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"Rebuilding Jewish Life in Judea, Israel"
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JUDEA ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE Vol.11, No.2 Adar-II/Nissan 5763/Mar-Apr 2003
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Website: http://www.womeningreen.org/judea OUR 11TH YEAR!
Contents:
* Natural Growth in an Ancient Land
* Sharon Threatened Shilo and Beit El? - A Case of Media Spin
* Jews Purchase Land at Outposts
* Jews Acquire Ten More Apartments in Eastern Jerusalem
* Housing Campaign Nets Over 1,000 Sales in 2002
* A Farewell to Daniel
* Justice in Jerusalem, or The Cost of Being Right
* There Are No Palestinians
* An Alternative Plan for a Palestinian State - Benny Elon
* Ignoring God's Road Map for the Holy Land
* The Jewish Connection to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
* Jewish Settlements Are Not the Problem - Chaim Herzog
* Hilltop Stand
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"Teach your children well...and feed them on your dreams"
- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
NATURAL GROWTH IN AN ANCIENT LAND
Akiva is from Tekoa in Judea. Katri is from Beit Horon in the
Benjamin region, just north of Jerusalem. They married last year, just
had a baby - Michael, and now live in Adei-Ad, a new Jewish village in
Samaria near Shilo.
This young family's story is being repeated all over Judea and
Samaria as the children of the pioneering generation grow up believing
that nothing could be more natural for a Jew than to live in Judea and
Samaria. In the veteran Jewish villages established in the 1970s and
1980s, community life is a succession of weddings and baby celebrations.
The children - now grown up - are the next generation of pioneers
populating the new neighborhoods appearing on empty hilltops near Jewish
towns and villages.
There is an enormous dissonance between what I see all around me and
the opinion often appearing in the press, that Jewish towns in Judea and
Samaria are something temporary - to be removed at some point down the
road of negotiations.
I see a generation of native-born Judeans, at home in these hills,
who seem to be a different breed from the valley folk down on the Tel
Aviv coast. I see homes and families and community centers full of
gymnastics and Tai Chi. I see study groups and worship and community
celebrations. I see kids on bicycles, on horses, on donkeys. I see
communities that remind me of legendary, idyllic, small-town America.
Can you imagine a headline: "Smallville, Ohio, Uprooted for Peace"?
The reality out here - that some are simply unaware of and others
choose to ignore - is that what they call "the West Bank" is today
dotted with thriving, deep-rooted, Jewish communities located on
formerly empty hilltops whose reestablishment displaced no local Arabs.
In fact, the presence of Jewish communities brought work, prosperity,
and better roads and infrastructure to many neighboring Arab
communities.
I'm not going to try to explain to Akiva and Katri that the
politicians are discussing a plan to freeze natural growth in Judea and
Samaria. They would laugh at me. -- M. A.
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There is a "plain legitimacy of building places to live in what
Israelis regard as their historic homeland."
- Abraham D. Sofaer, former chief legal adviser to the U.S. State
Department (Commentary, May 2003);
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/sofaer.html
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SHARON THREATENED SHILO AND BEIT EL? - A CASE OF MEDIA SPIN
Shalom Yerushalmi
When Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks about the settlers, wherever
they are, he immediately switches to the first person, and a broad smile
of satisfaction covers his face. "I established them," he says.
After an interview in _Ha'aretz_ on April 13 seemed to indicate that
Sharon favored the removal of Shilo, he clarified in a later interview
in _Maariv_: "I wasn't speaking of those places (Shilo, Beit El) [as
candidates for removal]. I mentioned them as examples of places that
were the cradle of the Jewish people. These are places we are connected
to in our very souls."
(_Maariv_ Shabbat, 18 Apr 03)
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JEWS PURCHASE LAND AT OUTPOSTS
Nadav Shragai
Several Jewish settlement outposts earmarked for evacuation will not
be dismantled after all because the settlers bought the land from the
Palestinian owners.
The Jewish councils in the West Bank managed to raise funds to
purchase the land on which many of the outposts were located, as well as
land near other outposts.
