The coalition’s Labor and Meretz parties have reacted angrily to the apparent progress on plans to retroactively authorize the illegal West Bank outpost of Evyatar.
Labor calls such a move “destructive.”
“Our government must deal with steeply rising prices and urgent economic aid to citizens. Instead, a small number of government members are choosing to advance illegal outposts that hurt Israel and Israeli security,” the party says, singling out Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked and Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
“Those who want a stable and functioning coalition should act according to the agreements.”
Labor party leader Merav Michaeli speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 13, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The Meretz party says it will oppose “any attempt to establish new settlements,” saying this issue is “at the root of the agreement to form the government.”
Meanwhile, the opposition’s Joint List says: “This government is doing things the Netanyahu government didn’t dare do. Authorization for Evyatar spits in the face of all who want peace and democracy.”
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