RELATED:Migron rabbinical conference slams home demolitionsPhoto Gallery: 3 homes demolished in Migron outpost“A number of outposts are scheduled to be removed in the coming months and there is concern that it could escalate the situation on the ground in the West Bank,” a senior defense official explained on Tuesday.Peace Now secretary-general Yariv Oppenheimer said that if the defense establishment decides to ask the courts for an extension, it will be playing into the hands of the people behind the price-tag attacks.“Doing this would be giving in to the bullies and terrorists who carry out the price-tag attacks, and if the state says that because of them they are not fulfilling their duties, then they will be getting their way,” Oppenheimer said.The army will retain a high level of alert in the West Bank over Rosh Hashana and Shabbat out of fear that Palestinians will take advantage of the Jewish holiday and hold large demonstrations throughout the territories.IDF sources said that the military was satisfied with the ongoing coordination with Palestinian Authority security forces and that they were working to contain demonstrations inside cities and to prevent demonstrators from clashing with soldiers.
IDF tries to postpone illegal outpost evictions
Fearing settler unrest, Defense Ministry working with State Attorney’s Office to seek delay to court-ordered evictions.
RELATED:Migron rabbinical conference slams home demolitionsPhoto Gallery: 3 homes demolished in Migron outpost“A number of outposts are scheduled to be removed in the coming months and there is concern that it could escalate the situation on the ground in the West Bank,” a senior defense official explained on Tuesday.Peace Now secretary-general Yariv Oppenheimer said that if the defense establishment decides to ask the courts for an extension, it will be playing into the hands of the people behind the price-tag attacks.“Doing this would be giving in to the bullies and terrorists who carry out the price-tag attacks, and if the state says that because of them they are not fulfilling their duties, then they will be getting their way,” Oppenheimer said.The army will retain a high level of alert in the West Bank over Rosh Hashana and Shabbat out of fear that Palestinians will take advantage of the Jewish holiday and hold large demonstrations throughout the territories.IDF sources said that the military was satisfied with the ongoing coordination with Palestinian Authority security forces and that they were working to contain demonstrations inside cities and to prevent demonstrators from clashing with soldiers.