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Last update - 08:40 06/03/2008
Settlers agree to evacuate several illegal West Bank outposts
By Barak Ravid and Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: illegal outposts, Ehud Barak 

Several illegal outposts will be evacuated in the next few days, under an agreement reached between Defense Minister Ehud Barak and settler leaders. This is the first stage of dismantling 26 outposts built on private Palestinian land after March 2001.

Israel had promised the United States that it would evacuate these outposts to meet the conditions of the first stage of the diplomatic road map leading to a final-status agreement with the Palestinians.

The evacuation agreement was reached after prolonged covert negotiations between the Yesha settlers' council and Barak and his adviser for settlement affairs Eitan Broshi.
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It is based on relocating the West Bank outposts into either the large settlement blocs or in settlements near Jerusalem, under the assumption that these will remain in Israeli hands after a final-status arrangement.

The first three or four outposts will be evacuated voluntarily and relocated to other settlements nearby, as long as this does not contradict the prime minister's instructions restricting construction in the territories. The evacuated settlers will receive no compensation.

"Our intention is not to solve one problem and create a new one, so the outposts will only be relocated to settlements on which there is a consensus," a security source said.

One of the outposts earmarked for evacuation is Migron, which the state has recently promised the High Court of Justice to evacuate by August. Migron is the largest outpost and consists of more than 60 families.

The settlers and defense officials are expected to find a place for Migron's residents within the next few days.

The source said that the 26 outposts will be evacuated in stages. "Some places are still being debated and the settlers' leadership will be tested," he said.

"We believe the settlers will have an interest in relocating the outposts to legal places that can be developed and prevent them from appearing illegal."

The American administration has demanded for years that Israel evacuate the illegal outposts. Since the Annapolis conference and the resumption of peace talks, the Americans have repeated this demand, as have the Palestinians. The U.S. even appointed a special envoy to examine the implementation of the road map's first stage, which includes the evacuation of outposts.

Yesha council head Danny Dayan, who is conducting the negotiations with his colleagues Pinhas Wallerstein and Ze'ev Hever, said on Wednesday that the talks are intended "to create confidence building measures with the Defense Ministry and solve the outposts issue by agreement rather than conflict."

He said they were drafting an agreement "to evacuate a number of structures in two or three outposts. We want the government to authorize outposts that were built on state lands."

During the process the government would have to make confidence building measures toward the settlers, he said.

He refused to say which outposts would be relocated. "Their names are not clear yet. In any case you wouldn't know any of the names. They're not outposts that families live on," he said.


