Dear Friends,

Please mark your calendar and join:

1) On THURSDAY, July 3, 2008, Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, at 9:00 am at Rachels’ Tomb- the Rachel’s Children Reclamation Foundation and Emunah of Jerusalem will have a Tenth Year Anniversary of the Dedication of the RCFRF Sefer Torah to Kever Rachel.

Appreciations by Rabbi Shalom Gold, Recollection by Mina Fenton, City Council of Jerusalem, Reflections and Remembering Adir Zik, Z’l, by Nadia Matar.

Buses will leave the Kings Hotel.
For details rachelschildren@gmail.com or call 054-224-2649

2) On TUESDAY, July 8, 2008, Women in Green and the "Rehavia women" will go on a CHIZUK (strengthening) trip to MITZPE YITZHAR in Samaria. We will leave Binyanei Hauma in Jerusalem at 9:00 am and return approximately, please G-d, 2:00pm.

In Mitzpe Yitzhar we will visit the three pioneering familes living there. At 11:00 am Rabbi Uzi Sharbaf from Hevron will give a short shiur after which we will tour the area. As usual we will come to strengthen but we will come back strengthened.

Please order your seats by calling Anita 050-5777254 or Nadia 050-5500834

Latest political developments in Israel show  that unfortunately Israel will be stuck with Ehud Olmert as its Prime Minister at least for the next few months.

There is no doubt that Olmert will try to appease the leftists in power in the media and in the State Attorneys office by harming the settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria.

The past few weeks have already seen an increase in destruction of so-called "illegal" caravans and homes of Jews living on hilltops in Judea and Samaria. Their so-called "illegality" is that they are defined as such by the US State Department, which ultimately regards even East Jerusalem’s Jewish neighborhoods as illegal.

Last week the government came and destroyed some caravans in Yitzhar in Samaria. For a detailed account of what happened: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126557

Other places where the Olmert-Livni-Yishai government plan on destroying homes are Ofra, Har Bracha and Migron, Migron being a community of some forty families.

It is clear that our reaction must be determined and forceful. We must fight like lions for each caravan and each shack that they want to destroy making it clear that the days of Gush Katif are over. Making it clear that in Judea and Samaria nobody will be able to expel us. It must be made clear to the authorities that if destroying just one caravan takes hours and hundreds of security forces, they will, pleae G-d, never succeed in forcing us out of our communities.

In fact, a group of activists have started organizing the "Kol Yisrael areivim Ze la zeh" plan. (All of Israel are responsible for each other). The idea is to organize all over the country protests in reaction to uprooting and destruction of outposts. If for instance the Olmert government sends troops to destroy a caravan in Samaria, not only will local activists make the job very difficult for the troops, but in addition there will be a avalanche of reactions all over the country – protests, road blocking, etc.
Women in Green is joining this effort. We will update you on any uprooting or destruction and will inform you as to how you can join the protest whether it is by actually joining the demonstration or by sending faxes of protest to your local embassies in the States.

One of the local leaders who understand that now is the time to be tough, is Samaria local council Head Gershon Messika. When many more leaders will speak like Gershon Messika (see news item below) Israel will finally be in much better shape.

With Love of Israel,

Ruth and Nadia Matar
Women in Green

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Shomron Regional Council Head Gershon Masika said Wednesday that the struggle over the community of Migron, which the government has slated for demolition, will be "a second Amona" and will make that confrontation look like no more than an "opening shot."

In an interview for this weekend’s issue of SOS-Israel’s leaflet, "Eretz Yisrael Shelanu," Masika said: "The attempt to make ourselves look beautiful for the general public and show them that we are nice, not ‘extremists,’ and want to connect to them with love, doesn’t work. The general public understands nuances and it understood that in the struggle for Gush Katif we were not determined enough to hold on to the land.

"The result of the policy that led to the expulsion is that nobody gives a hoot about the expellees. They were thrown to the dogs and they are down and out and humiliated in refugee camps. Experience has thus shown that we need to change the policy. Our line of argumentation is not political, but very simple: the Land of Israel is ours and we will not give up a single grain of sand. Besides that, the concessions cause Jewish blood to be spilled."

‘Go on the offensive’
"It is time to switch to an offensive war and stop being on the defensive all the time," Masika said. "We need to shout that the emperor has no clothes. The governments took us from bad to worse, from concession to concession, and brought us down to the gates of hell. They have no ideological or security value anymore, and they only serve our enemies."

Asked about the events at Yitzhar last week, he said: "The evacuation did not proceed with ease. There was serious resistance with dozens wounded on both sides. And the main thing is that by the grace of G-d, on the same night of the destruction of the structure, the new caravan at Givat Shaked was built, which shows great determination.

"As council head I tried to be there and prevent the violence and rioting by the uniform-wearers against the wonderful, devoted and ideological youth that is worthy of all praise. We admire this wonderful youth, that is the pride of Judea and Samaria and gives us great pride."

Not lambs any more
"The lesson of Gush Katif is that going like lambs to the slaughter yields no benefit but only means going from bad to worse, to a complete destruction of the State of Israel, of the military, of the communities, a deep chasm through society and bleeding wounds that will apparently never heal."

Masika, who was elected in the aftermath of the Disengagement and is not considered a part of the old Yesha leadership establishment, explained: "When you demand your rights without caring about the cost, the treatment you will receive will be, at the very worst, what the Druze got and what the Bedouins in the Negev got. They don’t give a second thought to anything and that is why they are not uprooted, even though this is not their land."

"If the country does not wake up at the last minute, Migron will be a second Amona, with all of the serious meaning that involves. The reason the residents of Gush Katif were thrown to the dogs was that the eviction was wrapped in promises that supposedly, it would improve the security situation, and also improve the evacuees’ lives. In fact they saw that the eviction not only did not improve anything, it actually made security worse and the evacuees reached rock-bottom."

‘Daring struggle’ ahead
"We will fight for every clod of earth. As the Arabs ­ lehavdil ­ say, that the land is sacred and one may not give up a single grain. Our struggle for the land is an existential necessity. We received it from the Kadosh Baruch Hu rightfully and no one is permitted to give it up. And the main thing like I said is that this is simply a security matter for the lives of millions of Jews. The State of Israel also understands that the planned eviction will not go smoothly. There will be a determined struggle and daring here with no compromises, and Amona will seem like an opening shot compared to it.

"I learned two things from the Expulsion, Masika added: "The real field of battle is the political one. That is why we must unite all of the forces in a single bloc with no differences, and the uniting cry should be the one uttered by Mattityahu the Maccabee, "mi leHashem elai!" ("Whoever is for the Lord ­ let him come to me!"), and then we will be able to infuse the public with a new spirit.

"With HaShem’s help, the day is not far when the leadership shall come out of the religious and hareidi public. Only we have the values, the clinging to Torah and Land and soil, as opposed to the alienated and disconnected secular leadership."

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