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"Rebuilding Jewish Life in Judea, Israel"
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JUDEA ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE Vol.9, No.2 Adar-Nisan 5761/Mar-Apr 2001
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Website: http://www.crosswinds.net/~judea OUR 9TH YEAR!
Contents: THE WAR CONTINUES
* I Have No Other Country / "Fireworks" on Independence Day
* Palestinian Sniper Murders Infant / The Next Morning In Hebron /
Life in Hebron, 2001
* Terrorist Victim Baruch Cohen, Father of 6 from Efrat
* Shooting the Peacemakers
* Interview with Deputy Minister of Internal Security Gideon Ezra
* Time is On Our Side - Brig. Gen. (Res.) Efi Eitam
* Interview with GSS Veteran Menahem Landau
* A Kibbutznik in Gush Katif (Gaza)
* Jerusalem's "Upper Town" Old City Quarter
* Settler Population Growth Three Times the National Average
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I HAVE NO OTHER COUNTRY
Pesach vacation -- April 2001. The tracer bullets in the sky
southeast of Bethlehem, seen from my front yard, provide an impressive
evening show.
Gali Atari is coming to the Etzion Bloc community center in Alon
Shvut to perform for the local residents "on the front line." While
most local residents are somewhat bemused to receive a subsidized
performance, we jump at the opportunity to see this Israeli music
legend.
A bus driver who lives in our town (Tekoa) brings us over in his
bullet-proof bus. The small community center auditorium is packed, with
latecomers sitting in the halls.
Gali Atari, of Yemenite background, began her singing career more
than 20 years ago. A graduate of the IDF Performing Troup, her
rendition of "Hallelujah" won the Eurovision song contest. With fine
backup by two guitarists and a keyboard player, plus sound and light
technicians, the audience was enraptured by the diminutive singer and,
in a manner so typically Israeli, often sang along to tunes we had
learned from the radio.
Atari has an incredibly clear and penetrating voice. At the end,
the musicians left the stage and she sang a cappella one of her best-
loved tunes:
"Ain Li Eretz Aheret" -- I Have No Other Country
(Words by Ehud Manor)
I have no other country
Even if my land is burning
Just a word in Hebrew penetrates my veins, into my soul
Into a body that hurts --
Into a hungry heart --
Here is my home.
I won't be silent, because my country changed its appearance.
I won't give up on her, I will remind her
And sing here in her ears
Until she opens her eyes.
I have no other country
Until she renews her days
Until she opens her eyes.
There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
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"FIREWORKS" ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
It was a cool, clear night as Israel slowly shed the emotional pain
of national Remembrance Day for the 16,312 fallen in wars and terrorist
attacks, and entered into the joyous celebration of Israel's
independence. The evening of Israel's 53rd birthday was marked by
celebrations all over the country. Even in the small community of
Tekoa (8 miles southeast of Jerusalem), there were beautiful fireworks.
To the northwest, over Jerusalem, Tekoa residents were treated to
another magnificent fireworks display, and we could hear their booms as
well.
When some of the booms became mixed with the distinctive sound of
automatic weapons fire, we began to understand that what we thought was
only the noise of fireworks also included the sound of tank fire.
While celebrating Independence Day watching the beautiful colors
lighting up the sky over Jerusalem, we were also hearing the latest
attack (and response) on Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood. The mix of
gunfire and fireworks was quite surrealistic.
Jews, it seems, are still fighting for their right to live freely
and peacefully in their own homeland even now, 53 years after Israel's
War of Independence.
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PALESTINIAN SNIPER MURDERS INFANT
At about 5:00 this afternoon an Arab sniper shot and killed a 10-
month-old baby girl, Shalhevet Techiya Pass, and wounded her father,
Yitzhak Pass, with two bullets in the legs. They were shot at the
entrance to the Avraham Avinu neighborhood. The baby was in her
mother's arms at the time of the shooting and was hit in the head.
Emergency medical teams arrived immediately. The father was treated and
evacuated to hospital. The doctors were not able to save the baby.
