The negotiations regarding a compromise that would prevent the demolition of the community of Migron are advancing and a deal is close, sources involved in the negotiations told Arutz Sheva on Monday.
Under the agreement being formulated, the sources said, the residents will be allowed to move to permanent homes on state land without the existing buildings being demolished.
The sources added that the State will notify the Supreme Court about the compromise, and while the new permanent structures are built, efforts will continue to legalize the existing homes. In any case, the agreement calls for moving the residents to permanent homes on state lands only after construction of the homes is completed.
The agreement also says that if Migron’s residents are able to prove that the land on which their present homes are built is not private Arab land, they will be allowed to remain in their homes.
The Supreme Court has ordered that the 11-year-old community of more than 40 families must be demolished by the end of March, after it ruled their homes were not built on state land, despite the failure of Peace Now and Arabs to prove ownership of the land.
On Sunday Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who has rejected Knesset proposals for legislation to legalize Migron and other communities in Judea and Samaria, told the Cabinet he wants to honor the court order and win acceptance from Migron residents by proposing to rebuild Migron residents’ homes next to the present site, which would be evacuated and handed over to the Judea and Samaria Civil Administration.
The compromise reached on Monday would allow the existing homes to remain in place, a fact which is more acceptable to the residents then Netanyahu’s compromise which was widely rejected.
Deputy Knesset Speaker MK Danny Danon will visit Migron on Tuesday to congratulate residents on the compromise. On Monday he said, “Migron is a symbol of Zionism and construction in Judea and Samaria is the duty of the Likud government.”
He added that he welcomed the progress in the negotiations and said, “The pictures of Jews being evacuated from their homes in Gaza and four communities in northern Samaria will not repeat themselves in Migron. This is a significant achievement for the settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria and its ideological alliance with the Likud.”
The spokesperson for Migron, Itai Harel, said in a statement that the residents welcome the suggested compromise and added, “Any initiative that would prevent scenes of destruction and leaves the community in its place is welcome.”