In some cases, the sellers were flown overseas at the settlers'
expense, some of them to South America, allegedly for fear of being
harmed by Palestinian Authority agents.
(_Ha'aretz_, 1 May 03);
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=289393&contrassID=
2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
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JEWS ACQUIRE TEN MORE APARTMENTS IN EASTERN JERUSALEM
Nadav Shragai
The Homat Shalem organization, which operates on behalf of Jewish
families living in the Shimon Hatzadik (Sheikh Jarrah) section of
eastern Jerusalem, has acquired the deeds and keys for another 10
apartments in two buildings in the neighborhood. The two newly acquired
apartment blocks are located near the Ramban cave south of the site
where Shimon Hatzadik is buried. Jewish families are expected to move
into the apartments in the coming days.
Jews began returning to the area four years ago, and today, seven
Jewish families and a number of singles live in the neighborhood.
Homat Shalem's acquisition of the deeds and the keys to the
apartments was made possible following a decision made by the Jerusalem
Magistrate's Court at the end of March.
The entire compound formally belongs to the Sephardi Committee and
to the Knesset Yisrael Committee, both of which are now involved in
negotiations over the transfer of their rights on the site to private
Jewish parties.
(_Ha'aretz_, April 2003);
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=288077&contrassID=
2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
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HOUSING CAMPAIGN NETS OVER 1,000 SALES IN 2002
According to the Ministry of Housing, the Israeli public purchased
well over 1,000 new housing units in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, the
Golan Heights, and the Gaza Strip in 2002. Jerusalem's Har Homa
neighborhood led the way with 358 new units sold, followed closely by
the city of Maaleh Adumim, just east of Jerusalem, with 317. Beitar
Illit, to the west of the Jerusalem-Gush Etzion highway, sold 192 units,
followed by Adam (southern Benjamin, north of Jerusalem - 67), nearby
Kokhav Ya'akov (50), Ariel (Shomron - 49), Katzrin (Golan - 11), Efrat
(Gush Etzion - 9), and Nisanit in the northern Gaza Strip (3). Sales in
Judea, Samaria and Gaza last year accounted for a full 9.5% of total
Housing Ministry sales.
(Arutz Sheva, 11 Apr 03)
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A FAREWELL TO DANIEL
Cheryl Mandel
[On April 15, 2003, Lt. Daniel Mandel, the son of Cheryl Mandel,
manager of the Etzion Judaica Center, was killed in action during a
military operation in Shechem.]
Fifteen and a half years ago, we brought our family to Israel from
Canada, because we believed and still do believe that this is the place
where Jews should live. We brought our family here because it is our
homeland.
We accepted that this is a young country where there were
difficulties and we were willing to stand up to the challenges before
us. When our eldest son Jonah went into the Army, we felt he was serving
his country in the best way he could, and that since his work was
dangerous, there might be a price. When our son Daniel went into the
Army, we knew and we accepted that there might be a price.
Unfortunately, like many other parents of soldiers, we have now paid the
price for the security of our nation.
Our son Daniel was a lieutenant in an elite Army unit. He was
dedicated to his soldiers, his staff, and his Army service, all of which
he truly loved. Daniel served in the Army for four years, and was even
thinking of staying longer. I was happy for Daniel when he was accepted
into an elite reconnaissance unit. I was happy for him when he was
accepted to become an officer. I was so proud to see how he had
developed as a person, as a man, as a leader.
On April 15, Daniel and his unit were sent to Shechem to capture
wanted terrorists. Their mission was a success, but Daniel, the
commander of that operation, was killed. Daniel had a bulletproof vest,
and a bulletproof helmet. Yet, despite it all, a sniper's bullet pierced
a small unprotected area above his vest and under his arm. He died a
hero.
We all feel that Daniel will always be here with us. And we're going
to be strong for him.
Over the past two years, I have been part of a company of women,
called the Raise Your Spirits Summer Stock Company - first performing in
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," and most recently in
"Esther and the Secrets in the King's Court." I was the show's comic
relief.
Being in "Joseph" and then in "Esther" prepared me to face the
challenges that I now face. Our Raise Your Spirits Company was set up so
that the women of Gush Etzion could support one another, help one
another, cry together, and laugh together. We have spent the past two
years raising the spirits of others who have been hit by tragedy, and
now we must do it for ourselves. We will.
