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Barak: We will evacuate settlers from Hebron house, by force if necessary
By Tomer Zarchin and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents and The Associated Press
Tags: Israel News, Illegal Outpost 

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the state would use force to evacauate settlers illegally inhabiting a house in the West Bank city of Hebron, if the squatters do not vacate the premises voluntarily.

A High Court of Justice ruling issued last week gave the settlers three days to evacuate, but a loophole was found allowing them to remain for a full 30 days before any force could to be taken.

Barak said the the High Court decision nevertheless stipulates that the house must be evacuated, if not voluntarily then by force. He said the police would attempt the first round of evacuation, and the Israel Defense Forces would be summoned in if reinforcement was needed.
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Court: State acted unlawfully on Federman Farm

Also on Wednesday, the Jerusalem District Court ruled that the state acted unlawfully in removing far-right settler Noam Federman from the outpost he has set up - the so-called "Federman Farm" - near the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba.

In his ruling, Judge Moshe Drori criticized the state for violating international law, insisting that the forced evacuation of the outpost was "disproportionate and unreasonable."

"It is unclear why the state needed 100 policemen to remove one individual from a closed military zone that was sealed for 10 months without any prior warning, without any attempt at negotiation, and without checking on the claims of the other party in this case," the judge ruled.

"The petitioner (Federman) is not suspected of carrying out terrorist attacks against Israeli towns, which is one of the purposes of the order, and the closure of the area is certainly not intended to apply to the petitioner, since the pretext for the evictin was to prevent 'terrorist infiltration,' and it is inconceivable that the petitioner can be placed into this category.

Court to state: Explain why Migron can't be evacuated

Separately, the High Court of Justice on Wednesday gave the government of Israel 45 days to explain why it should not have to dismantle Migron, an illegal outpost built by settlers in the West Bank.

Migron is one of the largest of dozens of unauthorized settlement satellites established since the mid-1990s.

A final ruling on the case would be a watershed in how Israel will deal with the outposts. Israel has failed to keep a long-standing promise to the United States to remove all unauthorized settlements built since 2003.

The state has proposed keeping Migron in place until new homes are built for the settlers in a nearby government-sanctioned settlement.

The Palestinians who own the land on which Migron stands have asked for the immediate eviction of the settlers.

An attorney for the landowners and Peace Now, who both petitioned the High Court on the matter, said the temporary ruling paves the way for an eviction order.

Attorney Michael Sfard accused Defense Minister Ehud Barak of deceiving the public over the state's current plan for the outpost.

Sfard branded this as an "attempt that is meant to shirk the obligation to protect Palestinian property."

