Israeli Court Agrees to Postpone Evacuation of Illegal Outpost of Amona

Settlers clearing up some of the trash left in the outpost of Amona, December 19, 2016. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi

Earlier, residents of Amona vowed to evacuate peacefully as part of state's request to see outpost's evacuation postponed by 45 days.

From: Haaretz

Israel's top court granted the state's request to postpone the evacuation of the unauthorized outpost of Amona on Thursday, after its residents committed themselves to evacuating the settlement peacefully.

The High Court had earlier demanded that the settlers respond for the third time in 24 hours, with an express commitment to evacuate and without any reference to the fulfilment of other clauses in the agreement between themselves and the government that was announced last week.

The commitment was demanded by the court during its discussion of the state’s petition for the evacuation of Amona to be postponed by 45 days. The settlement was due to be evacuated by December 25, by order of the court, but will now be cleared by February 2017.

“Based on the court’s ruling, the respondents clarify, in order to remove any doubts, that they agree and commit, one and all, to evacuate the settlement peacefully and without resistance” the residents said in their latest statement. They added that “in order to remove any further doubts, we clarify that this commitment is unconditional.”

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