The state will inform the Supreme Court today that it is interested in postponing for another six months the evacuation of the Palestinian outpost Khan al-Ahmar, near the settlement of Kfar Adumim in the Judean Desert.
A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry told the media about the decision, noting that this was the conclusion of "inter-agency staff work, which includes a political opinion from the Foreign Ministry."
In its decision, the Bennett-Lapid government continues Netanyahu's policy.
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked stated before the election that "if the prime minister bans, Khan al-Ahmar will be evacuated."
The current finance minister, Avigdor Lieberman, claimed at the time that Netanyahu's refusal to vacate the post was one of the reasons for his resignation from the post of defense minister in the Netanyahu government.
The Regavim movement has been waging a legal battle since 2009, during which it filed six petitions demanding the evacuation of the illegal outpost.
The petitions require the state to explain why not exercised the demolition orders despite the declarations filed by the state Supreme Court in the previous petitions, whereby illegal evacuated enclosure until June 2018 and a later statement, which will be evacuated enclosure until the end of September 2018.
Since the state sought to delay the response to petitions Time and time again, Regavim claims that "Khan al-Ahmar is a flagship project of an illegal takeover carried out by the PA."
"There is no limit to disgrace and disgrace"
Judicial power chairman MK Ben Gvir said in response to the rejection request: "There is no limit to the disgrace and disgrace. After the Supreme Court explained to the government that the government must be appealed, the decision beeps and does everything in its power to teach that there is no rule of law in Israel. "When the demolition of Jewish homes is on the table, and will not allow the rule of law to be violated."
Illegal settlement in Khan al-Ahmar // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon,
The Regavim movement, which petitions the High Court demanding enforcement of the law and the eviction of Khan al-Ahmar, responds to the Foreign Ministry's announcement that the state will request another six-month extension from the High Court tomorrow following a "Foreign Ministry political opinion":
"Under no circumstances should the law enforcement policy of the State of Israel be determined in practice by the improper pressure exerted by foreign states. This is a slippery and dangerous slope that erodes the sovereignty of the State of Israel."
Meir Deutsch, director general of the Regavim movement, mentions that the Foreign Ministry is not defined at all as the respondent in the petition to the High Court, but the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense. "Naftali Bennett, you are the Prime Minister of Israel. Do not hide behind Foreign Minister Lapid."