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      2.   so when will the fake Mosheach leave his squatter digs? 04:09  |  Assad-u-LLAH 06/03/08
      3.   POP 04:48  |  Avrum 06/03/08
      4.   Evacuation of Outposts 05:31  |  Reid 06/03/08
      5.   Notice, the word Illegal? 06:03  |  Denise 06/03/08
      6.   Time to enforce the law 06:56  |  English Resident 06/03/08
      7.   Settlers are a disgrace 07:13  |  B. 06/03/08
      8.   Once again... 07:16  |  Esther 06/03/08
      9.   I do love this bit...... 07:23  |  Johnboy 06/03/08
      10.   It would be nice to see them to to jail 08:37  |  Danny Chennel 06/03/08
      11.   Expel The Arab Squatters From Hebron Jewish Homes 09:29  |  Yishai Kohen 06/03/08
      12.   Failure of education of the Jewish youth. 09:30  |  Jean Van Daem 06/03/08
      13.   Travesty 09:33  |  Esther 06/03/08
      14.   next Al-Quds 09:53  |  josif 06/03/08
      15.   good decision by members of the outposts 09:56  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/03/08
      16.   Shifting the settlers to other settlements 09:58  |  Kris 06/03/08
      17.   they`re all illegal 10:06  |  Sylvie 06/03/08
      18.   Tilted selection... 10:07  |  Esther 06/03/08
      19.   Sick, Sick, Sick 10:09  |  MB 06/03/08
      20.   26 out of 100, is that a JOKE, Mr. Barak.....???? 10:13  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/03/08
      21.   "AFTER COVERT TALKS" - AYALON/DICHTER 10:13  |  Robert 06/03/08
      22.   Meaningless 10:13  |  Michael 06/03/08
      23.   Hi Jean Van Daem 10:40  |  Danny Chennel 06/03/08
      24.   As if They Should Have a Choice 10:45  |  Johan Odin 06/03/08
      25.   Fate of the settlers 11:00  |  Danny Chennel 06/03/08
      26.   This fools no-one. 11:00  |  Don Camillo 06/03/08
      27.   Re Michael #14 11:08  |  Esther 06/03/08
      28.   ALL SETTLEMENTS BIG AND SMALL, OLD AND NEW ARE ILLEGAL 11:13  |  TripleJump 06/03/08
      29.   "The evacuated settlers will receive no compensation"... 11:15  |  Esther 06/03/08
      30.   Hi Yishai Kohen #5 - you are right! 11:21  |  Danny Channel 06/03/08
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      34.   POP you must mean all the Arabs who barged into Israel 12:53  |  PETER SM 06/03/08
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      36.   Here`s another post that will confuse poor Dino 13:44  |  David Teich 06/03/08
      37.   Settler leader Dayan gives it away: 14:06  |  Gadfly 06/03/08
      38.   How sad! 14:07  |  Hilda 06/03/08
      39.   #12 We know it won`t be easy 14:11  |  Outsider 06/03/08
      40.   Settlers 14:17  |  Creative 06/03/08
      41.   Talks Have Been "Ongoing" For Years 14:18  |  Yaakov Sullivan 06/03/08
      42.   And Condy Has To Be Complicit In All This 14:23  |  Yaakov Siullivan 06/03/08
      43.   # 19 Unfortunately David Teich and Israel are DEAD WRONG here.... 14:23  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/03/08
      44.   Empty Israeli PR 14:33  |  Walter Jebson 06/03/08
      45.   Good. Illegal settlements next 14:36  |  John 06/03/08
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      51.   And in the fine print 15:46  |  Mark Lincoln 06/03/08
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      59.   They are NOT settlers. They are Jews living in the Holy Land 17:06  |  Chris 06/03/08
      60.   Stop the brainwash! "Settlers, outposts" - my foot!! 17:07  |  Chris 06/03/08
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      86.   75...thora 19:59  |  ravi 06/03/08
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      92.   re: Esther 20:14  |  Efox 06/03/08
      93.   tosefta 20:14  |  staydead23 06/03/08
      94.   re: John 20:15  |  Efox 06/03/08
      95.   re: spyguy 20:18  |  Efox 06/03/08
      96.   re: Sylvie 20:22  |  Efox 06/03/08
      97.   #4 Reid:Evacuation of Outposts is not the problem 20:23  |  Jevara 06/03/08
      98.   re: Kris 20:27  |  Efox 06/03/08
      99.   #86 Yael: That`s right, but who is the criminal? 20:31  |  Jevara 06/03/08
      100.   # 81 David Teich, please don`t bother me with..... 20:44  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/03/08
