Settlers: Why is Netanyahu delaying outpost legalization?

• Author: TOVAH LAZAROFF
• Date: 06 December 2020
• Published date: 06 December 2020
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

"Why has the Prime Minister delayed this?" the Young Settlement Forum asked on Sunday.

"For the young settlements [outposts] there is only one solution: to convene the government next week to approve a government decision to authorize the communities and to provide them with rudimentary infrastructure," the Forum said.

It dismissed a response on the subject published Sunday by Community Affairs Minister Tzachi Hanegbi who promised that the matter would come before the government soon, but did not set a date for when it would be on the government's agenda.

"The government has worked for years to regulate the status of the young settlements, where thousands of Israelis live who were sent to settle the land as emissaries, with the funding and support of [past] Israeli governments over the decades," Hanegbi said.

Hanegbi issued his statement in response to parliamentarians who turned to him as part of the Knesset Land of Israel's Caucus campaign in which politicians who support this issue have been asked to adopt an outpost and help advocate for its legalization.

Hanegbi's...