A Hebron spokesman issued the following statement:
For seven months the Hebron community has been shot at from Abu Sneneh
and Harat a'Shech hills surrounding Hebron. Before the hills were
transferred to Arafat, 4 years ago, we warned that the hills would be a
source of Arab gunfire, directed at the community. We were laughed at.
Following the beginning of the war, seven months ago, we again warned
that if the hills were not recaptured by the Israeli army, blood would
be spilled. Several times, Arab snipers have barely missed hitting
soldiers and civilians in the Avraham Avinu neighborhood.
(From Hebron Press Office, 26 Mar 01).
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THE NEXT MORNING IN HEBRON
At about 4:40 this morning a group of over 50 Hebron youth ran past
soldiers outside the Avraham Avinu neighborhood and began climbing the
Shalhevet (Abu Sneneh) hills, source of the sniper gunfire which killed
Shalhevet Pass yesterday. With soldiers and border police following
them, the group continued, until being stopped on the way, before
reaching the top. Arab terrorists shot at the group. People in the
group returned fire. One man was injured when hit in the face by a
cement block.
Another miracle: At about 4:30 yesterday afternoon, a few minutes
before Shalhevet Pass was shot and killed, a single shot was fired,
which flew by a three-year-old girl, Mevaseret Melamed. The girl turned
to her mother, standing next to her, and said, "Mommy, they are
shooting at us." Only very late last night did Mevaseret's mother
discover that the bullet had scratched the side of one of her
daughter's fingers.
_Terror and the Pass and Zarbiv Families_
Yitzik Pass's brother, Elad, was shot in the leg on Shabbat, two
and a half weeks ago, outside the Arab market. Avraham Zarbiv,
Shalhevet's grandfather, was axed by 2 Arab terrorists in November
1993. He was critically wounded but survived. The Zarbiv's daughter,
Ortal, (Oriya Pass's twin sister) was stabbed in 1996, also near the
Arab market. She was 14 years old at the time.
(Hebron Press Office, 27 Mar 01)
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LIFE IN HEBRON, 2001
David Wilder
On Tuesday night, sometime before 11:00 pm, the shooting started
again while I was working late. It sounded fairly heavy, but that's
nothing new. The shooting hasn't stopped in almost seven months. So
when the action starts, it's nothing to get too excited about.
At about 11:30 I received a phone call from my daughter Aderet,
aged 16. She said to me, "They're shooting. Bullets hit the
apartment...and I was standing there." Needless to say, I was home in a
matter of minutes.
There I saw one of the scariest sights I've ever witnessed. On the
wall, next to the bathroom door, were five bullet holes, huge bullet
holes. http://www.hebron.org.il/pics/5bullets.htm
My 9-and-half-year-old, Rutie, has had a tough few months. She is
in the fourth grade class taught by Rina Didovsky, the schoolteacher
from Beit Hagai who was killed by terrorists several months ago. Ruthie
was also sitting on some steps outside the entrance to the Avraham
Avinu neighborhood when Shalhevet Pass was killed. Not only did she see
the whole thing, but also came running into my office hysterically
informing me that "Yitzik was shot and fell and the baby was shot in
the head."
Even inside our apartment she is sometimes afraid, and when she has
to use the bathroom, asks that someone escort her and wait for her
outside the door. So Aderet walked with her to the bathroom and waited
for her outside, standing right in front of the bathroom door. And then
the shooting started. And almost instantaneously Aderet saw five holes
appear on the wall, about a foot from where she was standing.
We have sandbags outside all our windows in order to prevent such
possibilities. However, we were told that it should be OK to leave a
little room between the sandbags and the top of the window, and so we
did. An Arab terrorist sniper found that gap, took aim, and funneled
four of the five bullets through one hole in the window. If Aderet had
been standing a little to her right, next to the wall, instead of in
front of the bathroom door, she most likely would have been hit.
Thank G-d, we live in a city of miracles, and she is fine, as are
the rest of the children. This Shabbat, together with at least ten
other families who have experienced similar miracles, we will have an
afternoon "thanksgiving meal" at the "protest tent" we have set up
outside the Avraham Avinu neighborhood.
