Israeli settlers reject Netanyahu’s request to evacuate largest outpost in West Bank

23.01.2012                      28.Tewet. 5772

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Israeli settlers reject Netanyahu's request to evacuate largest outpost in West Bank

PM asks Migron settlers to voluntarily evacuate the outpost and receive support to establish a community on nearby state land in return.

The ongoing controversy about the evacuation of the Migron outpost hit a new high Sunday, as settlers angrily rejected a compromise proposal offered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu asked the Migron settlers to voluntarily evacuate the outpost and receive in return support to establish a community on nearby state land. The settlers rejected the proposal and demanded that Netanyahu authorize the Migron outpost's settlement by legislation. They threatened that a Migron evacuation would cost Netanyahu his job, because the national religious public will not tolerate a forcible evacuation of the outpost….