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JUSTICE IN JERUSALEM, OR THE COST OF BEING RIGHT
After an 8-year trial that was undoubtedly in the public interest,
despite what must have been considerable cost to the Israeli taxpayer,
in April 2003 a group of five Women in Green led by Ruth and Nadia Matar
were each sentenced to 80 hours of community service for demonstrating
against Arab terror in January 1995. Ruth Matar has already begun her
community service caring for babies in the maternity ward of Shaarei
Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem.
* *
From _Judea Magazine_ 3.1 (1995):
THE JERUSALEM SEVEN
Seven Women in Green were arrested on 22 January 1995 during a
demonstration against the Rabin government -- Nadia, Ruth, Claire,
Hadassah, Nechama, Yael and Rachel (in the order of their arrests). All
they wanted to do was bang their pots and pans in front of the prime
minister's office to wake up the government. But the Israeli police were
ordered to prevent that and they declared the demonstration illegal
(which of course it wasn't -- police rules are arbitrary).
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THERE ARE NO PALESTINIANS
Larry Miller
The Palestinians want their own country. There's just one thing
about that: There are no Palestinians. It's a made-up word. Israel was
called Palestine for two thousand years. Like "Wiccan," "Palestinian"
sounds ancient but is really a modern invention. Before the Israelis won
the land in war, Gaza was owned by Egypt, and there were no
"Palestinians" then, and the West Bank was owned by Jordan, and there
were no "Palestinians" then. As soon as the Jews took over and started
growing oranges as big as basketballs, what do you know, say hello to
the "Palestinians," weeping for their deep bond with their lost "land"
and "nation."
So for the sake of honesty, let's not use the word "Palestinian" any
more to describe these delightful folks, who dance for joy at our deaths
until someone points out they're being taped. Instead, let's call them
what they are: "Other Arabs Who Can't Accomplish Anything In Life And
Would Rather Wrap Themselves In The Seductive Melodrama Of Eternal
Struggle And Death. "
Trying to destroy Israel for the last fifty years has allowed the
rulers of Arab countries to divert the attention of their own people
away from the fact that they're the blue-ribbon most illiterate,
poorest, and tribally backward on God's Earth.
Five hundred million Arabs; five million Jews. Think of all the Arab
countries as a football field, and Israel as a pack of matches sitting
in the middle of it. And now these same folks swear that if Israel gives
them half of that pack of matches, everyone will be pals.
Just reverse the numbers. Imagine five hundred million Jews and five
million Arabs. Can anyone picture the Jews strapping belts of razor
blades and dynamite to themselves? Or marshaling every fiber and force
at their disposal for generations to drive a tiny Arab state into the
sea? Or dancing for joy at the murder of innocents? Or spreading and
believing horrible lies about the Arabs baking their bread with the
blood of children? No, as you know, left to themselves in a world of
peace, the worst Jews would ever do to people is debate them to death.
After September 11 our president told us and the world he was going
to root out all terrorists and the countries that supported them.
Beautiful. Then the Israelis, after months and months of having the
equivalent of an Oklahoma City every week (and then every day) start to
do the same thing we did, and we tell them to show restraint.
If America were being attacked with an Oklahoma City every day, we
would all very shortly be screaming for the administration to just be
done with it and kill everything south of the Mediterranean and east of
the Jordan.
(_Weekly Standard_, 21 Apr 03)
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AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN FOR A PALESTINIAN STATE
Nadav Shragai
Tourism Minister Benny Elon says that Jordan fulfills all the
criteria of a Palestinian state. Elon's plan for the Middle East is
based on naturalizing the Palestinians in Jordan, dismantling the
Palestinian Authority, and applying Israeli sovereignty from the Jordan
River to the Mediterranean Sea. Elon claims his solution is also a two-
state one. His plan consists of six stages:
* The PA, "an entity without a future, and whose existence prevents
the end of the dispute," will be dismantled immediately.
