Migron is located in the Binyamin region, just five kilometers north of the Jerusalem neighborhood of N'vei Yaakov. Kol Rina News Agency reported last night that State Prosecution officials feel that "legal obstacles" impede the evacuation of Migron, and that it can be carried out only following a Cabinet decision.
Tourism Minister Benny Elon and leaders of the Yesha Council of Communities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza have made it clear to the Prime Minister that the uprooting of Migron - whose official status is that of an outpost - is the same in their eyes as the destruction of a full-fledged community. The Yesha Council says that such a move will lead to the immediate resignation of the National Religious Party and the National Union from the coalition government - although the party leaders have not yet said this clearly.
"Migron is a test case," warned one resident, Mindy Tzur, in a talk last night with Arutz-7. "We are a community of 40 families, with over 70 children - the oldest are in second grade - with more on the way. We have a library, our own health care center, a petting zoo and a kindergarten. We received promises in the past from the government and defense establishment that Migron would never be destroyed. And yet, it appears that the Sharon government truly intends to go ahead and turn us into homeless refugees. If Migron can be successfully destroyed, then any community in all of Yesha [Judea, Samaria and Gaza] can also be - and when they are done with those, it is only a matter of time until Tel Aviv and Jerusalem become unilateral concessions as well, God forbid."
Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz met with Binyamin Regional Council head Pinchas Wallerstein last night, following their unsuccessful meeting last week. Mofaz had hosted the Yesha Council leaders in his office, but when he announced his intention to destroy Migron, Wallerstein stormily walked out. Last night, the Yesha leader presented documents showing that Migron was established and developed with Defense Ministry approval. Mofaz said that he would take this into account.
Ze'ev Chever, head of the Amanah settlement organization, told reporters last night that there is documentation showing that the lands on which Migron is situated were duly purchased over the course of the last few years. "The issue of land ownership is no longer the problem," he said. "The legal problems can easily be solved. We did everything according to the book, but the Defense Ministry holds up the works - and then they say that the places aren't legal!... The government has invested heavily here over the years, families live here - so no one can come along now and suddenly say, 'we know nothing, we saw nothing!'"
Tourism Minister Benny Elon and leaders of the Yesha Council of Communities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza have made it clear to the Prime Minister that the uprooting of Migron - whose official status is that of an outpost - is the same in their eyes as the destruction of a full-fledged community. The Yesha Council says that such a move will lead to the immediate resignation of the National Religious Party and the National Union from the coalition government - although the party leaders have not yet said this clearly.
"Migron is a test case," warned one resident, Mindy Tzur, in a talk last night with Arutz-7. "We are a community of 40 families, with over 70 children - the oldest are in second grade - with more on the way. We have a library, our own health care center, a petting zoo and a kindergarten. We received promises in the past from the government and defense establishment that Migron would never be destroyed. And yet, it appears that the Sharon government truly intends to go ahead and turn us into homeless refugees. If Migron can be successfully destroyed, then any community in all of Yesha [Judea, Samaria and Gaza] can also be - and when they are done with those, it is only a matter of time until Tel Aviv and Jerusalem become unilateral concessions as well, God forbid."
Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz met with Binyamin Regional Council head Pinchas Wallerstein last night, following their unsuccessful meeting last week. Mofaz had hosted the Yesha Council leaders in his office, but when he announced his intention to destroy Migron, Wallerstein stormily walked out. Last night, the Yesha leader presented documents showing that Migron was established and developed with Defense Ministry approval. Mofaz said that he would take this into account.
Ze'ev Chever, head of the Amanah settlement organization, told reporters last night that there is documentation showing that the lands on which Migron is situated were duly purchased over the course of the last few years. "The issue of land ownership is no longer the problem," he said. "The legal problems can easily be solved. We did everything according to the book, but the Defense Ministry holds up the works - and then they say that the places aren't legal!... The government has invested heavily here over the years, families live here - so no one can come along now and suddenly say, 'we know nothing, we saw nothing!'"