Deputy FM vows outpost bill will prevent future evacuations

Ahead of the evacuation of Amona, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely says a bill to legalize West Bank outposts — set to face a final vote in the Knesset next week — “will prevent disgraceful events like this in the future.”

“The Amona evacuation is a difficult moment because the term ‘the rule of law’ today becomes an empty phrase,” she says in a statement.

“Instead of the rule of law embodying values of justice, morality and reason, it today embodies a decision that will not help any Palestinians but will deeply damage settler families that came to this land with the permission of the State of Israel.”

“I call on the settlers who fought valiantly for the outpost bill to continue to be pioneers for the Land of Israel,” she adds.