* Israel will use its military and political power to destroy all
the Palestinian terror infrastructure. The refugee camps will be torn
down. Terrorists will be deported.
* Israel, the U.S., and the international community will recognize
Jordan as the only legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.
Jordan will grant citizenship to all Arabs of the West Bank, Gaza, and
other Palestinians who want it.
* The international community will concentrate efforts on long-term
development of Jordan, to enable it to absorb a limited number of
refugees.
* The international community will allocate resources to complete
the population exchange that began in 1948, with refugees getting
citizenship in various countries.
* After dismantling the PA, vanquishing terror, granting Jordanian-
Palestinian citizenship, applying Israeli sovereignty between the Jordan
and the sea, taking down the refugee camps and rehabilitating their
inmates, Israel and Jordan-Palestine will declare the end of the dispute
and establish neighborly and cooperative relations, and act together
toward normalization between Israel and the Arab states.
(_Ha'aretz_, 2 May 03);
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=289389&contrassID=
2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
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IGNORING GOD'S ROAD MAP FOR THE HOLY LAND
John Waage
In the West Bank, nearly every town and neighborhood has its roots
in Bible times. The Arab city of Nablus is the Jewish town of Shechem,
home of Joseph's tomb. The Palestinian stronghold of Bethlehem is the
Jewish city of David and the birthplace of Jesus. And Jerusalem is the
Holy City, mentioned hundreds of times in scripture.
Elon Moreh is in the heart of biblical Samaria. It is the place
where the Lord made a covenant with Abraham thousands of years ago, to
give this land to him and his descendants forever.
In the Genesis account, the Lord promised to Abraham's descendants,
Israel, the land from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates. Bible
scholars differ about the lines of the exact boundaries. But it is clear
that the biblical borders of Israel include all of what is now called
the West Bank.
Most of the 200,000 Jewish residents in the West Bank - Judea and
Samaria - would disagree with President Bush's contention that they live
in occupied territory.
Miriam Fox, a resident of the Alon Shvut community, said, "Whenever
people talk about the Bible, they kind of sound like religious fanatics.
But at the risk of sounding like one, the Old Testament is very clear
that this piece of real estate belongs to the Jewish people, that it's
an everlasting inheritance."
Eve Harow, a resident of Efrat, said, "I think it's really
unconscionable to think that Jews should once again be transferred out
of Judea and Samaria." Harow says for many Palestinians, the State of
Israel is the real issue. "They have yet to accept not just the fact
that Jews live in Judea and Samaria, they have yet to accept the fact
that there are Jews in the Middle East, because that's really what this
is all about. All you have to do is look in their websites and their
textbooks to see that their maps of the Middle East say Palestine in
place of Israel, not next to Israel. It's not about Judea and Samaria.
It's about the right of Jews to have a state of our own in this part of
the world."
(Christian Broadcasting Network, 22 Apr 03)
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THE JEWISH CONNECTION TO THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM
Several large signs, newly affixed near the entrances to Jerusalem's
Western Wall plaza, clearly express the centrality of the Temple
Mount to Judaism and the Jewish people.
"Jewish tradition teaches that the Temple Mount is the focal point
of Creation. In the center of the mountain lies the 'Foundation Stone'
of the world. Here Adam came into being. Here Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
served G-d. The First and Second Temples were built upon this mountain.
The Ark of the Covenant was set upon the Foundation Stone itself.
Jerusalem was chosen by G-d as the dwelling place of the Divine
Presence. David longed to build the Temple, and Solomon his son built
the First Temple here about 3,000 years ago. It was destroyed by
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. The Second Temple was rebuilt on its ruins 70
years later. It was razed by the Roman legions over 1,900 years ago.
The present Western Wall before you is a remnant of the western
Temple Mount retaining walls. Jews have prayed in its shadow for
hundreds of years, an expression of their faith in the rebuilding of the
Temple. The Sages said about it: 'The Divine Presence never moves from
the Western Wall.' The Temple Mount continues to be the focus of prayers
for Jews all over the world."
