Blot has a distinguished record and successfully served as the brigade commander in Hebron, a post which earned him respect, including from the settlers, Liberman said.Yesh Atid Party head MK Yair Lapid accused Netanyahu of shirking responsibility, noting that this is typical for him.Netanyahu “is the prime minister and defense minister and he ordered the evacuation of Amona.”Speaking at an event in Hadera, MK Ofer Shelah (Yesh Atid) said, “Does anyone really believe that the prime minister [only] remembered at 1 a.m. that to postpone the evacuation and the military secretary went to sleep instead of handing over the order?”A group that called themselves Amona evacuees asked Netanyahu to authorize building at the site of the Amona outpost. The original community of more than 40 families was forcibly removed in 2017 upon orders from the High Court of Justice because the outpost was built on private Palestinian property.Settlers have said that since the 2017 evacuation, they purchased four hectares of property on the Amona hilltop that is located on the outskirts of the Ofra settlement.“If you [Netanyahu] really tried to prevent the [Thursday’s] evacuation and you did not want it [to happen], sign the approval now of the lawful placement of buildings on the [Amona] land that was purchased,” Amona evacuees said.They also called on Netanyahu to evacuate the illegal West Bank Bedouin encampment of Khan al-Ahmar.On Thursday, 23 police officers and dozens of activists were lightly wounded during the evacuation. Several hundred activists attempted to block forces from removing two mobile homes settlers had placed on the hilltop last month.
Netanyahu blames his military advisor for Amona evacuation
Liberman posted to his Facebook page, accusing Netanyahu of being a "disgrace" for blaming Avi Blot for the Amona evacuation.