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      1.   Who exactly will respond to the High Court of Justice? 00:13  |  Esther 01/01/08
      2.   Who exactly is the "high court of justice"? 00:30  |  Curious 01/01/08
      3.   Curious #2... no need to worry... 00:00  |  Esther 01/01/08
      4.   chief of supreme criminal court 00:04  |  todd 01/01/08
      5.   As if these gangster lived "on the Street" 00:15  |  Jacob 01/01/08
      6.   You keep building outposts. Then you wonder why the pals revolt 00:54  |  Aounist 01/01/08
      7.   We lost the 6 days war. 00:00  |  S 01/01/08
      8.   2 Jagob 2 Germany 00:03  |  s 01/01/08
      9.   Duh. 00:06  |  Gideon Reader 01/01/08
      10.   Dear S #7... all the more reason for returning... 00:30  |  Esther 01/01/08
      11.   If Israel was not that dangerous it would be funny to watch 00:33  |  Andreas 01/01/08
      12.   #8 S from Prague 00:45  |  Jacob 01/01/08
      13.   High Court of Justice Controlled by Outside Gov 00:07  |  Sam Weinstein 01/01/08
      14.   What all school children learn. 00:10  |  Sadly Enough 01/01/08
      15.   Kangouroo court run by leftists at the... 00:27  |  Dwido 01/01/08
      16.   face facts 00:28  |  curious george 01/01/08
      17.   #2 Strange questions, Curious.... 00:52  |  Johnboy 01/01/08
      18.   Because we conscientiously object 00:02  |  lady from USA 01/01/08
      19.   Jacob 00:04  |  lady from USA 01/01/08
      20.   S 00:12  |  lady from USA 01/01/08
      21.   Jacob 00:16  |  lady from USA 01/01/08
      22.   barak your formula for gaza works for hebron as well 00:20  |  turn off the lites 01/01/08
      23.   We`ll evacuate Hebron house by force 00:21  |  Ralph 01/01/08
      24.   izzy you are either a nation of law and order 00:23  |  or 01/01/08
      25.   have you seen the little piggie in their piggie lives? 00:24  |  you can see them 01/01/08
      26.   Barak the US Puppet 00:27  |  Ralph Levy 01/01/08
      27.   Lets hope at the same speed he kept his promises about Gaza 00:40  |  Emanuel 01/01/08
      28.   isreal is one big squatter colony 00:53  |  comtemptuous 01/01/08
      29.   Using force is not enough 00:55  |  Natallie Durson 01/01/08
      30.   abd I thought only we left wingnuts called them squatters. 00:05  |  Labhras 01/01/08
      31.   Maybe someone should force Barak out of his Million 00:05  |  BF 01/01/08
      32.   bark- dichter 00:11  |  iletzter 01/01/08
      33.   FACTS FACTS FACTS 00:23  |  Alon Chiloni 01/01/08
      34.   By force? 00:25  |  Brod 01/01/08
      35.   Looking for support, weak Barak flexes muscles? Feb 10 Tsunami? 00:39  |  Justice for Jews 01/01/08
      36.   Ehud "Mr 8 Seats" Barak has spoken 00:40  |  Moshe 01/01/08
      37.   Natallie: Evacuate Los Angeles by force 00:42  |  Chief Red Feather 01/01/08
      38.   On a lighter note 00:42  |  Steve J 01/01/08
      39.   Natallie Durson USA 25 00:54  |  Pamela 01/01/08
      40.   aounist 00:08  |  Pamela 01/01/08
      41.   Actually Pamela 00:32  |  Steve J 01/01/08
      42.   Best lawyers in country employed by settlers... 00:37  |  Esther 01/01/08
      43.   Why? 00:43  |  Bob Green 01/01/08
      44.   If we hear one more time that this-or-that is.... 00:51  |  Esther 01/01/08
      45.   Re Bob 00:04  |  Steve J 01/01/08
      46.   well squatters in hebron do have a good point: who are the 00:16  |  squatters in j`lem 01/01/08
      47.   Whoever made the promise to evict Jews had no right to do so. 00:54  |  Chaim 01/01/08
      48.   #42 Esther. Lovers of Israel pay for the settlers` lawyers. 00:59  |  Chaim 01/01/08
      49.   Barak - 3 strikes and you are out: Lebanon, Intifada, Civil War 00:22  |  Chaim 01/01/08
      50.   The Art Of Retreat 00:41  |  Yanatan 01/01/08
      51.   Weak Barak shoring up lefties` support for Feb10 Tsunami? 00:26  |  bat yam 01/01/08
      52.   Actually Steve J 00:49  |  Gee 01/01/08
      53.   bat yam? i doubt even Narak knows what he is doing 00:14  |  one the one hand 01/01/08
      54.   To Chief Red Feather (if that is your real name...) 00:15  |  Jonathan 01/01/08
      55.   Barak evacuated Lebonan=Hizbala takeover;DM must learn to read 00:18  |  sam 01/01/08
      56.   Barak is an appeaser and defeatist 00:33  |  Ken Jurist 01/01/08
      57.   Since when Gee?? Do a little fact finding. 00:40  |  Steve J 01/01/08
      58.   to #6 Aounist 00:51  |  Northern 01/01/08
      59.   No Justice from the High Court 00:27  |  UsedToPostHere 01/01/08
      60.   Actually Steve J 00:00  |  peter 01/01/08
      61.   Evacaute? 00:01  |  Anthony 01/01/08
      62.   Illegal for Jews to live in Hevron? 00:03  |  peter 01/01/08
      63.   Steve J 00:04  |  Gee 01/01/08
      64.   Re Gee? 00:59  |  Steve J 01/01/08
      65.   oh and my legal claim for the arabs 00:14  |  Steve J 01/01/08
      66.   This curious world 00:36  |  Mark Lincoln 01/01/08
      67.   #63 Wrong, wrong, and.... wrong, Gee 00:37  |  Johnboy 01/01/08
      68.   High Court of Justice Controlled by Outside Governments 00:42  |  Mark Lincoln 01/01/08
      69.   :: Yesha yops 00:56  |  Matty Groves 01/01/08
      70.   Righties on the road to nowhere 00:02  |  bronxite10 01/01/08
      71.   Shouldn`t have allowed 00:38  |  T A Sheppard 01/01/08
      72.   No "if`s" about it, ship them all back to New Jersey 00:24  |  Ivar 01/01/08
      73.   About the left, the media and the settlers. 00:33  |  Mario Sala 01/01/08
      74.   About the left, the media and the settlers. 00:33  |  Mario Sala 01/01/08
      75.   Jewish owners to be expelled, Arab thieves not 00:57  |  Gary Cooperberg 01/01/08
      76.   Barak, a desperate bully, all this while missiles come from Gaza 00:11  |  Harvey 01/01/08
      77.   Gary Cooperberg, n. 75 00:43  |  John and the Truth 01/01/08
      78.   Where did they come from in the first place? 00:00  |  Esther 01/01/09
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