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January 9, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1073535534625&p=1006688055060

How Many Outposts, Where?

(Jerusalem Post) Matthew Gutman - As the pressure mounts on Israel to dismantle illegal settlement outposts, confusion has mounted over the number, location, legality, and even existence of the outposts. Most of the outposts in question, even those considered illegal, were founded with the help of funds from government coffers, documents obtained by the Jerusalem Post show. The Defense Ministry has said it evacuated 66 outposts over the past three years and is still "mapping and judging the legality" of West Bank outposts. According to Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip spokesman Yehoshua Mor-Yosef, some 20 outposts were abandoned by settlers of their own volition.

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