Barak: Israel will remove illegal outposts by force, if needed

[oberliner]

Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the Yesha settler council on Wednesday that Israel will dismantle the illegal outposts by force if dialogue proves fruitless.

"We will dismantle the illegal outposts," Barak said. "If it won't be through understanding, it will be done quickly and by force."

During the meeting, held at the minister's bureau in Tel Aviv, Barak went on to say that "we can't compromise on law enforcement. A sovereign country that seeks life must enforce its laws and implement the state's authority over its citizens."

He said the new Israeli government of hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he had joined would take action against the outposts, not because it was told to do so by the United States, but because Israel "is a state of law."

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1086887.html

[safeinOhio]

1. Bat shit crazy settlers will not like that.

[oberliner]

2. "We were surprised to learn that the defense minister was being fed disinformation"

Yesha Council Chairman Danny Dayan said, "We were surprised to learn that the defense minister was being fed disinformation presented to him as facts by leftist organizations."

And from Peace Now:

"The Yesha Council is deceiving the defense minister and the public and trying to convey false information.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3718740,00.html

Some more info in that article.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

3. But what he actually means is "we'll dismantle one or two, while building more".

Only when all or nearly all the illegal settlements - which is to say, all of them - are dismantled will there be any chance of peace.

Right now, Israel is not even willing to stop expanding them, let alone to get rid of them.

[oberliner]

4. There are some that are illegal under Israeli law

Those are the ones that he is talking about here - the "outposts" that were built without permission from the Israeli government.

[IndianaGreen]

5. Barak who?

This opportunistic POS is as credible as Gordon Brown is about the Parliamentary expenses scandal.

[Violet_Crumble]

6. Peretz promised the same thing back in May 2006...

Just like then, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=126084

[geek tragedy]

7. Yeah, and Israel has the most awesomely moral military

on the planet.

Fool me twice, fool me twice, won't get fooled again.