Terrorist Tries to Attack at Patriarchs’ Cave in Hevron
24 januari 2012, Tevet 29, 5772
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Border Police at the entrance to the Patriarch’s Cave Tuesday morning foiled a terrorist attack by an Arab who tried to stab them to death. No one was injured.

The terrorist, described as being in his 30s, aroused the suspicion of Border Police, who asked him to stop for a security check. He then pulled out his knife and tried to attack them before being overpowered.

Security officials are questioning the attacker.

Attempts to stab Jews at the Patriarchs’ Cave have become more common recently, and terrorist activity is on the increase in all of Judea and Samaria.

Soldiers prevented a terrorist attack on Monday at the Kalandia checkpoint, south of Ramallah and north of Jerusalem on Monday when they spotted a Palestinian Authority Arab lunging at them with an axe.

In a separate incident, a guard at a security fence checkpoint shot a terrorist who was armed with a knife. He was wounded lightly and was treated at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.

The Palestinian Authority is committed to halt terrorism and destroy the terrorist infrastructure in Judea and Samaria, as well as halt incitement.

Hevron, a Jewish City From Time Immemorial and Forever
by David Wilder, Hevron
29 november 2011, Kislev 3, 5772

In honor of 'Shabbat Hevron', when Abrahams's purchase of Mearat Hamachpela [Tomb of the Patriarchs] is in the Torah reading, thousands will make their way to the second holiest city in Judaism to spend an uplifting and spiritual Shabbat praying at the Meara and learning about the city. Arutz Sheva brings you the city's history, written by the tireless spokesman of the Jewish Community of Hevron.

Hevron is the first Jewish city in the land of Israel , home of our patriarchs and matriarchs — Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and Sarah, Rebecca and Leah. King David ruled from Hevron for more than seven years before moving the capital to Jerusalem .

Linkse vredesactivisten of arabieren die een conflict zoeken??
2 maart 2011, Adar 26, 5771
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NxUJlxS4YO4#at=275

IDF Nets Five of Six Terrorists Released by PA
by Gil Ronen
Jan 7 '11, Shevat 2, 5771

Five of the six terrorists released from PA jail  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/141591 Thursday by Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas were recaptured by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during an overnight operation in Hevron. Principal among the Hevron-area Hamas members was Wael Bitar, suspected of involvement in the August 31 murder of four members of the Judean Jewish community of Beit Haggai.

He was also involved in a 2008 suicide bombing in Dimona in which one Israeli was killed and 10 were wounded. Bitar was arrested by the PA following a thwarted suicide attack that year, then released.

The IDF expressed regret for the death of a Hevron Arab in the house of one of the escapees and ordered an investigation of the shooting. The results are expected next week.

Lying about supposed IDF cruelty is an Arab weapon in the war against Israel. Earlier this week, claims that IDF tear gas caused the death of an Arab woman were found to be riddled with inconsistencies. 
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/141524

Rivlin: By Building in Hevron We’ll Preserve Jerusalem
by Elad Benari
December 2, 2010, Kislev 25, 5771

Knesset Speaker MK Reuven Rivlin took part on Wednesday in a Chanukah candle lighting ceremony in Hevron. The ceremony was attended by the commander of the Judea Brigade, soldiers, community leaders, and students of the yeshivot in the city.

During his speech, Rivlin said that Hevron is the place from which the right of the Jewish people to the land of Israel began, a right which he said is the challenge of the Jewish people even today.

“The kingdom of Israel began in Hevron and on Chanukah the kingdom returned to Israel,” said Rivlin. “Our right to the land was established in Hevron and it is a moral right over which there is no question. It was our right in those days, and it is our right during this time.”

Rivlin added that “Today it is clearer than ever that if we ignore our 3,800-year-old right, it will be difficult for us to protect our 62-year-old independence. If, G-d forbid, we stop believing that we are sitting in our own land based on a moral and just right; if, G-d forbid, we think we are here only because of force or because of favors by world countries – it is doubtful that we will be able to continue to hold our land. If, G-d forbid, we are tempted to think that we overtook a foreign land and that we own foreign property – in Hevron, Ariel, Maale Adumim, Gush Etzion and Jerusalem our capital – it is doubtful that we will be able to continue maintaining our country.”

