Thank you for posting the photographs. Far too many people believe that these communities are a couple of trailers alone on a hilltop, rather than places where families have lived for years.
The community that Ehud Barak wants to tear down in Beit El is especially egregious. That community has been there for more than a decade, and the sale of the land was never recorded in order to save the life of the Arab who sold it to them (see what is happening in Hevron, where the Arab who sold a building to Jews has been condemned to death and nobody is lifting a finger in protest). Because the sale wasn’t recorded, the court has ordered the destruction of the homes and eviction of the residents, and left-winger Barak is only too happy to comply.
Netanyahu’s ‘done good’.
Giving into thugs - feeding their delusions, only emboldens them. When Israel says ‘no’ in a strong clear voice - “NO, NO WAY - Not now, Not ever...” - the bullies will start to back down.
It never crossed my mind that could be the reason some Israelis are having such a hard time proving that they have purchased some land. Or why, after years of living somewhere, the land is declared by the courts to belong to a Palestinian. It never made any sense to me, but I never thought it was purposefully done, in order to save someone's life. It only makes this a double tragedy! What do they say, no good deed goes unpunished?
By the way, is this the location of the biblical Bethel? If so, how can any court deny the Israelis the right to buy land, build homes and live in the place where Jacob had his dream?