Arabs destroy the lean-to at the Gush Etzion T-junction-
The vigil continues this week too

Friday 15.11, fifteen minutes before tefillat mincha, some 40 Arabs arrived at the Gush Etsion T-junction, at the site of the vigil and destroyed the lean-to that had been set up by the residents and by Women in Green members, at the beginning of the week, in a call to return security to the roads in the area.

The organizers of the vigil that started after Arabs threw a molotov cocktail in which the car of Zaki and Naama Khoury was torched, announced that it is their intention to continue the vigil in the coming days calling for a Jewish presence at the site.

“BY destroying the lean-to the Arabs have made their intention clear: no to a Jewish presence !” say the organizers and declare that “the vigil increased the security of the residents of the communities that drive by and stand at the trempiada. The purpose of the vigil is to enable to Gush Etsion Local Council and the IDF to get organized to increase the Jewish presence at the junction. Thanks to the vigil, army and police were present at the junction during the hours of the vigil. We hope that after the latest develpments they will be there more hours at the junction.
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The committee of the Eastern Gush Etsion communities sent a letter to minister of Defense Bugi Yaalon demanding to increase the Jewish presence at the junction.

The vigil will take place every day this coming week at the Gush Etsion T-junction between 2:00 and 4:00pm

For details:
Rabbi Shmuel Ziderman 054-7905032, Michael Luria 0544-730652
Yehudit Katsover 050-7161818 Nadia Matar 050-5500834