Illegal buildings in the Umm Batin diaspora were destroyed

Over 600 police officers of the southern district worked to assist the Land Enforcement Authority in enforcing judicial demolition orders of illegal buildings built in the Umm Batin diaspora in the Negev while maintaining public order, with the aim of enforcing the law and strengthening governance in the south.

At the end of the approval of plans by the commander of the southern district – Superintendent Amir Cohen, and after the completion of all the operational preparations for this, this morning (Wednesday) large police forces of the southern district, with the assistance of security forces, began to prepare on roads and in the open areas near the Umm Batin settlement, and to assist the Land Enforcement Authority in enforcing an order A court approved by three courts, including the High Court of Justice, against a cluster of illegal buildings that were built in the area designated for national infrastructure – the construction of the continuation of Highway 6.

It is worth noting that the activity was preceded by many attempts to negotiate with the owners of the buildings in order to reach a compromise and find suitable alternatives, but all of them were rejected by the owners of the buildings. During the activity, a number of protesters who were staying at the site tried to enter the area of ​​the buildings intended for demolition and interfere with the police in carrying out the enforcement activity. The protesters were repelled by the policemen when one of them, a local resident, was arrested for questioning for assaulting a policeman.

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