He said that “Today we are celebrating the victory of faith over doubt. We are not trespassers, we are not robbers, and Hevron is not a currency. Our enemies cannot beat us. On Chanukah we raise the banner of Jewish independence. Hevron was, and remains, an unparalleled symbol of the Jewish foothold and independence in our country. By building Hevron - Jerusalem will also be built.”

Earlier on Wednesday, Rivlin lit the first Chanukah candle in the village of Elazar in Gush Etzion in the presence of the heads of the Yesha Council. Also participating in the ceremony were the chairs of the Knesset’s Land of Israel, MKs Aryeh Eldad and Zeev Elkin. The event was held as part of a Chanukah Candle Lighting Festival, sponsored by the Yesha Council, at sites throughout the Judea and Samaria area where important events in the history of Chanukah occurred. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/140941

MK Elkin said: “The best men in the country are today living in sites and places where the Maccabees fought thousands of years ago. The Judea and Samaria region has an ancient heritage, thanks to which the people of Israel returned to their land and built the country after thousands of years of exile.”

MK Eldad called on Israel’s government to continue construction in Judea and Samaria: “The people of Israel have the right to build and develop anywhere in the land of Israel and especially in places where our ancestors lived. We call on the Prime Minister to exercise this right of building and development in Judea and Samaria and resume construction in full swing.”

Ancient Hebron Site, Closed to Jews Since 1999, Greets Visitors
by Hillel Fendel
October 12, 2010, Cheshvan 4, 5771

As the public Torah weekly readings reach the story of the Patriarch Abraham, a rare Jewish visit was paid to Avraham's home in Elonei Mamre.

The site is mentioned three times in Genesis, in chapters 13,14, and 18. This is where Abraham settled after separating from his nephew Lot, where he built an altar to G-d, and where G-d sent him three angels to inform him that his son Isaac would be born the following year.

It was also here that Abraham established the first Hebrew army, for the purpose of rescuing Lot, who had been kidnapped by the Four Kings during their war against the Five Kings as described in Genesis.

Glass Junction:  Permitted to Jews Only on Paper

The site is remembered by many old-timers from Hevron and nearby Kiryat Arba as situated very close to the Glass Junction, the old entrance to Hevron and Kiryat Arba along what was then the main Jerusalem-Hevron highway. The Hevron Agreement of 1999 stipulated clearly that Jews would be allowed to visit it, but in practice, after the Israel Defense Forces retreated from most of Hevron, Jews have hardly ever been allowed to do so.

Just a few days ago, a group of Jews did in fact visit the site. They found it to be preserved as before, though encompassed by several apartment buildings. The Jewish Community of Hevron hopes the ancient Jewish site will not only soon be opened to Jews, but will actually be returned to Jewish hands.

The Oaks of Mamre

During the Second Temple period, the site of Elonei Mamre was identified as just three kilometers north of the city of Hevron, and a similar distance from ancient Tel Hevron, today's Admot Yishai neighborhood of Hevron. Geographic historians explain that Abraham chose not to settle in the Hevron Valley, but rather on the hills north of the city, which were covered by oak forest; oak in Hebrew is "elon," giving the area its name. (Mamre was the name of a man whom the Bible mentions several times in Genesis as having lived in the area. The site's name means, literally, the "Oaks of Mamre".)

The name was carried down through the generations, losing only one letter in the Arabic name of a hill that towers above the Hevron valley: Jabel Namre, just west of the Machpelah Cave.

Herod's Wall

Today, Elonei Mamre is also one of Israel's most important archaeological sites. A two-meter-high, 70-by-30-meter wall has been found there, apparently built by King Herod 2,000 years ago. The wall's construction has similar characteristics to that in the Machpelah Cave [the Cave of the Patriarchs, ed.] and the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Remains of two towers from an earlier period have also been found in Elonei Mamre.

The early Christians built a large church there in the 4th century C.E., as part of their desire to reconnect with their Jewish roots – and especially with the Patriarch Abraham, who introduced monotheistic faith to the world. Jews and Gentiles would gather here on market days and argue about religion, and many coins have been found there. The church was destroyed in the Moslem conquest three centuries later. The Talmud refers to the site, known then as Botnah, as one of the three most important "fairs" (markets) in the Holy Land, though it notes that there were many idol worshipers there.

