300 Jews to be evicted and their homes destroyed

The Israeli Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered all 50 families living in the town of Migron evacuated from their homes by September 4th and the homes to be demolished, except for a few on lot 10, by September 11th.

MK Danny Danon said that if the residents were Arab the court would not have ordered the evacuation. MK Tzipi Hotovely said that it is incumbent on the Supreme Court to protect the rights of Jewish settlers as well as Arabs, and pointed out that Ariel Sharon initiated the building of Migron.

Migron is a community of 300 Jews 14 kilometers north of Jerusalem, strategically overlooking Route 60 in Binyamin, built on government provided land designated for the community in 1999.

Israel Danziger, of Mishmeret Yesha, noted that the Israeli government is determined to focus on this destruction even though Israel is surrounded by existential threats, Iran’s nuclear arms ambitions, the upheaval in Syria and its overflow into Lebanon, repeated rocket attacks from Gaza, the Islamist government in Egypt and its threatening arming of Sinai. He disclosed the leak of an IDF civil administration document that the Israeli Government plans to destroy the towns, outposts, of Mitzpe Yitzhar, Migron, Givat Assaf, Ma’aleh Rechavam, Givat Hadegel, Givat Haroeh, Bnei Adam and Atzmona. This, in view of the constant illegal building by Arabs throughout Israel, including in Yehuda and Shomron, and their anti-Israel, anti-Jewish propaganda in the media, mosques and schools.

“Why is all this happening?” asked Helen Freedman of Americans for a Safe Israel. “I don’t understand the machinations behind the scenes. The picture is much larger. Is this government pushing a two state solution even though there is no partner for peace?