Wednesday, December 31, 2003

The Legal Obstacles to Uprooting Settlements

The Legal Obstacles to Uprooting Settlements
Legal Commentator: Heavy Legal Obstacles On The Road ToUprooting Communities
17:08 Dec 23, '03 / 28 Kislev 5764

"It's not impossible, but it requires special legislation- a very long legal process." So says left-wing Israel Broadcasting Authority legal commentator Moshe Negbi regarding the possibility of expelling Jewish residents from their homes in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. All in all, Negbi was not very "optimistic" about the chances for doing so. Excerpts from his interview on Israel Radio this past Thursday:

"It's important to emphasize, if we're talking about relocating communities, it must be remembered that this has a legal aspect that is bound, of course, with the residents' rights. Relocating towns is not an impossible mission - we remember that it happened before in Sinai following the peace agreement with Egypt - but it is avery hard mission [in that it] requires legislation -possibly even legislation that requires a special majorityof 61 MKs. This is a very very long legal process. Let's remember that the evacuation of the towns in Sinai took five years, more or less. And this time it's more complex."

Read the entire article at
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=54946

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