Mama Rochel (of alle tranen die al gevloeid hebben...)
21 oktober 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYtKqst5Tqg&NR

Arab Groups Claim Responsibility for Shooting Pregnant Woman
by Gil Ronen and Elad Benari
Sep 27 '10, Tishrei 19, 5771

A pregnant woman was wounded in the leg in on Sunday in a shooting attack on the car she was traveling in, south of Hevron. The victim, Netta Zucker, was taken to Be'er Sheva's Soroka Hospital in moderate condition, where doctors performed an emergency caesarean section and delivered her child, a baby boy. Both the mother and baby were said to be in good condition on Sunday night.

According to initial reports, terrorist gunmen ambushed two Israeli-licensed vehicles that were traveling near Tene-Omarim in southern Mount Hevron. They missed the first car but hit the second, wounding Zucker, who was in her ninth month of pregnancy. Sharon Zucker, the wounded woman's husband, who was behind the wheel and was also lightly wounded in the attack, kept driving the car until reaching an IDF checkpoint. He reported the incident to the soldiers at the checkpoint and continued driving for more than 15 miles until he reached Soroka Hospital.

Large forces of IDF soldiers and police were combing the area and searching for the perpetrators.

Fatah's military wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, and the Al-Quds Squads of the Islamic Jihad later claimed joint responsibility for the attack, claiming in a statement that the attack was carried out to mark the 15th anniversary of the killing of Fatah founder Fat'hi Shkaki.

In response to the attack, the Judean Residents' Council said Sunday evening that Defense Minister Ehud Barak, "must start protecting Israeli civilians in Judea and Samaria rather than devoting his time to [their] suppression."

The council's statement explained, "As the persecutions against the settlers increase, dealing in defense decreases. Ehud Barak: Do your duty and provide security or go home!"

The Komemiyut organization also responded to the attack in s statement which said: "In the face of the country's stuttering leaders, the Arab enemy continues to strike indiscriminately, while Defense Minister Barak deals with the suppression of Judea and Samaria residents and abandons the security of Jews. Jews have lost their lives on the whims of a man determined to continue to experience failures."

The statement continued: "A Minister of Defense who cannot stop a few hooligans rioting in the capital, brings disaster on Israel's deterrent force and thus allows our enemies to continue and try to hurt us."

This is the third shooting ambush in Judea and Samaria in less than one month. On August 30, just as US-sponsored “peace talks” between Israel and the Palestinian Authority were starting, terrorists murdered four people and one unborn baby at close range near Kiryat Arba.  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/139426

Two days later terrorists fired at a vehicle near Rimonim in the Binyamin region. A husband and wife were wounded. One was in moderate to serious condition and the other in light condition. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/139451

Rock-throwing Arabs carried out numerous attacks on cars in different locations in the Hevron area Sunday afternoon. Other rock attacks took place in Gush Etzion and near Ofra. The attacks indicate that while local leaders conduct a 'peace' process, terrorists are stepping up their attacks on Jews.

Jewish Children Targeted in Hevron
by Maayana Miskin
September 24, 2010, Tishrei 16, 5771

Young Arab men have targeted Jewish children twice this week in the city of Hevron. One attacker repeatedly exposed himself to young Jewish girls. He was arrested on Thursday.

Earlier in the week, an eight-year-old Jewish boy was attacked by a gang of Arab men as he made his way to school. His attackers ran off and hid in a nearby Arab school.

Instead of turning the attackers out, teachers at the Arab school gave them shelter and prevented IDF soldiers or police from entering the building to search for them. The principal also barred security forces from entering.

Israeli police surrounded the building, but did not enter. Jewish residents of Hevron began to gather outside the gates of the school and held a spontaneous rally calling on police to enforce the law on Palestinian Authority Arab attackers as well as Israelis.

Police eventually brought about the attackers' surrender. The group walked out to a waiting police car, and were arrested and taken to a nearby station for questioning.

Terrorists Sought to Abduct Victims' Bodies
by Hillel Fendel
September 20, 2010, Tishrei 12, 5771

Two important facts about last month’s terrorist murder of four Israelis, including a husband and his pregnant wife, have come to light: The mastermind was recently released from Israeli prison, and the killers sought to kidnap the bodies.

