MIGRON, West Bank ? Israeli military bulldozers razed three buildings in an unauthorized West Bank settlement outpost before dawn on Monday, clashing with defiant settlers who reject a Supreme Court ruling ordering the enclave to be dismantled, the military said.
Migron has become a settlement of defiance and a large contingent of soldiers and police were sent to the outpost, which is the largest in the West Bank and home to some 50 settler families. Other buildings were standing on the site, along with temporary structures, and it wasn't clear why the military was specifically ordered to demolish the three that were razed.
Settlers scuffled with security forces and the military said several people were arrested.
Outposts are the more than 100 wildcat enclaves that settlers erected in a bid to claim more West Bank land where Palestinians want to build a state.
The government did not authorize their erection but turned a blind eye while they were built. Several thousand of the West Bank's 300,000 Jewish settlers live there.
The demolitions at Migron were carried out under a key Supreme Court ruling last month. In the decision, the court gave the state until March 31 to dismantle the entire outpost. It faulted the government for failing over the course of five years to come up with a program to evacuate Migron, as it had agreed to do.
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