Israeli settlers reject Netanyahu's request to evacuate from largest outpost in West Bank

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PM asks Migron settlers to voluntarily evacuate the outpost and receive in return support to establish a community on nearby state land.

By Barak Ravid and Chaim Levinson

The ongoing controversy about the evacuation of the Migron outpost hit a new high Sunday, as settlers angrily rejected a compromise proposal offered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu asked the Migron settlers to voluntarily evacuate the outpost and receive in return support to establish a community on nearby state land. The settlers rejected the proposal and demanded that Netanyahu authorize the Migron outpost's settlement by legislation. They threatened that a Migron evacuation would cost Netanyahu his job, because the national religious public will not tolerate a forcible evacuation of the outpost.

At Sunday's cabinet session, Netanyahu evinced support for the compromise formula forged by Minister Benny Begin. "The High Court of Justice has ruled that Migron must be evacuated by March 31," said Netanyahu. "The government wants to carry out the court's decision, in a fashion that involves consent and is peaceful."

Netanyahu told cabinet ministers that under the compromise formula, a new Migron will be built on state lands on an "authorized, planned basis." It will not be on private Palestinian land.

in full: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israeli-settlers-reject-netanyahu-s-request-to-evacuate-from-largest-outpost-in-west-bank-1.408689

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1. PM, settlers reach compromise on Migron

Settlers agree to vacate structures in West Bank outpost; gov't agrees to turn homes into farm instead of razing it

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4179843,00.html

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"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached a compromise with Migron residents over the removal of the West Bank outpost, a source close to the talks told Ynet on Monday.

The agreement would require Migron residents to vacate the outpost and move into buildings that are to be constructed nearby. Meanwhile, the outpost's structures will be converted into a farm instead of being razed.

The settlers' new homes are to be built approximately two kilometers (1.2 miles) from the outpost, on Israeli land.

On Monday evening, the sides were drafting a contract that would stand in the High Court of Justice, which ruled recently that the settlement should be dismantled by the end March."

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"The State also agreed that if the settlers manage to prove the Migron is not built on private land that belongs to Palestinians, they are to be allowed to stay there.

"I am glad that the prime minister didn't give in to the defense minister's plans," said MK Danny Danon, who backed the compromise. "We were elected to build, not to destroy. The Peace Now activists who wanted to see blood will have to face disappointment.

"Likud is with you," he said, addressing the outpost residents. "The Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria is flesh of the party's flesh."