Preparations continue in the Jewish community of Migron for a possible attempt to destroy it and expel its inhabitants. Some 43 families live on the hilltop community overlooking the Jerusalem-Shomron highway, less than five miles north of Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met yesterday with Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz, and the two concluded that a decision to uproot outposts is a "political" one that it is in the Government of Israel's purview, and not that of the courts. They thus hope to prevent drawn-out legal battles from impeding the evacuation of Migron and other sites.
Constitutional lawyer Mordechai Haller told Arutz-7 today that the government's characterization of its decision as political "carries no legal weight" - and especially when it comes to individual citizens' rights to their property. "Just like the government cannot send a policeman into your home to take away your television set without a law to that effect," Haller said, "so too it cannot make a decision to expel a person from his home without legislation."
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer dropped a broad hint to Israel this week that the U.S. would not "accept" an Israeli court decision ruling that the community of Migron is legal. Six government ministries have funded Migron or its construction over the course of the past four years.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met yesterday with Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz, and the two concluded that a decision to uproot outposts is a "political" one that it is in the Government of Israel's purview, and not that of the courts. They thus hope to prevent drawn-out legal battles from impeding the evacuation of Migron and other sites.
Constitutional lawyer Mordechai Haller told Arutz-7 today that the government's characterization of its decision as political "carries no legal weight" - and especially when it comes to individual citizens' rights to their property. "Just like the government cannot send a policeman into your home to take away your television set without a law to that effect," Haller said, "so too it cannot make a decision to expel a person from his home without legislation."
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer dropped a broad hint to Israel this week that the U.S. would not "accept" an Israeli court decision ruling that the community of Migron is legal. Six government ministries have funded Migron or its construction over the course of the past four years.