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Supreme Court chief: Why won't state demolish illegal outposts?
By Tomer Zarchin, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Illegal Outposts 

Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch on Wednesday lambasted the state for neglecting to enforce demolition orders of illegal West Bank outposts.

"For years we have heard about demolition ordered issued by authorities, but the answers received are always general and vague," Beinisch said in response to a Peace Now petition calling to raze the Khursha and Hayovel outposts in the West Bank.

Beinisch asked the government why it was lagging on following through with planned demolitions, and whether it was perpetuating the continued existence of illegal outposts.
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The state prosecutor's office responded to Beinisch's criticism by saying that the government was working according to the priorities set forth by Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The prosecution emphasized that some illegal outposts had in fact been demolished over the last few weeks.

National Union MK Michael Ben Ari reacted to Beinisch's comments Wednesday, saying that her remarks raise suspicion of a Supreme Court racist policy as it targets only settlers and ignores Arabs as well as other sectors.

Last month, the High Court gave the state to explain within 90 days why it had not evacuated six illegal West Bank outposts six illegal West Bank outposts that were slated for evacuation in 2004.

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      1.   observation 18:42  |  potobac 10/06/09
      2.   How long will Dorit Beinisch remain at her post? 19:25  |  redbourn 10/06/09
      3.   better yet why do they allow them to rebuild? 19:50  |  jim the mechanic 10/06/09
      4.   Settlements 19:52  |  TC 10/06/09
      5.   "racist policy as it targets only settlers" 19:56  |  fritz t. 10/06/09
      6.   By international laws 20:06  |  Noria 10/06/09
      7.   Why? 20:12  |  Jim 10/06/09
      8.   The Chief Justice doesn`t get it 20:37  |  Mark Lincoln 10/06/09
      9.   settlers and laws ?? outposts are inside a IDF zone 09:09  |  muslim-- 11/06/09
      10.   to redbourn #2 - 2nd try 20:03  |  zeev 11/06/09
      11.   Now I get it 02:33  |  fred shapiro 12/06/09
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