Liberman denies ordering Amona fields destroyed

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman denies, as suggested by Naftali Bennett, that he ordered the agricultural lands owned by Amona residents to be destroyed.

He says the issue is a legal one will “probably end in the High Court.”

“As a resident of [the West Bank settlement of] Nokdim, my heart is with the settlers in Amona at this difficult time and I expect all public officials, especially government ministers to show empathy toward the evacuees and not to use the situation to throw blame and create divisions within Israel,” he says in a statement.

Education Minister Naftali Bennett earlier called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Liberman to prevent the destruction of agricultural lands that currently belong to Amona residents.