Many people have challenged the "protest tent" because it is
located in the street, exactly opposite the Abu Sneneh hills, source of
so much gunfire. We are asked, "how can you sit outside in the middle
of the street, leaving yourselves exposed to Arab shooting?" The
question is not difficult to answer: "We are in no more danger in the
middle of the street than we are in our own homes."
A couple of weeks ago, a quiet Friday night. The Struk family,
including 11 children (the last 2 are twin girls) lives in a newly
built apartment in Beit Nachum v'Yehuda in the Avraham Avinu
neighborhood. Some of their windows are facing the Abu Sneneh hills.
After Shabbat dinner, the oldest son, Tzviki, 18 years old, looked very
tired and his parents suggested that he retire for the night. However,
his mother, Orit, one of the leaders of the Hebron community who works
at least 18 hours a day, was ready to collapse. Tzviki told his mother,
"you go to sleep and I'll wash the dishes." As he was working in the
kitchen, bang, bang, bang, the terrorists were at it again. A short
time later, when Tzviki finally went up to his room, he discovered a
huge hole in the window, opposite his bed. The bullet hit the wall,
just above his pillow.
There are still those who suggest that we leave Hebron, claiming
that it is too dangerous to be here. But where to go? There are mortars
falling in the south and bombs exploding in Jerusalem and in the north.
So where is there to hide? Besides which, that is the terrorist's goal
- to drive us out of our land.
(19 Apr 01, Jewish Community of Hebron, http://www.hebron.org.il)
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TERRORIST VICTIM BARUCH COHEN, FATHER OF 6 FROM EFRAT
Thousands of people, including many IDF officers, participated in
the funeral of the latest victim of Arab terrorism, Baruch Cohen, 59.
Terrorists opened fire upon Cohen as they overtook his car this morning
on the Tunnels Highway between Gush Etzion and Jerusalem. Two bullets
struck him in the head, causing him to lose control of the vehicle and
smash head-on into a truck traveling south from Jerusalem.
Baruch Cohen is survived by his wife and six children, one of whom
is Lt.-Col. Amnon Cohen, Commander of the IDF's Liaison Office with the
Palestinian Authority in the Hevron District.
On February 1, 2001, Dr. Shmuel Gillis, 42, of Karmei Tzur, was
shot and killed in a similar attack on the same road. On February 11,
Tzachi Sasson, 35, of nearby Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim, was also killed by
Arab terrorists on the same road. On Feb. 20, Roni Diament was shot in
the stomach in similar circumstances, and his recovery has been termed
miraculous.
(From Arutz Sheva News Service, http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com,
19 Mar 01)
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SHOOTING THE PEACEMAKERS
Amir Zohar, director of the East Talpiot community center, in a
Jerusalem neighborhood bordering the Arab villages of Tsur Baher and
Jabel Mukhaber, was known for his continuous efforts to promote good
neighborly relations and understanding between Jews and Arabs.
His most recent initiative was to organize a meeting between
members of the East Talpiot neighborhood council and community leaders
of Tsur Baher, during which the two sides agreed to hold a series of
joint activities.
Zohar was killed by Arab sniper fire near Jericho while on reserve
duty in September 2000.
(From _In Jerusalem_, 23 Mar 01, p. 16.
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INTERVIEW WITH DEPUTY MINISTER OF INTERNAL SECURITY GIDEON EZRA
Sofia Ron
[MK Gideon Ezra (Likud) is former deputy commander of the General
Security Services)
Q: Among the public there is a feeling that nothing has changed.
A: Arik Sharon's advantage in the past has been that he maintains
the element of surprise and does not work through the media. It is
important to retain the element of surprise.
Q: So you estimate that things have begun to change?
A: I don't estimate. I'm sure. But the worst thing is to talk about
it in the media.
(From _Makor Rishon_ Yoman, 6 Apr 01, p. 2-3)
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TIME IS ON OUR SIDE
Brig. Gen. (res.) Efi Eitam
"Israel is in a strange predicament today," said Brigadier-General
(Res.) Efi Eitam, a highly decorated officer who recently retired from
the army after three decades of service. "On the one hand, Israel is a
wonder. Just look objectively at what it has achieved in only 50 years.
