MK Michael Eitan (Likud) says he will meet with Attorney-General Elyakim Rubenstein, and will then decide whether to file a petition in the Supreme Court against the planned construction of a partition along the Green Line. Many other MKs of the Yesha Forum in the Knesset are up in arms at what they call a \"grab\" by Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer in ordering the construction of the fence. MK Eli Cohen (Likud) says that Ben-Eliezer took advantage of Prime Minister Sharon\'s absence in order to score points against his Labor Party rival, MK Chaim Ramon.
Six MKs - Eli Cohen, David Magen, Ze\'ev Boim, Benny Elon, M. Eitan and Uri Ariel - convened yesterday together with Yesha Council representatives to discuss the situation. They are concerned that the planned partition, though ostensibly designed to protect the security of Israelis in pre-1967 Israel, will be built along the Green Line and thus represent a de-facto return to the 1967 borders. MK Cohen says that despite the fact that work began today, he is confident that it can be stopped, \"given the resolute political enlistment [against the move]\" and because \"this is an attempt to create political facts with important future ramifications.\"
Arutz-7 correspondent Haggai Huberman reported today that a Central Command officer says that the partition will not have political ramifications, and will in fact be built in accordance with the topography of the area. There will be attempt not to include Arabs on the \"Israeli\" side, but it will not be absolute, and in fact sometimes even Israeli area will be on the \"other\" side - in accordance with security and topographic considerations. Defense Minister Ben-Eliezer apparently plans to present the planned route to reporters this Sunday. Today\'s construction involves a section along the Green Line, from Um el Fahm northeast towards Salam. It is assumed that the work will not continue elsewhere until Prime Minister Sharon meets with army officials and possibly Yesha leaders.
Six MKs - Eli Cohen, David Magen, Ze\'ev Boim, Benny Elon, M. Eitan and Uri Ariel - convened yesterday together with Yesha Council representatives to discuss the situation. They are concerned that the planned partition, though ostensibly designed to protect the security of Israelis in pre-1967 Israel, will be built along the Green Line and thus represent a de-facto return to the 1967 borders. MK Cohen says that despite the fact that work began today, he is confident that it can be stopped, \"given the resolute political enlistment [against the move]\" and because \"this is an attempt to create political facts with important future ramifications.\"
Arutz-7 correspondent Haggai Huberman reported today that a Central Command officer says that the partition will not have political ramifications, and will in fact be built in accordance with the topography of the area. There will be attempt not to include Arabs on the \"Israeli\" side, but it will not be absolute, and in fact sometimes even Israeli area will be on the \"other\" side - in accordance with security and topographic considerations. Defense Minister Ben-Eliezer apparently plans to present the planned route to reporters this Sunday. Today\'s construction involves a section along the Green Line, from Um el Fahm northeast towards Salam. It is assumed that the work will not continue elsewhere until Prime Minister Sharon meets with army officials and possibly Yesha leaders.