it down and has received the Yesha Council's agreement, provided a new community is built in an alternative location.
There's just one problem: The inhabitants don't want to leave.
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"The people came to start a settlement here with the help of the government when Ariel 
"We saw what the evacuation in Gush Katif led to: it made things worse, not better."
Sharon was Minister of Housing," Yehudit, a young expectant mother living in Migron, tells Israel National Radio's Yishai Fleisher.
"There was a plan for 580 homes. All the facilities and utilities that were needed for a settlement were put down by the government," she says. "Once the peace process began everything was frozen. But by then people were living here already. It became like an illegal settlement and people are now being forced to move out."
"People live here, people have their homes here, people came as young couples and today they have 4-5 children. They have grown up here, gone to kindergarten here, go to school here and they should be allowed to live the lives that were set out for them by the Israeli government in 1999."
"This entire agreement was done without consulting us or asking us. The evacuation is definitely something I am against and so is everyone who lives here. We saw what the evacuation in Gush Katif led to: it made things worse, not better. We are at the top of a very high hill overlooking Route 60 and security-wise, giving up this area would cause severe damage to Israeli security."