What the outposts teach

[Scurrilous]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/386474.html

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"The attempt last Wednesday to dismantle the Kahane College outpost at Tapuah almost succeeded. Hundreds of soldiers and policemen who came to the illegal site detained 25 persons who tried to stop the dismantling of the large structure and ended up destroying it themselves. But a few hours later dozens of settlers turned up at the site, and reestablished a temporary building. When Israel Defense Forces soldiers demanded that it be taken down, the settler lawbreakers took refuge in the law, announcing that the soldiers are not authorized to dismantle the structure unless they have a formal written order to do so.



Hence it turns out that the war for the dismantling of the outposts - such dismantling being a promise made by Israel in the days of the road map, and before them - is a lie. It might have been expected that a short military process featuring the removal of outposts at the behest of orders signed by the prime minister and the defense minister (which are not open to legal appeals) would reflect political resolve, and produce rapid results. This, however, is not the case. The settlers view each hut and water container as a holy object that cannot be removed once it is put on the ground."



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"Illegal outpost removal is not part of the diplomatic give and take which has been frozen for the past many weeks. It is an obligation undertaken by Israel vis-a-vis the American government. It is a natural obligation for a government which seeks to abide by the law. Moreover, outpost removal represents the core of the mandate which the prime minister seeks from the public for his plan. Eye-winking at non-action, agreements with settlers or flamboyant dismantling measures which do not produce any real results can only be described as one thing: government patronage of lawbreaking. In case anyone had lingering doubts about Sharon, the outpost situation provides irrefutable proof of the prime minister's real intentions: viz, to eliminate any chance of negotiation with the Palestinians."

[drewb]

1. Be glad...

Little Israel must continue to steal land from its not so well domesticated neighbors...

Be glad indeed!

:loveya:

[tinnypriv]

2. Ha'aretz

As usual repeats the myth that Israel accepted the Roadmap, when it actually rejected it (a fact known and essentially conceeded by the more astute commentators).