After surviving a holocaust, any healthy nation would have needed many
years to recover. By any world standard, Israel today is economically,
militarily, historically, and demographically a miracle."
On the other hand, "the more incredible our achievements, instead
of our being happy and proud, the more we have a basic feeling of
insecurity," observed the general. "Our nation is in a 'mashber,' which
in Hebrew has a double meaning. It could mean 'crisis' or 'birth
pains.' Out of the birth pains grow a new life."
"When we see terrible things happening every day we get the
impression that the country is falling apart. We feel that if we don't
solve the problematic situation tomorrow morning, then everything is
over. And so we opt for the solution of cutting off the 'problems' -
cutting off the Golan, Judea, Samaria, Gaza, the Temple Mount - so that
we can survive."
"If the leadership cannot decipher the signs properly, if they
think it's the end, that the country is breaking apart, and [they're
afraid of more people dying], it's no wonder that they are doing what
they are doing - cutting off pieces so that the 'body' can live a few
more years," Eitam said.
But there is no greater lie than this one! Not only is Israel not
being torn apart, not only is it not dying, but rather it is being
built. Of course there are differences between left and right. But the
claim that all or most of Israel's citizens live in bitter hatred of
one another and are constantly in conflict is a lie. Most of the people
of Israel love one another. And no other country in the world has so
many who would be willing to sacrifice so much for their country. I
know this from the Army. I never saw a secular soldier who wasn't
prepared to risk his life for a religious soldier...or a Sephardi
soldier who thought twice about saving an Ashkenazi soldier. The
opposite is true. They are brothers - willing to sacrifice their very
lives for one another and for their country. I have seen this first
hand in the Army for thirty years."
"There's lots and lots of 'ahavat hinam' (unconditional love). All
this talk - about hatred, about the country being torn apart, and about
being forced to give parts of our country away to murderers because we
don't know what will be tomorrow - is a big lie!"
"Time is on our side. The nation is on our side. Looking back 50
years, most places and cities we have today did not even exist. After
every war we came out stronger, Israel is growing and growing. There is
no reason for pessimism or pessimistic leaders."
The gemara in Sanhedrin says that wars are 'atchalta degeula' (the
beginning of the redemption), he explained. The gemara sees wars as a
birthing process, where the few perish but the nation is born. Whoever
doesn't look from a Torah perspective, and only looks at the day to day
suffering, tragedies and wars, will think he is in a trauma ward and
not in a maternity ward.
(From _Voices_ (Efrat), March 2001, p. 1+)
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INTERVIEW WITH GSS VETERAN MENAHEM LANDAU
Ben Caspit
Menahem Landau left the General Security Services two months ago,
after 32 years of service.
Last year, at the University of Haifa, he met Gen. Efi Eitam.
Landau has established, together with Eitam, the Mayim (United Jewish
Leadership) movement, whose purpose is "to restore sanity to the
country."
"It's necessary to understand that the problem here is not with an
underground terrorist organization, but rather there are two armies.
Palestinian terror is open, not hidden. An army is practicing
terrorism, so I have to prepare lists of targets, of the attackers, of
those who send them. There are addresses, there are names, there is an
infrastructure. Everyone who is understood to be an attacker or sender
needs to be neutralized. If you have good intelligence, don't wait.
Strike immediately. Not as a reaction but as an initiative that
continues constantly. All the time. There will be complaints in the
world, but the terror will be reduced. I have no doubt of this. The
intelligence needs to be not just on people. On infrastructure, on
weapons factories, on storehouses, on training bases. And every time we
have something, to reach the target immediately."
Q: Has our withdrawal from the territories, the loss of
intelligence capability, made the war on terrorism more difficult?
A: "I think that in a certain way it is easier for the GSS to
operate now because we no longer have civilian responsibility in the
area. If there is a work strike or a house is destroyed, we don't have
to deal with this. The population there is totally broken, the economic
situation horrible, so in fact they are more open to cooperation. I
believe that the intelligence apparatus of the GSS has been restored.
Among the Palestinians, there are more than a few who don't agree with
the policies of the leadership, with the intifada, with the terror.
