To Circumvent Court Order; Netanyahu Plans To Relocate Settler Homes

 Sunday June 03, 2012 08:17 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is weighing the possibility of moving settler homes, illegally built in Ulpana outpost, in the West bank, as a maneuver meant to avoid the implementation of a ruling by the Israeli High Court that ordered the homes demolished by July 1st.


Ulpana Illegal Settlement – poica.org

Israel daily, Haaretz, reported that, at the initial phase, Netanyahu is considering the uprooting of five homes, installed illegally in Ulpana settlement, and placing them hundreds of meters away on lands that are dubbed by Israel as “state lands”.

Tests conducted by engineers showed that it is possible to safely relocate the five homes, but engineers of the Ministry of Defense said that moving the homes is not cost effective, and will likely not be completed before the deadline of July 1st.

Netanyahu is also hoping that for each building that is uprooted in Ulpana he would be able to convince the attorney general to approve the construction of ten new homes in a different location.

According to Haaretz, Netanyahu stated that he would rather not have legislation on the issue, taking into consideration that “legislation weakens the settlement movement in the West Bank”.

If approved, the relocating of the homes also needs the approval of the Attorney General, and needs to be conducted after reaching an agreement with the settlers in Ulpana. Haaretz said that should the attorney general refuse to approve the move, legislation will be considered in order to find a solution.

Netanyahu’s plan was met with criticism from both Israel’s right and left wing parties, as fundamentalist members of Knesset oppose dismantling settlements, or relocating the settlers, and are pushing for more constructions, while the left wing is accusing Netanyahu of killing the chances of resuming peace talks with the Palestinians.





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Latest Reports of the United Nations

  • New UN Report Shows Sharp Rise In Palestinians Uprooted By Israeli Demolitions – IMEMC – Jan 27, 2012
  • Report OCHA – Demolitions & Forced Displacement – Year 2011 – Report | PDF



Israel’s Jerusalem municipality plans to build more than 50,000 (updated Dec 3, 2011: 85.000) new homes in the city’s occupied eastern sector over two decades:

  • 23,628 homes have already been approved, 20,263 in East Jerusalem and 3,365 in the west.
  • 13,824 are pending review, 12,819 in East Jerusalem and 1,005 in the west.
  • 23,266 housing units are still in planning stages, 19,281 in the east and 3,985 in the west.



Of these, the municipality plans:

  • 10,366 homes in northern East Jerusalem, including illegal Israeli settlement Pisgat Zeev and Palestinian town Beit Hanina.
  • 5,239 homes in southern East Jerusalem, including Gilo settlement and Palestinian district Beit Safafa.
  • 4,886 new units in central eastern Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan and Jerusalem’s Old City.

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Besides this, Israel approved plans to ethnic cleanse 57.000 bedouin from Palestine



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