Netanyahu allocates $18 million to settlers as evacuation compensation

Israel has allocated 70 million shekels ($18 million) to evacuate a border police post in order to build 300 more housing units in the West Bank settlement of Beit El, Israeli Television reported on Sunday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon decided to funnel the funds as compensation for settlers in Beit El, after several structures were dismantled in the settlement following a Supreme Court order in 2012.

The decision was stalled due to the objection of former finance minister Yair Lapid from the center Yesh Atid party.