Some of them help us."
Q: How do you see the chances for peace in the near future?
A: "If we return to negotiations, what will we talk about? With
whom will we talk? Look at their younger generation. The hatred, the
incitement. In the foreseeable future I don't see a solution."
Q: Nevertheless, at Camp David and at Taba we were at the edge of
an agreement with the Palestinians.
A: "Don't make me laugh. At Camp David everyone said this was it,
the final push and the signing. I was there almost every day and they
all told me, 'Menahem, they're about to sign.' I should have been
worried, because just the year before Efi Etam and I had written a
seminar paper at the university that predicted the whole intifada that
has broken out now. I just couldn't believe it. He just wouldn't sign,
and even if he did, it would last as long as the peace treaty we made
with Bashir Jemayel in Lebanon."
"It is often said that we shouldn't strike them hard because we
have to leave an opening for talking. So what, in the Yom Kippur War we
shouldn't have hit them hard in order to leave an opening? Why?"
"Our goal in the Mayim movement is to move the country in the right
direction. To work on our Jewish identity, not from the religious
aspect but with regard to the question of minimal identity. The Bible,
the history, the culture, the values. There are many people out there
who are thirsty for these things."
(From _Maariv_ Independence Day, 25 Apr 01, pp. 6-8)
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A KIBBUTZNIK IN GUSH KATIF (GAZA)
Yahav Katzir, of Kibbutz Sdot Yam near Hadera, was sent by the
Labor Party to be an election observer in Gush Katif last month. In a
letter to the residents of Gadid, where he was stationed, he explained
that he was originally very apprehensive about his job: "I was first of
all afraid of Arab terrorist attacks, and second of all I was afraid of
you. I thought that you are extremists and unpleasant, because this is
how the media describe you. I didn't understand at the time that this
could be one big fabrication of the reality."
"I got on the bulletproof bus [that morning], and my stomach
started churning. I asked myself, 'Why do I need this? It's so
dangerous! I have a family, why should I endanger myself?'"
"As we traveled, I saw a stunningly beautiful area, with a pristine
landscape. I became excited. But I kept on worrying about the meeting
with you, the residents. Then we reached N'vei Dekalim, and I saw warm
and friendly people around me. I began to feel a sense of security. At
this point, my opinion about you, the residents, changed from one
extreme to the other: I understood that in this area live people who
are warm and pleasant, who would love to change the stigma which others
have unjustifiably stuck to them. I was amazed that you even thanked us
for coming. I am very happy about the decision to send me to you."
"As a kibbutznik and a farmer, I understood that your connection to
the land is so strong, and for this you struggle so hard to remain in
the Gush even beyond Zionism and politics. I very much admire people
like you. As the day passed, I realized that your social lives are very
developed, and everyone knows everyone else and supports everyone else.
It is very moving to see such interaction."
"Towards the end of the day, the desire to come and live with you
came strongly over me, to join you despite all the fears I had at the
beginning. The quiet, the people, the landscape - all this attracted me
greatly."
"In short, you succeeded in making me realize that what I had
thought was based on unreliable sources, and that my stubbornness "not
to cross to the other side" was not justified. Despite my left-wing
views, I believe that one day, if Gush Katif still exists, I will come
and join you in order to live in this beautiful place, with the good
people in the area.
Thank you very, very, very much,
Yahav Katzir, Sdot Yam"
(From Arutz Sheva News Service, http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com,
12 Mar 01)
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JERUSALEM'S "UPPER TOWN" OLD CITY QUARTER
Leah Abramowitz
There have been incidents of stoning and neighborhood animosity
against Jews in the Moslem Quarter during the latest disturbances, but
it hasn't shaken the faith of the 60 Jewish families living in several
isolated pockets of the Moslem Quarter. They believe deeply in the
importance of reestablishing a Jewish presence in that part of the Old
City. There is even a list of people interested in moving in.
"We take the long range view; we've learned from history that not
everything progresses smoothly," says Esther Arend, mother of nine, and
a resident of the Moslem Quarter, or the Upper Town as Jews living
there prefer to call it.
