Two Jewish Home lawmakers, authors of the so-called Regulation Bill, are conceding that their controversial legislation will not avert the court-ordered demolition of the Amona outpost by December 25.
“I still believe we can extend the Regulation Bill to Amona, but unfortunately it seems that it’s not currently possible, and are trying to find another solution for the residents of Amona,” MK Shuli Moalem-Refaeli told the Knesset Channel.
Fellow party member Betzalel Smotrich says he has “mixed feelings” about the affair.
On the one hand, he writes on Twitter, “we will pass the regulation bill and this is an incredible strategic accomplishment” for the settlement movement. The Amona residents, meanwhile, will be moved to a nearby hilltop whose owners are not known, he adds.
“It isn’t perfect, but it’s certainly an accomplishment,” he says of the compromise between the coalition heads, which is awaiting the attorney general’s approval.
Both Smotrich and Moalem-Refaeli have been among the most outspoken advocates against the demolition of the outpost, where some 40 families live, and which the High Court of Justice has ruled was built on private Palestinian land.
— Marissa Newman
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