Israel – The IDF Central Command has warned residents of 24 Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria that they face eviction in the near future. Thousands of people who reside in the communities could find themselves homeless.
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The list of communities facing demolition includes towns that were built up to 10 years ago, such as Migron and Givat Assaf. Senior members of the Ichud Leumi party were informed by IDF officials that the towns will be evicted either peaceably or by force before June 6, the date on which United States President Barack Obama plans to give a historic address to the Muslim world from Cairo.
Soldiers and police officers will be called up as early as Tuesday to prepare for the evictions.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke Monday in defense of his decision to evict Jews from unauthorized towns. “Even during the election campaign I said that we are a law-abiding country, and that we would deal with illegal outposts,” he said. “My role, first and foremost, is to secure the future of the state of Israel,” he added.
Israel’s ties to the U.S. are very important, according to Netanyahu, as is maintaining a broad national unity.
The communities facing destruction are, in no particular order: Havat Gilad, Chazon David, Migron, Havat Shaked, Givat Assaf, southeast Ofra, eastern Ofra, Mitzpeh Yitzhar, Yitzhar Darom, western Shalhevet, Mevo Horon, Givat Salfit, Ohel Orna, Mitzpeh Lachish, Aynot Kedem, Ashael, Givat Avigayil, Givat Haroeh, Givat Hadegel, Keidah, northern Neve Daniel, southwest Yatir, Maaleh Rechavam, Nofei Nechemia, and northern Susia.
And where are they supposed to go??????Maybe they should camp outside the Knesset?? or camp near the refugees from Darfur?????
Wow, I dont envy any Prime Minister, right OR left, that has to make these decisions
racmna litlun i dont understand c
this any explnation besides obamas speech
Netanyahu talked tough before the election, now he is a wus bowing to America’s pressure…..We are reliving Gaza all over again….for what? To have missles bombarding from the East and the South! Obama is no friend of Israel!!!!!!!!!!
Please, spare me the “rachmonis, etc.”…these settlers have known for years that their games of setting up these unauthorized towns would end with their removal. Every government in EY from all the parties has acknowledged they are “illegal” even under Isreaeli law (forgetting about the interim peace agreements” and must go. We should not allow a small group of zealots to become an obstacle to a peace settlment for all of klal yisroel. There are millions of square meters in EY proper for them to build their new homes legally.
Soon enough it is be parts of yerushayalim after emanuel, kiryat sefer, betar etc. Cry to hashem now before his messengers destroy beautiful holy torah communities.
Maybe someone should remind Netanyahu what happened to Sharon once he finished the same process!
Why should our brethren be kicked out of their allegedly illegal homes, when the State of Israel does absolutely nothing about illegal Arab construction which has expanded with the backing of the PA? The Arabs are illegally constructing ten times as many buildings throughout Yehudah and Shomron. If these evictions were really an expression of being a “law-abiding country” then the law would be applied equally across the board to all people who break it, Jew and Arab alike. Instead we are forced to acknowledge that these evictions are politically motivated and the poor yidden are bearing the brunt of it.
how can jewish people on jewish land b there ilegaly its our land stop giving it to the arabs it hasn’t worked b4 and its not going to work now. this must b stoped already. jewish land should b lived on by jewish not by arabs. for once ask the arabs to give us some land they have so much of our land and they have over 50countiers to go to
The whole peace process is illegal. Netanyahu and no Israeli leader has a right to give away the land that G-d gave to the Jewish people.
I don’t know if you are aware but these were settlements that the government wouild beg and honor those who moved there to develop the land of Israel and to cultivate these barren areas. These people were the pioneers who started life up in an area that was deserted. Now the government conveniently tells them its time to pick up and leave, I don’t know why no one sees a pattern of Gush Katif where the Arabs then used that land to fire rockets into Sderot. Not to mention, that many of those people are still living in trailors, without income, and with post traumatic stress. We have to daven and do whatever we can for these Jews!
I don’t know if you guys relize what is hapenig here, this is worse than the halocost
Yea I saw what that so called “jewish army” did to the good people of gush katif and what they will eventually try to do the good jewish and muslim people of iran. when your settlement is dissolved by your “brothers” come back to new york, learn yiddish and be proud to be jewish in the diaspora.
If we have to give one of the settlements back, I say give it, but, burn every inch of it first!! Let nothing be left standing!!! Pick one where it is rocky and difficult to plant to begin with!! Burn whatever fields there are!! I realize that it is heartbreaking but let it be an example of what they they receive from every settlement!! Let not the arabs think that the yiden will come in and plant the fields for 10 years and everything will be done for them!! NO!! BURN THE FIELDS! Just like they broke the greenhouses!
If we have to give one of the settlements back, I say give it, but, burn every inch of it first!! Let nothing be left standing!!! Pick one where it is rocky and difficult to plant to begin with!! Burn whatever fields there are!! I realize that it is heartbreaking but let it be an example of what they they receive from every settlement!! Let not the arabs think that the yiden will come in and plant the fields for 10 years and everything will be done for them!! NO!! BURN THE FIELDS! Just like they broke the greenhouses!
