The issue of the evacuation of the Chumash outpost could complicate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the right wing of the coalition. The reason: Until next week, Defense Minister Bnei Gantz must respond to the High Court regarding the evacuation of the outpost and the yeshiva operating in it, while the opposition is conducting an aggressive campaign towards the possible evacuation.
MK Yuli Edelstein of the Likud spoke on the issue of Chumash and attacked the defense minister responsible for making the decision and the entire government: What message does it convey? So many Jews will be murdered and many settlements evacuated? “Terrible conduct by the Minister of Defense.”
Among senior government officials, there are fears that the evacuation of Chumash may further destabilize the coalition and push its right-wing members into the corner. Things.
Defense Minister Ganz has not yet made a decision regarding the answer he will submit to the High Court, and his office emphasizes that the decision will be made after assessing the situation and will be based on security and not political considerations.
Senior members of the right told Maariv yesterday: “We are making tremendous efforts so that the evacuation of Chumash, which happened dozens of times during the Netanyahu government, will not happen in our shift.”
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked spoke yesterday at the Gush Etzion leadership conference at Kibbutz Lavi regarding the Chumash. She said: “We are doing everything so that Chumash will not be evacuated. The continued existence of the yeshiva there is symbolic and significant. This yeshiva has been evacuated many times – it should be put an end to and the yeshiva students should be allowed to study.”
In response to Shaked’s remarks, the Yesha Council said: “The meeting in the Chumash is part of the status quo on which the current government was formed. We call on the Prime Minister and other members of the government not to make statements, but to keep their promise Of a wave of terrorism and demand that the government keep its promises right now, give an appropriate Zionist answer and regulate the yeshiva in Chumash. “
Bennett himself referred to the issue of evacuating Chumash at a festive event in honor of Jerusalem held at Or Torah Stone Lindenbaum and said: “And two years ago, the Chumash was evacuated, including the same yeshiva. Should, when and how – common sense should be exercised.”
Peace Now activists yesterday hung a huge sign on Route 60 near the village of Bizaria on the way to the Chumash. The sign read “Israelis against Chumash” with a picture of a bulldozer and marked the date of May 28, this coming Saturday, when, according to them, the activists of the movement will arrive to dismantle the outpost.
The Fighters for Peace movement said in response to Ganz’s statement on the evacuation of Chumash: “The minister knows that the Chumash settlement is illegal and must be evacuated soon, and so the government pledged to the High Court. “If his bulldozer arrives before ours on Saturday – we’ll be very happy.”