Just three weeks ago, near Beit Haggai south of Hevron, Palestinian terrorists drove past an Israeli car carrying four Jews – and shot all of them to death. Yitzchak and Tali Imas were the parents of six children, and Tali was about to give birth; Kochi Even-Chaim, mother of one; and Avishai Shindler, married barely a year.

It has now been learned that the mastermind of the attack was Nasat Karmi of Hamas. Karmi was in prison for other terrorist crimes, and was recently released when his term was up. However, he soon afterwards became involved in terrorism once again – and was listed as the IDF’s number one wanted terrorist in the Hevron region.

In addition, the Egyptian Al-Ahram newspaper reported today that the murderers of the four planned to abduct the bodies, use them to demand the release of imprisoned terrorists, sabotage the peace talks, and bring about the resignation of Mahmoud Abbas and the collapse of the Palestinian Authority.

A car that happened to pass by just after the quadruple murder thwarted the grandiose Hamas plans.

Al-Ahram reported that this information originated from the terrorists themselves, during their interrogation by PA security forces. The murderers said they expected that the abduction would lead Israel to withdraw from the talks and the IDF to enter local Arab villages en-masse and search for the kidnappers.  This would then cause Abbas (Abu Mazen) to resign.

Bereaved Father: Prison for Terrorists is Like a Country Club

In light of the news that the mastermind had been freed from Israeli prison, Arutz-7’s Shimon Cohen spoke to Tzion Swiri, who lost his son, daughter and son-in-law in a drive-by terror attack nine years ago. It is known that the mastermind of that attack, Marwan Barghouti, is high on the list of candidates for release in a deal for captive soldier Gilad Shalit.

“I can only hope that Marwan Barghouti and the other six who were involved in murdering my children will remain in prison until they die,” Swiri said. “My feeling at present, given the news regarding the recent attack, that ‘we told you so.’ We’ve been railing about this for years: Terrorists must not be released as goodwill gestures or in exchange deals; they must remain in jail.”

Cohen reminded him that in the case of Nasat Karmi of Hamas, “his term in jail came to an end; there was nothing to do but release him.”  Swiri said, “That brings me to our other complaint. If jail was really jail for these terrorists, they would not want to return. But we give them everything they want, including a university education – so why should they not want to commit more terrorism? At worst, they know they’ll return to the country club we call jail…”

It has even reached the point, Swiri said, “where the mother of a terrorist who was about to be released from prison pleaded to let her son remain in jail a little longer so that he could complete his education without paying. What have we come to?!”

There are various options by which to pressure the terrorists, Swiri said, “and not just a closure on Gaza. Prison conditions should be worsened for them… We should kidnap some of the top terrorists or their children, and then exchange a child for a child.”

Swiri blames the media for exerting pressure for a prisoner release “without thinking of what will happen the day after. They have not been the targets of terrorism, and that’s why they allow themselves to take that position. I asked some of them how would they respond if their own son would be murdered in the next attack; they had nothing to say, except that that I shouldn’t speak that way…”

Gruwelijke moordpartij nabij Hebron in Judea
Uit het nieuws 08-09-2010

Vier Israelische burgers zijn op 31 augustus 2010 door Palestijnse terroristen vanuit een hinderlaag met kogels doorzeefd nabij Kiryat Arba  http://newstopics.jpost.com/topic/Kiryat_Arba in de buurt van Hebron in Judea. De slachtoffers zijn Yitzhak Ames en zijn vrouw Tali, ouders van zes kinderen, Avishai Schindler en Kochava Even-Haim, moeder van een dochter en tevens in de negende maand van haar zwangerschap. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139486

Momy Ben-Haim, een vrijwilliger van ZAKA werd naar de plaats des onheils gestuurd en ontdekte tot zijn ontsteltenis zijn eigen vrouw Kochava onder de slachtoffers. http://www.zaka.org.il/index_e.php  “Wij zagen een huilende vrijwilliger die begon te schreeuwen: “Dat is mijn vrouw!” ”Dat is mijn vrouw!” aldus Isaac Bernstein een andere ZAKA vrijwilliger tegen de Jeruzalem Post. “Wij begrepen eerst niet wat er gebeurde- hij heeft zoveel verschrikkelijk aanslagen meegemaakt-  en hebben hem onmiddellijk van de plaats weggehaald”.

