The minister said that the OC had signed the order prohibiting the stay, in accordance with the coalition agreement and the cancellation of the Disengagement Law in the Knesset. "We promised to arrange the continuation of Torah study in the yeshiva and we are fulfilling," Smotrich said.

In January, the government asked the High Court of Justice for a three-month extension to regulate the status of the Homesh outpost. The Peace Now movement said at the time that "before our eyes a dangerous messianic coup is taking place"