The paving of an access road is the last step required by the state before it can legalize Haresha. The state over a decade ago alerted the High Court it intends to do. The Yesha settlement umbrella council lauds a Justice Ministry legal opinion that green-lights the expropriation of private Palestinian land in a move that would pave way for the legalization of an Israeli outpost in the central West Bank.
While Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit ruled in November 2017 that the Palestinian land could be permanently expropriated so long as the original owners were compensated, the Justice Ministry legal opinion recommends that the access road be paved in the form of a tunnel underneath the private Palestinian land leading to Haresha.