 Links Yitzhak en Tali Ames, laten hun zes kinderen achter. Rechts de dochter van Yitzak en Tali Ames tijdens de begrafenis van haar ouders.

De aanslag vond plaats op een weg waar de Israelische regering een controlepost had verwijderd na druk van Barack Hoessein Obama een aantal van deze posten te ontmantelen als daad van goede wil naar het Palestijnse bewind. Om aan deze eis tegemoet te komen heeft de Israelische regering in de loop van 2010, 19 van deze controleposten verwijderd waarvan de buurt van Hebron. Posten die door Israel zijn opgezet om Palestijnse zelfmoordenaars te verhinderen hun moordende werk in Israel te doen. Verschillende Israelische leiders hadden al gewaarschuwd dat ontmanteling van deze posten, het Palestijnse terroristen de ruimte zou geven de aanslagen op onschuldige Israelische burgers te hervatten. De Palestijnse Autoriteit beweert twee daders van de moordpartij te hebben opgepakt maar heeft daarvoor tot dusver geen enkel bewijs geleverd.  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139479

Palestijnen in Gaza vierden massaal feest na de moordpartij en liepen zwaaiend met Hamas vlaggen door de straten onder het schreeuwen van "victory" en deelden zoals gewoonlijk snoepjes uit.
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=21804 
http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001132.html

Volgens Hamas zijn alle Joden in ‘heel Palestina’ legitieme doelwitten. http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/ipc_e124.htm Hamas eiste op 2 september ook de verantwoordelijkheid op voor een tweede aanslag tegen Israelische burgers in de buurt van Jeruzalem en deed de belofte meer aanslagen te gaan uitvoeren.

Israelische troepen zijn na de aanslag in hebron onmiddellijk met het opsporen van de moordenaars begonnen en hebben de Joodse bewoners opgeroepen extra alert te zijn omdat er meer van dit soort aanslagen te verwachten zijn. Minister van Defensie Ehud Barak zei dat het Israelische leger en de veiligheidsdiensten er alles aan zullen doen de daders te pakken. “Israel zal niet toestaan dat deze terroristen vrijuit gaan evenals degenen die hen hebben gestuurd.” In juni 2010 werd op ongeveer dezelfde plek een officier van politie vermoord en raakten twee anderen gewond. http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=178459

Natuurlijk veroordeelde de Palestijnse ‘leider’ Mahmoud Abbas de aanslag, maar dat is niets anders dan theater. Tijdens de herdenking van de vijfde sterfdag van Jasser Arafat op 12 november 2009, citeerde  de Palestijnse krant Al-Hayat Al Jadida een uitspraak van Abbas: “Jasser Arafat was de aanvoerder van de strijd. Wij zullen onveranderd het pad van hem blijven volgen en verder werken aan de vervulling van zijn droom, de bevrijding van Palestina en deze moeilijke taak volbrengen, ook als dat met bloed, zweet en tranen gepaard moet gaan. Arafats strijdlustigheid van weleer, bepaalt nog steeds de route die we moedig zullen volgen. We maken daarbij gebruik van gewapende strijd en politiek. Onze geweren worden niet door rovers bediend, maar door mensen die hun politieke plichten kennen. Wij hebben invloed op de wereld gehad, en de wereld zal ons helpen met suggesties voor bevrijding en politieke omwentelingen. We hebben daartoe uitstekende betrekkingen aangeknoopt met andere bevrijdingsmachten.’ Abbas was onder Arafat betrokken bij brutaal geweld, vliegtuigkapingen, haatonderwijs en onder zijn leiding worden net als onder Arafat zelfmoordenaars verheerlijkt, is de corruptie onveranderd en worden de mensenrechten met voeten getreden.

