Posted on 01/11/2012 11:48:00 PM PST by Eleutheria5
Police and Civil Administration personnel demolished homes in the new community (“outpost”) of Mitzpeh Avichai, near Kiryat Arba, early Thursday morning. Residents said that the forces destroyed at least 10 temporary buildings. Nine families were kicked out of their homes in the raid.
Residents told Arutz Sheva that the forces entered the homes and forced whole families – including mothers, infants, and small children – into the near-freezing cold rain that fell overnight Wednesday. Residents said they were not deterred, however, and would rebuild. “Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are tough when it comes to pushing around the heroes that are building the Land of Israel, but not so tough when it comes to the Bedouin takeover of the Negev and the wholesale illegal Arab building,” residents told Arutz Sheva. Speaking of the events, MK Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) said that “the demolition of Mitzpeh Avichai and the eviction of infants in the freezing weather is a further sign of the deterioration of Netanyahu's government, which destroys the homes of Jews but fears to enforce the law against Arabs. This is a policy of hopelessness and depression,” he said. In response to the demolition, the Women in Green organization has organized an emergency appeal for funds to rebuild the neighborhood. The group also called on the Prime Minister “to emerge from behind Barak's apron and proudly build the Land of Israel. This will be the true response to the challenges of Yair Lapid and Shelly Yechimovich....
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Can you explain to me what is going on? Why would the Israeli Gov destroy homes of its own Jewish citizens? Did I misunderstand something?
Piece process; cowards and traitors at the helm. Don’t have time to say more.
Keep us posted please.
Been there and back. Got some pictures, video that I’ll post later, along with translation of conversations I had with residents. Spoke to grandfather of one of the residents. He said that the evicting forces approached on a bus owned by the Hevra Lepituah Har Hevron (Society for the settlement of Mt. Hevron), that they not only rousted out everyone in the middle of the night with no warning, but they did not guard their property, which included tradesman’s tools, electronic appliances, etc. These were looted by Arabs with no interference. Everyone was kept out of the compound, except for the press corp. Residents were allowed back in under guard to take cars and such out.
Here is live video. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/151687#.Tw9cDqUjHrQ
Somebody thought ahead and kept his digital handy by the bed.
My own video is uploading, and will be available sometime soon at http://youtu.be/mTYNkzrMEQw on the Media Knegged Media channel.
The upload was accidentally interrupted. Here goes another try: http://youtu.be/4eWMbm3gxHw. Check back in a few hours and it should be up there.
Upload completed at last: http://youtu.be/4eWMbm3gxHw
They removed it because it’s too long. I’ll have to try again later.
In follow-up to this story, the Mitzpeh Avihai-niks have today begun rebuilding their homes on Hill 18. Unfortunately, I couldn’t join them, having just returned from business in Efrat and having a couple of huge projects to complete if I’m to catch up on the rent and avoid eviction myself. But coming back to Kiryat Arba from Efrat by tramp (hitch hiking), I saw the procession of young people carrying lumber up the hill, and it brought a thrill to my heart along with regret that I didn’t have my digital handy.
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