" There is a wide perception that the Western Wall is Judaism's
holiest site," explained Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovich, Rabbi of the Western
Wall and Jewish Holy Sites. "We felt it was critical to install the new
signs in order to remind and educate visitors that the holiness of the
Wall is derived exclusively from the fact that it is a remnant of the
Temple Mount - which is truly the Jewish people's holiest site."
(Arutz Sheva News Service, 2 May 03);
http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com
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JEWISH SETTLEMENTS IN "THE TERRITORIES" ARE NOT THE PROBLEM
Chaim Herzog
[The following speech was delivered in the UN by the late Chaim
Herzog, Israeli Ambassador to the UN (1975-78), who later served as the
sixth President of Israel (1983-1993).]
Jewish settlements in the administered areas have not wrongfully
dispossessed a single Arab. It has been declared that Jewish settlements
beyond the 1967 borders are "illegal," that they have brought about
"demographic changes" in the territories, and that they constitute an
"obstacle to peace" in the area. It is necessary therefore to examine
each of the allegations in turn in order to expose the insidious
intentions behind the current preoccupation with this issue.
In 1967 Israel was the victim of aggression as Arab leaders openly
vowed to annihilate Israel. Egypt blockaded the Straits of Tiran and
moved its armies into Sinai while Jordan ignored Israel's advice to keep
out of the war and launched a military attack on Israel, shelling towns
and villages, including the Holy City of Jerusalem.
When the Israel Defense Forces entered Judea and Samaria (the West
Bank) in June 1967 - in the course of repelling the renewed Jordanian
aggression - they ousted from these territories not the armies of the
"legitimate sovereign," but illegal invaders.
Since Jordan never was a "legitimate sovereign" in Judea and Samaria
(the West Bank), the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention do not
apply in respect of Jordan. In other words, Israel cannot be considered
an "occupying power," within the meaning of the Convention, in any part
of the former Palestine Mandate, including Judea and Samaria (the West
Bank).
Professor Stephen H. Schwebel wrote in 1970 in the _American Journal
of International Law_: "Having regard to the consideration that...Israel
[acted] defensively in 1948 and 1967...and her Arab neighbors...[acted]
aggressively in 1948 and 1967...Israel has better title in the territory
that was Palestine, including the whole of Jerusalem, than do Jordan and
Egypt." In his article Professor Schwebel concluded that Jordan and
Egypt annexed territory in 1948 through "aggressive conquest," which was
unlawful, but that Israel's conquests in 1967 were "defensive" ones.
The purpose of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention is to
protect the local population from deportation and displacement. But no
Arab inhabitants have been displaced by these peaceful villages and
townships. According to international law, therefore, the Israeli
settlements are not "illegal," because Israel has better title legally
to this area than any other country.
There is, however, still a further aspect to the question of the
settlements which has been totally overlooked. For centuries Jews have
owned land in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, and have of course lived there.
They lived on these lands during the period of the Ottoman Empire and
the British Mandate. They were driven out by Jordanian and Egyptian
aggression, which was not recognized by the Arab international
community, let alone by the general international community. If one
subscribes to the notion that for a Jew to settle on land which he owns,
wherever it may be, has no legal validity for the simple reason that he
is a Jew, then one is in fact subscribing to the hateful Nazi Nuremberg
Laws - many of which apply today in the racist legal codes of the Arab
countries.
It has been claimed that the settlements are being established at
the expense of expropriated Arab lands. This is untrue. The overwhelming
majority of settlements have been set up on government and public land
that was barren, rock-strewn hillsides and deserts for centuries. In the
very few instances where private land was involved, it was acquired for
public purposes in accordance with Jordanian law, which applies in Judea
and Samaria (the West Bank), and against full compensation. Similar laws
providing for acquisition of land for public purposes exist in Israel
and in most other countries.
In all cases of such land acquisition, any owner who feels
aggrieved, or feels that the compensation is insufficient, has right of
access to the Israeli Supreme Court. This Court can and does issue writs
against the government or the military authorities whenever it feels
that any person, including residents of the territories, has a
legitimate grievance. In a number of instances the Court has found
against the authorities and redressed the plaintiffs.
Perhaps the most preposterous assertion is that the Jewish
settlements constitute "demographic changes." What it means is that it
is wrong for Jews to live among and with Arabs, because they are Jews.
