Channels

Photo: Gil Yohanan
Nadia Matar - Gov' hostile to Zionism
Photo: Gil Yohanan

Right-wing activists to build 5 new outposts

Ne'emanei Eretz Israel lead right-wing organizations in plan to establish more illegal outposts in West Bank. Army prepares troops to block settlers

On Sunday teams of right-wing activists from the Ne'emanei Eretz Israel movement and several associated groups plan to establish five new outposts in the West Bank. The IDF has said it is aware of

the settlers' plans and would prevent them from being carried out. Journalists would be barred from the area.

 

The activists have announced that they would soon populate the five outposts and have already selected names for them - Itim, Ma'a lot Halhul, Nofe' Shomronim, Shvut Amim and Harhivi.

 

Ne’emanei Eretz Israel said the outposts were a response to renewed government talks regarding the evacuation of illegal outposts in the West Bank.

 

“We don’t agree to any compromise that requires the removal of settlements and outposts in the Land of Israel. Whoever starts with concessions and agreements will continue to give up all of Judea and Samaria,” a statement by the group said.

 

“Instead of hearing on the news that the Yesha Council was reaching agreements regarding the outposts, we should have heard that they were preparing for a struggle against the idea of establishing a Palestinian state in the heart of Israel,” said Nadia Matar, co-chair of the Women in Green organization.

 

Matar added that the purpose of establishing the outposts was to “continue the Zionist project, and to expand and enlarge the settlements.

 

“It is inconceivable to make any concessions. The Yesha Council is irrelevant, we learned from the expulsion of Gush Katif not to trust them.

 

“This is a government that is hostile to Zionism and is trying to make a move in November to wipe out all the outposts. Our goal is to keep up the spirit of struggle and try not to fall into routine," she said.

 

Meanwhile the IDF announced last week that it would not allow the new outposts and declared the marked sites a closed military zone.

 

The army said that if right-wing activists violated the entrance ban they would be removed from the area. Troops would already be busy on Sunday with two large-scale public events in Hebron and Gush Etzion alongside their regular duties to prevent terror attacks.

 

The organizers have promised they would not resort to violence and should any violent incidents occur, the fault would fall on the police and army. The Yesha Human Rights council has already sent a letter of complain to the IDF Central Command demanding that journalists be allowed into the areas in question.

 

Council chairwoman Orit Strock said the decision increased suspicion that security forces intend to use violence against the settlers while avoiding media exposure. Strock said that when left-wing groups state protests in the same areas, no restrictions are placed on journalists.

 


פרסום ראשון: 09.30.07, 01:26
 new comment
Warning:
This will delete your current comment