The State to the High Court in response to a petition on behalf of the Regavim Movement: "This period of time will be used to complete the examinations required for the formulation of an agreed outline for the implementation of the demolition orders in the compound."
"The period of time required to formulate an outline"
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Oren Ben Hakon - Archive
The illegal outpost Khan al-Ahmar will not be evacuated in the next four months, the state told the High Court in response to a petition on behalf of the Regavim movement.
In the affidavits of the head of the National Security Council, Meir Ben-Shabbat, and the Assistant Minister of Defense for Settlement Affairs, Avi Roa, it was stated:
At the same time, the Prime Minister's Office, in coordination with the Ministry of Defense, decided to make another effort to complete moves currently underway in the Civil Administration to examine additional options for formulating an outline for the agreed implementation of demolition orders in the complex.
To that end, the political echelon needs an additional period of several months. "
The state affidavit emphasized that "there are other broad considerations" that have implications for the timing of the execution of the orders.
It was further stated that in addition to these circumstances there are limitations arising from dealing with the corona virus.
"The decision of the political echelon that the current time does not allow the demolition orders in the complex to be implemented during the next four months. This period of time will be used to complete the examinations required to formulate an agreed outline for the implementation of demolition orders in the complex."
To the extent that efforts to formulate an agreed outline do not bear fruit, the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of Defense will be required to re-examine the timing of the execution of the orders.
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The Regavim movement expressed strong opposition to the state's position.
"The state's alleged commitment to law enforcement and to hold dialogue proceedings with the residents is no different from previous times when the state declared the exact same things to the High Court," said Meir Deutsch, director general of the Regavim movement.
"This was stated in the first petition we filed in 2009 and in all the petitions that were subsequently filed in this matter, after the state failed to implement its declarations. Each time a card is drawn from the pile of excuses that prevents the implementation of state declarations. wants to"?
As you may recall, in early September, the state's request to postpone the eviction was rejected, after Supreme Court Justice Noam Solberg refused Prime Minister Netanyahu's request to delay the hearing of the sixth petition on the issue filed by the Regavim movement.
In October 2018, Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting: "Khan al-Ahmar will be evacuated, with or without consent. It will not take many weeks, it will be much shorter."
As stated, the response to the petition closes the door on the evacuation of the outpost within the foreseeable future.