Over 500,000 [today nearly a million] Arabs live in Israel in a
predominantly Jewish population side by side with their Jewish
neighbors. But it is apparently considered wrong for Jews to live in a
predominantly Arab population.
Finally, it has been alleged that the establishment of settlements
is an obstacle to peace. This allegation is a cynical falsification of
history.
For nineteen years, from 1948 to 1967, Israel was not establishing
settlements in Judea, Samaria, Gaza, Sinai and Golan, because Israel was
not in those places. Egypt and Jordan let those territories languish in
disease and poverty (30 percent unemployment, indescribable conditions
in impoverished refugee camps, etc.). They were in control of the West
Bank and Gaza, but they did not permit the establishment of a
Palestinian state because then, as now, they did not want one. Jordan
saw itself rightly to be the Palestinian state, which it is. The Arabs,
who were in control of the West Bank and Gaza and could have established
a PLO-controlled Palestinian state, formed the PLO in 1964 not over the
issue of the settlements in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) or Gaza.
The issue was and is Jewish settlement in Israel.
In these territories, Jewish history began four thousand years ago
and has continued uninterrupted. Long before most of the nations of the
world even dreamed of statehood, a great Jewish civilization was
flourishing in the cities and villages of Judea and Samaria. The judges
of Israel dispensed justice in Jerusalem on the basis of one of the most
advanced and enlightened codes of law in history. Hebron is the burial
place of the Jewish Patriarchs to this day and it was there that King
David ruled until he moved his capital to Jerusalem.
The Kingdom of Israel was centered upon the hills of Judea and
Samaria. The biblical name of Samaria is Shomron, and it was the capital
of the ancient Kingdom of Israel.
For Jews, the Bible is a record of the living experience of a people
which has continued in an unbroken chain of history, of greatness, of
tragedy, of unparalleled human contribution, of struggle for existence
against overwhelming odds, and always of triumph and advance.
The obstacle to peace is the Arab refusal to recognize the Jewish
people's right to sovereignty in its ancient homeland.
(FrontPageMagazine.com, 9 Apr 03)
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HILLTOP STAND
Michelle Nevada
Standing on a hilltop in Samaria, I felt a sense of exhilaration, a
quickening of my heart, and a deep attachment to the land that came only
from knowing that the place I stood is a place sacred to me. In Samaria,
I had felt the strength of thousands of years of Jewish warriors at my
side, and I felt the essence of their fight to maintain the land Hashem
had given to us.
Standing on a hilltop in Samaria, I could feel, in some small part,
like I was one of those warriors, if only for a short time. I had been
on that hilltop to help build a playground for Jewish children with the
help of the settlers there. We worked three full days. "Every shovel-
full is a mitzvah!" we yelled to each other to keep our spirits up as we
toiled, digging out rocks and slipping in mud in the rain, with our hand
tools, our blisters, and our high spirits. When ZOA/Betar finished that
project, we felt a bit like we had fought a battle, reclaiming a small
part of Israel with our hands and our hearts.
Many of us were scared up there. A hilltop is a dangerous place, an
exposed place, a windy place, a rocky and almost uninhabitable place.
And we were there for a few days – no time at all compared to those
settlers who live every day on the hilltops. So why do they live there?
The settlers of that hilltop and all the hilltops around are not up
there for the view, and they are certainly not there for the rocky,
infertile soil – they are there for the strategic importance of the
hill.
It was on that hill in Samaria, with the cold wind of Israel on my
face, that I learned the most valuable lesson about the fight to keep
Eretz Israel: every hilltop is important. From that particular hilltop,
the tallest in the area, I could see for miles and miles around. I could
see how vulnerable were the villages and towns of Israel. If terrorists
gained access to that hill, they could easily fire rockets at Israel.
The settlers know that if they don't have that hilltop, then the
Arabs will. The settlers are on hilltops because they love Israel,
because they love the people of Israel, because they feel that Israel is
so important that they must protect the land at every moment – even with
their homes, their families, and their lives.
(Arutz 7, 8 Apr 03)
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