i personally would prefer to see the settlers in Amona removed, but if that is really impossible according to the article, then equal rights demands that Tira be receive the same rights.

This article is just another product of the radical left. Unbelievable. The residents of Amona built there homes on an empty hilltop and founded a flourishing community, they have every right to live there in peace, those of Tira on the other hand actively work to undermine the state they live and should not have the privelege of living on the only democracy in the middle east.

Should be demolished, and I don't give a f@rt in a hurricane who built it.

Any home or commercial building that doesn't meed the building standards should not be allowed to remain standing, period.

Amona was no more arab land than the Vatican belongs to me. The leftists hate Israel and any land stolen from authentic Jews makes them happy here and earns them no place in Gan Eden.

The simple answer to the far left moron London's question is, Israel is the sole National Homeland of the Jewish people. Why can't Jews get equal treatment in Mecca?

Previously (#1 below - cogent argument) I agreed with Yaron London that giving Tira the same rights would be acceptable.

On rethinking the issue i must change my statement.
The rule of law is that Amona must be removed, period.

Allowing the Knesset to play games with the law retroactively can only damage Israel. No way should this be permitted.

Saying that it would cause problems because the settlers would actively and violently refuse removal is giving in to criminals. This is not acceptable.

The law must be upheld if we are to be a respectable and acceptable nation, for ourselves, for the world and for the People.

I am not an Arab and don't base my decisions and choices on other's.

Chaim, the sooner you understand that no-one has an irrevocable right to land ownership the better. History shows that maps change - and you know it. You appear to have a religious basis for your argument, but others may not share that. There have been, and continue to be, a considerable number of Jews - about half the global Jewish population - who do not necessarily see Israel as their homeland. No matter - Israel exists and I support the right for it to exist. But your rhetoric and about it being the 'sole tiny' homeland, and even worse, your oft repeated cliché about the Palestinians being our 'mortal foes' (sounds like something out of Sherlock Homes) is tedious. How about thinking of a workable solution that just might ensure that everyone can live alongside one another in relative peace? Here's a cliché: it takes two to tango.