Hilchos Shabbos Siman 329 says it clear. If goyim are Tzoru Al Ayoros Yisroel, then even if they are coming for monetary reasons to a border city owned by Jews, we must go and fight them with arms on Shabbos because once they are in the border city, it is easy for them to conquer the entire land. The situation is very clear that the Arabs are Tzoru al yisroel. They have stated clearly that they want every inch of Eretz Yisroel and they want the destruction of all jews living in Eretz Yisroel R”L. It is also clear that if we must not let them come in temprorarily for monetary reasons then how much more so can we not give them an inch of eretz yisroel. Any other opinion is against the Torah and Shulchan Aruch.
The outpost jews want to make it harder for the government to make concessions as concessions not only don’t bring peace, but bring the opposite of peace and endanger the lives of millions of Jews. This has been tested before, and every time any concession was made the tragedies from terrorist activities were only worse.
Don’t be fooled by all these so called gedolim who say that one can go against Shulchan aruch if there is money involved that can be used for yeshivos. What a chilul hashem! That learning is at the expense of Jewish blood and is a violation of Shulchan Aruch which is more powerful than any politician, Gadol, money, etc… We must follow Chazal at all costs. If a gadol tells you that chazer is kosher, it is still treif because shulcan aruch says so! It doesn’t matter if this gadol learns day and night and knows shas on his palm. Yochonon Kohen Gadol became a Tzidoki after being Kohan Gadol for 80 years!
Al Tiftach Peh, but any concession or even talk of concession increases the desire of the enemy for more and threatens Klal Yisroel with another Holocaust R”L!
I respectfully disagree with your analysis. We are much better off being out of Gaza. Having the settlements in Gaza would only have provided easier and more convenient targets for the rockets and more yidden would have died. As difficult as it is, it would have been much worse and tens of thousands of IDF soldiers would still be sitting there guarding those settlers who had no legitimate reason to be there other than making a political statement. We can debate all we want about what hashem does or does not want but that is not the basis for making geopolitical decisions. We have to find a better way of reaching a political consensus in EY since the current system is clearly broken. I’m sure there will be some rabbonim who may oppose removal of these settlements in J&S just as they opposed the Gaza withdrawal but many of these same rabbonim also will oppose making military service mandatory for all men and women so that there are enough troops to guard the settlements they want to maintain in support of thier political ideaology.
More land givaway for more terrorism. Just like he gave away Chevrone. By not protecting the border towns you weeken the hole israel and put more lives i danger as seen in the past land for terror deals.
AD MOSAI!!! AD MOSAI!!! AD MOSAI!!! What a DAMN HYPOCRITE!!! I don’t give a hoot why the hell he is doing it,there is no excuse what-so-ever!!!PERIOD!!! I’m sure that there were a lot of “political” reasons that caused this terrifying decision but that dosen’t make it a must!!! If bibi yemach shemo,would REALLY understand the pain of picking yourself up from your home and having nowhere to go,he would never ever have let this happen.this idea of evacuting jewish settlers,is genocide!!!he should have made it clear to obama that evacuating jews is NOT A OPTION!!!try some other alternatives!!! Its time for moshiach!!! Only then will we get rid of the evil zionist government and the self-hating jews.
We galut Jews should be grateful to all settlers for being brave and not paying attention to all discomfort, danger. They are doing the job for the rest of us sheepish people. They work hard on this land to make it fruitful. Only that kind dedicated no matter what attitude can save us against fanatical arabs.
We are soft, love our comfortable homes and even facing grave danger cannot resist. And if we choose that kind of life the least that we can do is recognize that someone else is fighting for us.
I understand that Nataniyahu’s mission is very difficult but in today’s world it is no other way to survive but being very agressive with our fanatical, out of any logic and human norms enemy.
We cannot give up these settlements.
i live on a hilltop and let me tell u how much empty land is around us!!!!
I can’t help wondering the place of residence of each person writing.
I’d like to suggest that people commenting on EY-related issues, particularly those regarding securtiy issues, indicate their place of residence in their comments, leaving out the i used to reside, I am going to reside, I would reside, I could reside, I really reside in A even though I haven’t been there in 400 years and own a house in which I keep my furniture and clothing and sleep there, but I really reside 6,000 miles away, where I keep a valise in an empty apartment, and sticking to one fact: Where do you reside?
If everyone is truthful this should be very interesting.
I can’t help wondering the place of residence of each person writing.
I’d like to suggest that people commenting on EY-related issues, particularly those regarding securtiy issues, indicate their place of residence in their comments, leaving out the i used to reside, I am going to reside, I would reside, I could reside, I really reside in A even though I haven’t been there in 400 years and own a house in which I keep my furniture and clothing and sleep there, but I really reside 6,000 miles away, where I keep a valise in an empty apartment, and sticking to one fact: Where do you reside?
If everyone is truthful this should be very interesting.
I can’t help wondering the place of residence of each person writing.
I’d like to suggest that people commenting on EY-related issues, particularly those regarding securtiy issues, indicate their place of residence in their comments, leaving out the i used to reside, I am going to reside, I would reside, I could reside, I really reside in A even though I haven’t been there in 400 years and own a house in which I keep my furniture and clothing and sleep there, but I really reside 6,000 miles away, where I keep a valise in an empty apartment, and sticking to one fact: Where do you reside?
If everyone is truthful this should be very interesting.
Does Netanyahu believe that this action will appease the State Department or President Obama? In the end, he will gain very little leverage, and the only result will be that Jews will be kicked out of their homes in Eretz Yisrael. What would happen if someone tried to do something like this in Monsey? Can you imagine?