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Legal report on West Bank outposts recommends authorization

JULY 9, 2012 06:09

A new government-initiated report on West Bank outposts criticized the actions of past administrations that led to the creation of the illegal West Bank Jewish communities, even as it recommended transforming them where possible into new settlements.

“We wish to stress that the picture that has been displayed before us regarding Israeli settlement activity in Judea and Samaria does not befit the behavior of a state that prides itself on, and is committed to, the rule of law,” said the report, which was authored by three legal experts.

The experts are former Supreme Court justice Edmund Levy, former Foreign Ministry legal adviser Alan Baker and former deputy president of the Tel Aviv District Court Tchia Shapira.

In late January, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appointed the trio – nicknamed the “outpost committee” – to investigate the legal status of unauthorized West Bank Jewish building.

On Sunday, the 89-page document they penned was given to members of the Ministerial Committee on Settlements.

The Jerusalem Post has received a copy of that document, which provides an in-depth legal analysis of the matter.

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