Bibi Is Going to Cave In
PM: Lets fight for the settlement blocs, not the outposts
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
07/11/2011
Netanyahu tells Likud faction meeting that "it is possible to be faithful to both the land of Israel and to the law"; speaks out against movement in his own party to authorize outposts on private Palestinian property.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu went further then he ever has at hinting at the withdrawal of isolated settlements when he spoke Monday at his party’s faction meeting in the Knesset.
At the same time, however, he also spoke out against the movement within his own party to authorize outposts on land designated by the state as private Palestinian property.
“Last week I ordered the acceleration of construction in [Jewish neighborhoods of east] Jerusalem, Ma’aleh Adumim, and other places in Judea and Samaria. We are talking about 2,000 units,” he said.
“That is the best way to strengthen settlements that will most certainly remain under Israeli sovereignty in any future agreement [with the Palestinians],” he said.
“Our efforts must go toward strengthening these settlements,” he said. “We should not be in conflict with the law, and most certainly not with each other,” he said.
“There are enough places that we can build in,” he said.
Netanyahu’s words came at a moment when a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the creation of a two state solution seem further away than ever.
It also came as many politicians within his party and that of others in his coalition, namely Shas and HaBayit HaYehudi, have pressured him to halt the pending demolition of unauthorized outposts on private Palestinian land.
They have urged him to re-examine the status of that land, to see if it can be re-classified legally as state land and then authorized so that the outposts become legal settlements.
The issue is particularly pertinent because a number of outposts, including Migron, Givat Assaf and Amona, are under threat of court ordered demolitions within the coming months.
Even those politicians who previously believed in the removal of outposts, on land designated by the state as private Palestinian property, have argued against it.
They argued that this is not the diplomatic climate in which to be taking down outposts, given the enmity that now exists between Israel and the Palestinians.
But Netanyahu told the Likud faction, “we do not need to build on land that belongs to someone else.”
“It is possible to be equally faithful to the law as to the land of Israel and the settlements,” he said.
“I expect everyone to unify around these principles,” he added.
Bibi will cave in and create a terror state in Judea and Samaria if the palestinians were just smart enough to meet him half way.
If the law of the State of Israel must make you choose between obeying the law or keeping our land, then a Jew has only two choices.
Change the law or violate it.
A court that would make the Prime Minister give up our land is a court that should be disbanded and the justices serving on it jailed for treason.