De grote Palestijnse leider Mahmoud Abbas met zijn broeder in het kwaad, Jasser Arafat

Abbas’ideeën wijken nauwelijks af van die van Arafat. Zo blijkt hij totaal niet van plan het PLO handvest te wijzigen waarin onverkort wordt opgeroepen tot vernietiging van de staat Israel. Na zijn verkiezingsoverwinning eind 2004, zei hij voor een enthousiaste en luid schreeuwende menigte:  “de kleine Jihad (heilige oorlog) is voorbij, wij gaan nu aan de grote Jihad beginnen” De menigte respondeerde met “Een miljoen martelaren zullen opmarcheren naar Jeruzalem”.  Op 30 december 2004 verscheen hij in de terreurstad Jenin op de schouders van terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi. Sprekend voor zo’n 1000 aanhangers, zei hij: “Mensen die joden vermoorden, zijn geen criminelen noch moordenaar. Zij vechten voor een fatsoenlijk leven van hun ‘Palestijnse’ broeders. Wij zullen jou droom (daarmee doelend op Arafat) waarmaken en ervoor zorgen dat de ‘Palestijnse’ vlag zal wapperen op de muren van Jeruzalem, de hoofdstad van ons onafhankelijk Palestina”.

Abbas heeft mede het platvorm geschapen voor rekrutering en training van terroristen voor moordaanslagen op onschuldige Israelische burgers. Hij eert niet alleen de terroristen uitvoerig maar ook de ouders.  http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=2982  In december 2005 nam het bewind een nieuwe wet aan waarin financiële hulp werd toegezegd aan Palestijnse families waarvan leden zijn omgekomen tijdens een terreurdaad tegen Israelische burgers. De opdracht werd door Abbas ondertekend op de dag dat een zelfmoordenaar zich opblies in Netanya. De families ontvangen 250 dollar per maand en moordenaars die Joden op beestachtige manier hebben vermoord, worden daarnaast als nationale helden verheerlijkt.

Eind augustus 2010 werden de Israelische premier Benjamin Netanyahu en Mahmoud Abbas  http://www.franklinterhorst.nl/Dossier%20Mahmoed%20Abbas.htm  door Barack Hoessein Obama aan de onderhandelingstafel gedwongen om een nieuwe ronde van vredesonderhandelingen te beginnen. 

Schertsonderhandelingen in Washington

Wanneer Israel en het PA/PLO bewind er niet in slagen binnen een jaar een overeenkomst te sluiten, dan wil de ‘grote koning’ in Washington het plan van de VN ondersteunen om eenzijdig een Palestijnse staat te erkennen. Het was Obama die van Israel eiste onmiddellijk te stoppen met de bouw van woningen in Oost Jeruzalem, Samaria en Judea als basis voor de onderhandelingen. Onder intense druk heeft Netanyahu de woningbouw voor een periode van tien maanden stilgelegd. Een moratorium dat eindigt eind september 2010. Volgens Abbas zal geen enkele Israelische burger voet mogen zetten in een toekomstige Palestijnse staat. “Ik zal nooit één enkele Israelier toestaan om onder ons op Palestijns land te leven”. Dat betekent dat heel Samaria en Judea “Judenrein” gemaakt zal moeten worden.  “Dit land is niet van jullie! De settlers zitten op land dat niet van hen is. Ik zeg tegen ze, dit is niet jullie land en dat weten jullie. De settelments zijn illegaal en moeten worden opgeruimd.”Hij riep de Joodse bewoners in Samaria en Judea op hun boeltje bij elkaar te pakken en te verdwijnen. Hij zei na de besprekingen in Washington niet bereid te zijn ook maar enige concessie aan Israel te doen.  http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=187364

De ervaring heeft geleerd dat het Palestijnse bewind tot dusver nooit serieus met Israel over vrede heeft willen onderhandelen. Palestijnse schoolkinderen worden continu geïndoctrineerd met haat tegen Israel. Dit opruien is allemaal terug te vinden in de schoolboeken in moskeeën en in de PA-media. In de schoolboeken worden terroristen die Israelisch hebben vermoord als 'martelaren' aangeduid. Deze haatprediking vind allemaal plaats onder toeziend oog van de Verenigde Staten, Europese Unie en de Verenigde Naties, en niemand voelt zich geroepen het bewind hiervoor ter verantwoording te roepen. Integendeel! Ze accepteren het PA/PLO bewind als een legitieme speler op het toneel van het Midden-Oosten en negeren daarmee het feit dat de Palestijnse leiders continu aanzetten tot vijandschap en haat tegen Israel.