      101.   David Teich on Yaakov`s Ramblings #82 20:48  |  Yaakov Sullivan 06/03/08
      102.   A little gift for Condi? Israel promised to do this 2 years ago! 20:56  |  Toronto`s Finest 06/03/08
      103.   Attention: Efox 21:24  |  Shahid 06/03/08
      104.   Toronto`s Finest 21:27  |  Shahid 06/03/08
      105.   So, after all of this what is left are settlements and outpost 21:29  |  Jozef 06/03/08
      106.   So, after all of this, waht is left are outpost and settlements 21:33  |  Jozef 06/03/08
      107.   re-captured land 21:38  |  RW 06/03/08
      108.   My Ramblings - I should have included... 21:41  |  Yaakov Sullivan 06/03/08
      109.   Swiss Dino 21:44  |  Yaakov Sullivan 06/03/08
      110.   Shahid 21:50  |  RW 06/03/08
      111.   All - Anti`s reject voluntary evacuation 23:33  |  Reid 06/03/08
      112.   Yaakov 00:29  |  Benny 07/03/08
      113.   # 109 yaakov 00:32  |  Axel 07/03/08
      114.   settlers and settlements will be the ruin of Israel 00:52  |  Loriot 07/03/08
      115.   jaakov sulivan,which ramblings,all your post consist of you 04:49  |  terrornator 07/03/08
      116.   jaakov # 69 the IDF tank attacks are the result of pal policies 04:55  |  terrornator 07/03/08
      117.   Under no circumstances should our outposts be evacuated. 06:12  |  Chaim 07/03/08
      118.   #85 Back atcha, Tiechie..... 06:32  |  Johnboy 07/03/08
      119.   re: Shahid 06:47  |  Efox 07/03/08
      120.   But existing settlements grow 07:30  |  Truth 07/03/08
      121.   # 8 to esther in tel aviv 07:56  |  eric 07/03/08
      122.   JOHNBOY Settlements no longer there.Your mob pulling terror back? 08:15  |  PETER SM 07/03/08
      123.   ISRAEL!; it never misses a bet! 08:31  |  eric 07/03/08
      124.   The moster that no power can tame. 09:00  |  Akram Zekaria 07/03/08
      125.   122# eric. I wonder why you are not in Gaza fighting with them ? 11:15  |  Akram Zekaria 07/03/08
      126.   What is this nonsense? 14:22  |  American Christian 07/03/08
      127.   # 109 Yaakov Sullivan (2nd try) 15:24  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/03/08
      128.   100: Dino is proving my point by avoiding the question 15:32  |  David Teich 07/03/08
      129.   101: Yaakov, avoiding reality yet again... 15:37  |  David Teich 07/03/08
      130.   117: JB, thanx for the usual chuckle 15:45  |  David Teich 07/03/08
      131.   100: Dino is proving my point by avoiding the question (2nd try) 17:35  |  David Teich 07/03/08
      132.   re: eric 18:54  |  Efox 07/03/08
      133.   re: Akram Zekaria on eric 19:03  |  Efox 07/03/08
      134.   #125 Man, that`s a laugh David! 03:42  |  Johnboy 08/03/08
      135.   # 124 to akram in LONDON; of all places? 07:37  |  eric 08/03/08
      136.   re: eric again 20:33  |  Efox 08/03/08
      137.   re: Johnboy 20:40  |  Efox 08/03/08
      138.   #137 Efox watches the point whizz waaay over his head 05:24  |  Johnboy 09/03/08
      139.   # 136 to efox...again (2nd try) 08:06  |  eric 09/03/08
      140.   re: Never made a Point in Your Life Johnboy 04:44  |  Efox 10/03/08
      141.   re: eric 04:45  |  Efox 10/03/08
      142.   Poor JB`s rationalizations are even worse (2nd try) 14:02  |  David Teich 10/03/08
      143.   135: Eric blathering about London?!?!? (2nd try) 17:42  |  David Teich 10/03/08
      144.   # 141 efox 05:34  |  eric 11/03/08
      145.   # 143 to david teich 05:47  |  eric 11/03/08
      146.   145: ROTFL, eric 19:31  |  David Teich 11/03/08
      147.   re: eric 20:48  |  Efox 11/03/08
      148.   # 147 your scale says it all, efox 04:30  |  eric 12/03/08
      149.   # 146 to david teich...(2nd try) 07:59  |  eric 12/03/08
      150.   re: eric 08:27  |  Efox 12/03/08
      151.   # 150 to efox (2nd try) 07:06  |  eric 13/03/08
      152.   149: Man, eric, you just keep piling on the humor! 10:02  |  David Teich 13/03/08
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      154.   # 152 to david teich 06:09  |  eric 14/03/08
      155.   # 153 to efox 07:01  |  eric 14/03/08
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