Israeli occupants of illegal West Bank outpost agree to relocate
Israeli occupants of illegal West Bank outpost agree to relocate
Posted by John P. Bradford // December 18, 2016
The 40 families living in Amona have agreed to be relocated, avoiding a clash with government forces
A group of hardline Jewish settlers, who have been living in an unauthorised West Bank outpost, say they have accepted an Israeli government proposal to evacuate the site, apparently ending the potential for a violent confrontation.
The 40 or so families who live in the rough-and-ready hilltop outpost of Amona, built illegally on private Palestinian land, have been at the centre of a years-long court battle.