Ze blijven Abbas en consorten met miljoenen dollars ondersteunen en de Amerikaanse Luitenant-generaal Keith Dayton is druk bezig de Palestijnse ‘veiligheidsdiensten’ te hervormen. De Verenigde Staten en ook Europa hebben inmiddels honderden miljoenen dollars is deze trainingen gestopt. Het hele programma zal 1,3 miljard dollar gaan kosten. Dayton heeft sinds januari 2008 in onder meer Jericho, al ruim 3000 speciale troepen opgeleid en gedetacheerd in Jenin, Bethlehem, Hebron en Sichem (Nablus). In totaal zullen er ca 4700 man worden opgeleid.  Volgens de Amerikanen moeten deze troepen de terreur bestrijden van de rivaliserende Hamas beweging,  en zich bezig moeten houden met het oppakken en ontwapenen van andere terroristen. Maar daar is tot dusver niets van te zien geweest behoudens een paar scherts arrestaties om de buitenwereld te misleiden.

Tijdens de 2^de Intifada kreeg Israel te maken met door de Amerikanen getrainde ‘veiligheidstroepen’ die in de negentiger jaren in opdracht van  Bill Clinton in Amerika waren opgeleid. Deze zogenoemde 'Preventive Security Forces' waren verantwoordelijk  voor diverse terreuracties tegen voornamelijk Israelische burgerdoelen. Abu Yusef een officier van de Palestijnse Force 17, zei het zo: “De operaties van de Palestijnse verzetsgroepen waarbij sinds het jaar 2000, 1000 Israëli’s zijn omgebracht, hadden zonder opleidingen van de Amerikanen nooit zo succesvol kunnen verlopen”. De zogenoemde “Dayton troepen” hebben  openlijk gedreigd hun wapens opnieuw tegen Israel te zullen gebruiken bij een volgend conflict. PA/PLO maj.Gen. Diab el-Ali zei in een interview dat zijn troepen in staat moeten zijn ‘het volk bescherming te bieden voor ieder gevaar dat hen bedreigd’. ‘Wij zijn er niet alleen maar om Hamas te bestrijden.’ De Dayton troepen doen er niet geheimzinnig over wat ze met het geleerde in de trainingen van plan zijn.  ‘Wij hebben nu speciale sluipschutter eenheden. We hebben geleerd hoe gebouwen te omsingelen en te bestormen. We zullen alle technieken die wij van de Amerikanen hebben geleerd, tegen Israel gebruiken, aldus ene Yousuf. Het was de journalist verboden  de namen van de geïnterviewden en de plaats van het interview te noemen. http://www.israelunitycoalition.org/news/?p=4644  Obama wuift Israels bezorgdheid weg onder het mom dat Abbas een sterke politiemacht moet hebben als straks de Palestijnse staat eenmaal een feit is. Om officier in Abbas’ ‘veiligheidsdiensten’te kunnen worden is een reputatie als moordenaar van onschuldige Israelische burgers en anderen, een pluspunt.

 Uit een laatste peiling op 28 augustus 2010 blijkt dat 80% van de Palestijnen tegenstander zijn van een “twee staten oplossing”. Men vindt dat het hele grondgebied tussen de rivier de Jordaan en de Middellandse Zee, onderdeel moet worden van hun toekomstige Palestijnse thuisland.  http://www.worldjewishdaily.com/newpoll.php

De hele wereld heeft weer kunnen zien dat op het moment dat Israel bereid is tot onderhandelingen, de Palestijnse terroristen weer toeslaan. De aanslag in Hebron had direct te maken met de door Obama geëiste onderhandelingen. Het bloed van de slachtoffers is weer goedkoop.

Israel Prepares for Holiday Season, Remembers Tragedies of Past
Yom Kippur War Marks 37th Anniversary of War

6 september 2010, The Israel Project Jews in Israel and around the world are preparing for the upcoming High Holy days, which begin Wednesday night (Sept. 8) with the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah and culminate at the beginning of October. In Israel, it is a time for celebration but also a time to reflect on attacks that terrorists have carried out in the past to coincide with the holidays.

