Migron Outpost in Samaria.The Supreme Court of Israël has rejected a compromise and ordered the Jewish residents of the village of Migron expelled no later than August 1. Knesset members are already organizing to legislatively overturn the court's ruling.
Civil rights group the Legal Forum for the Land of Israel slammed the court.
"The High Court justices could have made a decision to avoid conflict in Israeli society," said Forum director attorney Nachi Eyal. "Clearly the court thinks human rights are only for Palestinians, not for Jews."
"What do you expect from a panel containing a justice who won't sing Hatikva?" Eyal added, in a dig at Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran, who declined to sing the national anthem at Supreme Court President (emeritus) Dorit Beinisch's retirement ceremony.
Eyal called on the Knesset to strengthen legislation to resolve land disputes in the West Bank in different ways.
Right-wing parliamentarians said they planned to turn to the Knesset and urge it to legislate a solution that would nullify the court decision.
Both MK Danny Danon (Likud) and MK Uri Ariel (National Union) called on lawmakers to approve legislation which would legalize all the outposts, including Migron.
Danon said he planned to ask the Knesset to hold a special session on the matter during the Pesach break.
"There is no reason why Jews should be evacuated from their homes under a Likud government," he said.
"We must make use of the responsibility given to use by the people to lead the nation and the settlements in Judea and Samaria according to the values of Ze'ev Jabotinsky and [former prime minister] Menachem Begin," Danon added.
MK Uri Orbach (HaBayit HaYehudi) said the court's judgment clarified the irrelevance of setting a date for new elections.
"There is no need to advance the elections. We should eliminate them. Any which way it is clear that the judges believe they run the country," he said.
Source: Israel Matzav
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Migron Synagoge.
