The Israeli government is planning to amend the 2005 Disengagement Law, and to normalize the status of the fledgling community built on the ruins of Homesh in Samaria, state representatives told the Supreme Court Monday.

The new Netanyahu government requested a three-month extension in a case brought against the Homesh yeshiva and the activists who have resettled the demolished town.

In 2005, as part of the Gaza Disengagement Plan, four towns in northern Samaria, including Homesh, were evacuated.

The Disengagement Law barred Israelis from returning to or resettling the four evacuated towns.

Despite the prohibition, a group of activists built a yeshiva and a fledgling town at the former site of the town of Homesh, leading to multiple evacuations by Israeli authorities.

In a pending case with the Supreme Court, state’s representatives requested a three-month extension, noting the change in government, adding that the new Netanyahu government is planning to amend the Disengagement Law and to normalize the status of the community at Homesh, rendering the petition to evacuate the town moot