Netanyahu, Israeli cabinet to weigh approval of illegal West Bank outpost
Likud ministers have called on the Prime Minister to sanction Ulpana Hill through legislation after the High Court rejected a state bid to postpone its demolition.
By Barak Ravid and Ophir Bar-Zohar
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a meeting of senior ministers for Friday morning to discuss the evacuation of five residential buildings in the Ulpana neighborhood of the West Bank settlement of Beit El.
Cabinet ministers have convened several times in the past few weeks to discuss the future of the buildings, which are on private Palestinian land. This will be the first since Shaul Mofaz joined the coalition and was named vice prime minister.
Mofaz declined to discuss his position on the buildings on Thursday. "He wants to hear the expert opinions of the Defense Ministry and the Justice Ministry before responding publicly," an aide to Mofaz said.
Earlier this week the High Court of Justice ordered the demolition of the buildings by July 1, in a rejection of the state's request that it reconsider its ruling.
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