Ha'aretz : "'IDF has not received orders to evacuate outposts'" par Chaim Levinson et Haaretz Service

Last update - 12:23 28/07/2009    


'IDF has not received orders to evacuate outposts'  

By Chaim Levinson and Haaretz Service  


Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said Tuesday that the IDF has not received orders to prepare for the evacuation of outposts in the West Bank.

"At this point we have not received concrete directives to evacuate any particular outpost, excluding illegal ones," Ashkenazi said.

Ashkenazi added that "wherever possible" police officers will be responsible for evacuating civilians from outposts.
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On Monday, some 200 people, mostly children, arrived near the West Bank town of Tul Karm to establish a new illegal outpost. The Israel Defense Forces did not stop them or interfere.

The outpost, Tzur Ya, is one of 11 set up Monday and the day before by the militant Youth for Israel movement.

The movement was formed after the disengagement from Gaza in 2005, due to the youngsters' disappointment in what they viewed as an overly compromising stance taken by the settlers' leadership. The movement's members will inhabit................
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