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State Tells Supreme Court: Diplomatic Considerations Should Determine Fate of Outposts

(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - Destroying West Bank outposts has diplomatic implications and should not be done haphazardly, the state told the High Court of Justice Tuesday. It therefore asked the court to delay the demolition of six unauthorized outposts built after March 2001. Israeli officials said a pledge to the U.S. to remove outposts built after that date had been superseded in the wake of the wider dispute on settlement growth. In a document submitted to the court, the state said that "the subject of building in Judea and Samaria in all its forms has become a core issue in the political dialogue between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, as well as with its diplomatic contacts with the U.S. and other countries. As a result, the government's policy with respect to actions that change the existing situation on the ground has to be weighed against wider national interests."
2010-10-22 09:29:41
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