Most ministers oppose legalization of West Bank outpost

@1: There is a vast difference between Tel Aviv and a settlement outpost built on land that the developer must have known was owned by Palestinians. This is not about 'Jewish' or 'Arab' land but about private property. If the state decides to expropriate land and pass it on to settlers that is one thing - but no less wrong and illegal. It is another matter to build property on land you do not own or have a right to develop and then sell it on to a third party or keep for yourself. In this case the land (and by extension any priority on it) belongs to the Palestinian or Palestinians who hold the deeds or can prove ownership. It is for them to decide if the houses are demolished because as planning and building approval was obtained, there is no reason for the authorities to demolish. Therefore the owners can decided to keep the houses and sell, rent out or move in. Or else the developer must demolish at his own cost and restore the land to its original condition.

A government meeting about legalizing a blatant violation of the law! Ministers seriously discussing the various options, how can we steal the land after all? No Israeli government ever before was so un-ashamed in its criminal intentions, its blatant colonial occupation stupidity. And this time we are talking about five houses that the High Court - for once - decided to its foot down. There are literally thousands of case inside Israel and in the occupied territories that are similar but for which the High Court gave the green light. Hundreds of thousands of dunams stolen, either by law (The absentee property law !) or against the law. by settlers and Israeli businesses. But stolen is stolen, nobody in the world will accept the 'facts on the ground' policy of Israel. The country will become more and more a pariah, but apparently Israelis don't mind, next election they will vote for the same old crooks.

I think this Jewish community should be saved, but I also feel that if Democracy deems them to be illegal then one must consider cleansing them in the interest of avoiding further conflict and more Islamic terror. It is a bad precedent to demolish Jewish homes every time the enemies of Israel call for their destruction. Today it's Uplana, but tomorrow it will be Tel Aviv. We must weigh how much appeasement of our enemies will serve us. Every dunam of Israel is considered Arab and Muslim by many people in the world and the moment you agree one Dunam is Arab they insist the one next to it, is as well. The ministers are afraid that this will lead to more terror and want to appease the supporters of terrorist in Europe. I understand this.