There are surveillance cameras in all the courtyards where Jewish
families reside and along their major arteries in the Moslem Quarter.
The government spends large sums of money for the guards who escort the
residents when they move about. Their numbers have increased in the
past three weeks. Guards now monitor all the Jewish enclaves. A private
security company provides the guards, who have become good friends with
the residents, and especially their children.
The Moslem Quarter is home to 60 Jewish families and nearly 300
children who have moved here since 1979. Overall, in the Old City live
approximately 3,000 Jews, 23,000 Moslems and 6,400 Christians. Once
there were 20,000 Jews or more living in what are now predominantly
Arab areas within the walls of the Old City. There were large Yeshivot,
synagogues, mikvas, and important social institutions. Houses like Beit
Wittenberg, Beit Warsaw, the Galicia Courtyard, and Beit HaMaaravim,
which housed Jews from various parts of the world, are now being
repopulated, sometimes even by the descendants of the same 19th century
settlers. Now Jews are returning to those areas.
"There are Jewish families living in courtyards spread out all over
the Old City," said Matti Dan, the founder of the Jewish presence in
the Moslem Quarter. "They are located along the Via Dolorosa, right
above the Arab shuk, near Herod's Gate, along Haladia Street (near the
Jewish Quarter), in the Christian Quarter, around Silwan, and close to
Damascus Gate. Even though it's difficult to expand by purchasing new
property, the community is growing internally. Every week there's a new
birth."
Yochi Robbins, a veteran resident, believes, "Most of our Arab
neighbors want peace and quiet - they might not like us but they're not
going to do anything about it, unless someone stirs them up. The more
active animosity is generally initiated by outsiders."
Avner Shashar, a high school principal, who has lived near Herod's
Gate with his wife and eight chldren since 1986, says "Fourteen years
in the same courtyard - that's the only reality that our kids know."
Nevertheless, the children understand they must be careful; they cannot
go wherever they want when they want. It's necessary to order an armed
guard to accompany them through the byways of the Old City. Friends are
often reluctant to visit. Even the courtyards themselves have round the
clock guards. Avner's car has been damaged or broken into several
times.
Since the latest disturbances, their courtyard, which they share
with another Jewish family, has received many barrages of rocks and
bottles. "But we have some protection from the fence," says Gilah
Shashar, Avner's wife. "There are Jewish houses nearby, like Beit Yuri,
which are constantly under siege." That house has been stoned and
firebombed.
Another difficulty of living in the Moslem Quarter is the lack of
transportation within the Old City. One has to carry everything from
groceries, baby carriages, new furniture and even garbage, said Esther
Arend. "You have to be perpetually young and physically fit to live in
this region." Esther and others interviewed stressed the close
relations between the Jewish families - the mutual help and
encouragement they give each other, the cultural activities and feeling
of togetherness that they've developed."
"We know we're living in the midst of a population who don't want
us here," says Arend. "That's not pleasant, but it can't be helped. We
believe in our right to be here. They're here because they were born
here. We're here because Jersualem has been the center of Jewish focus,
our Holy City for centuries and centuries."
(From _In Jerusalem_, 5 Jan 01, p. 4+)
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SETTLER POPULATION GROWTH THREE TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE
Nadav Shragai
The settler population increased by some 8 percent - 14,968
individuals - last year and by the end of December 2000 numbered
203,068, according to figures from the Interior Ministry.
Two ultra-Orthodox communities, Beitar Ilit and Kiryat Sefer,
recorded the highest population growth among the settlements in the
territories. The two settlements together absorbed 6,692 new residents
in 2000.
Relatively high growth rates were also recorded in the Samaria (6.3
percent) and Binyamin (8.4 percent) regions, where 3,133 individuals
were added in the past year.
The Jewish population in the areas of greater Jerusalem currently
beyond the city limits (Efrat, Etzion Bloc, Beitar Ilit, Givat Ze'ev,
Har Adar and Ma'aleh Adumim) reached 70,317 by the end of 2000.
(From _Ha'aretz_, 5 Mar 01, via IMRA - Independent Media Review and
Analysis: http://www.imra.org.il)
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