On Thursday, a week after Jewish settler Avshalom Meir Hai was shot dead by
Palestinian terrorists, some 200 residents from the settlements of Shavei Shomron and Einav set up a new outpost on a hill overlooking the site of the murder.
According to the settlers, they intend to establish a "regional torah center" to be dedicated in Hai's name at the site. The IDF said it had not authorized the move.
The settlers also held a memorial ceremony for Hai.
Shomron Regional Council head Gershon Mesika said the new Torah center was "a proper response to the despicable murder." The settlers said the land earmarked for the center belongs to Einav.
On Tuesday Ynet reported
that settlers have found a new way to build outposts – using large tents similar to those used in the military.
Ynet has learned that in recent days, such a tent, that can hold 24 people, was set up on Alon road, some 300 meters west of the entrance to the Mitzpe Hagit outpost in Binyamin.
The tent is currently uninhabited and the IDF said it does not belong to the military. The Civil Administration said in response, "The matter is known to us and will be handled by the enforcement bodies."
Spokesman for the Binyamin Settlers Committee Itzik Shadmi told Ynet in response: "We operate in many diverse ways. There will be more surprises – tents, sheds, cheap structures. Outposts must be built quickly, and God willing, young couples will move in. We will set up tents and we will build outposts because this is the response to the (construction) freeze.
"It can't be that all the communities are completely frozen. This is certainly racism, the freeze is just for Jews, and Arabs are building like crazy."
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