The Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz agreed yesterday to uproot four Yesha outposts in the coming days, including a populated one in Ofrah. The latter, Ginot Aryeh, is a neighborhood that was established in memory of Ofrah resident Aryeh Hershkovitz, who was murdered by Palestinian terrorists in January 2001. Three months later, his son Assaf was similarly murdered; the small outpost community of Givat Assaf, on the turnoff between Beit El and Ofrah, is in his memory.
The four outposts slated for uprooting are:
* Chazon David near Kiryat Arba, which comprises two large shipping containers;
* Bat Ayin West West, in Gush Etzion, with two sheds;
* the Shaked Farm, near Yitzhar in central Shomron, with a chicken coop and a shed;
* and the Ofrah neighborhood of Ginot Aryeh, with ten families.
No struggle is expected over the first three, but Ginot Aryeh might be a different story. Officials in Ofrah say that the neighborhood has received unofficial recognition from various government bodies, and that it is unfair to call it "illegal."
The extreme left-wing organization Peace Now is not happy with the decision to remove Migron from the list of outposts to be uprooted. Peace Now claims that this is a way to "launder" the 43-family community, which is situated five miles north of Jerusalem, and retroactively legalize it. Six various government ministries have funded Migron during the four years of its existence.
The four outposts slated for uprooting are:
* Chazon David near Kiryat Arba, which comprises two large shipping containers;
* Bat Ayin West West, in Gush Etzion, with two sheds;
* the Shaked Farm, near Yitzhar in central Shomron, with a chicken coop and a shed;
* and the Ofrah neighborhood of Ginot Aryeh, with ten families.
No struggle is expected over the first three, but Ginot Aryeh might be a different story. Officials in Ofrah say that the neighborhood has received unofficial recognition from various government bodies, and that it is unfair to call it "illegal."
The extreme left-wing organization Peace Now is not happy with the decision to remove Migron from the list of outposts to be uprooted. Peace Now claims that this is a way to "launder" the 43-family community, which is situated five miles north of Jerusalem, and retroactively legalize it. Six various government ministries have funded Migron during the four years of its existence.