Jewish High Holy Days:

Rosh Hashanah, evening of Sept. 8th, 2010 (Wednesday) to Sept. 10th, 2010 (Friday);
Yom Kippur, evening of Sept. 17th, 2010 (Friday) to Sept. 18th, 2010 (Saturday);
Sukkoth, evening of Sept. 22nd, 2010 (Wednesday) to Sept. 29th, 2010 (Wednesday);
Shemini Atzeret (also Simhat Torah in Israel), Sept. 30th, 2010 (Thursday);
Simhat Torah (outside of Israel), Oct. 1st, 2010 (Friday).[1]
Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Jewish calendar and is celebrated with long blasts of the shofar (ram's horn) in synagogues as well as family gatherings. Businesses are closed in Israel.

While holidays are a joyful occasion, Israel also recalls previous terrorist attacks that occurred during festivals and must maintain security measures to defend itself.

Terror and Jewish Holidays:

Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Jews fast for 25 hours and spend much of the day praying. In Israel, Yom Kippur is a national holiday and many activities are suspended, including TV and radio broadcasts and public transportation. Some roads are closed, as are entertainment venues.[2]

On Yom Kippur in 1973, Israel was attacked[4] by surrounding Arab armies as many Israelis were in synagogues fasting and praying;

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On March 4, 1996, during Purim, a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up outside the busy Dizengoff Center shopping mall in Tel Aviv. Thirteen people were killed and many were injured. Many of the victims were children dressed up to celebrate the spring festivities. [5]

On March 27, 2002 22 people were killed and 140 injured - 20 seriously - in a suicide bombing at the Park Hotel in the coastal city of Netanya, in the midst of the Passover holiday seder with 250 guests;[6]

On April 17, 2006, during Passover, nine people were killed and at least 40 wounded in a suicide bombing near the old central bus station in Tel Aviv. The blast ripped through Falafel Rosh Ha'ir, the same restaurant that was hit by an attack on January 19.

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Sukkoth, also known as the harvest festival, comes five days after Yom Kippur and lasts for a week. Booths are erected all around Israel to symbolize the tents that Jews lived in after their exodus from Egypt. Schools are typically closed and most Israelis take advantage of the break for leisure activities.

In Israel, Shemini Atzeret and Simhat Torah are combined into one holiday and are observed when Sukkoth ends. It is a joyous time during which Jews recite the final and beginning chapters of the Torah (bible) as they renew its yearly reading cycle.[3]

On Sept. 23, 2002, a man was killed and his three sons were injured by Palestinian gunmen while they were celebrating the Sukkoth festival near Hebron;[7]

On Sept. 26, 2003, a 27-year-old man and a 7-month old infant were shot dead by a Palestinian terrorist who knocked on the door of a home in Negohot, south of Hebron, during a celebratory Rosh Hashanah dinner;

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[1] "Jewish Holiday Listing for 2010," Chabad Web site, accessed Aug. 25, 2010, http://www.chabad.org/calendar/holidays_cdo/aid/672022/jewish/2010-Holidays.htm

[2] "Jewish Festivals and Days of Remembrance in Israel," Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs Web site, http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/People/Jewish+Festivals+in+Israel.htm, accessed Aug. 25, 2007

[4] "1973: Arab states attack Israeli forces," BBC.co.uk, accessed Sept. 19, 2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/6/newsid_2514000/2514317.stm

[5] The Dizengoff Memorial Quilt Web site, accessed Aug. 26, 2010, http://www.geocities.com/dizquilt/index.html

[6] "Major Terror Attacks in Israel," Anti-Defamation League Web site, accessed Aug. 25, 2010, http://www.adl.org/israel/israel_attacks.asp

[7] Dudkevitch, Margot, "Father killed, 3 sons wounded in Hebron attack," Casualties of War, Sept. 24, 2002, http://info.jpost.com/C002/Supplements/CasualtiesOfWar/2002_09_24.html



Second Terror Attack on Highway 60, two Jews Shot
by Chana Ya'ar and Elad Benari
Sep 2 '10, Elul 23, 5770

2nd Terror Attack Near JerusalemPalestinian Authority terrorist groups are scrambling to claim credit for a second attack that left a Jewish man and woman, both in their 30s, wounded on a road north of Jerusalem late Wednesday night.

Rabbi Moshe and Shira Moreno, residents of the Jordan Rift Valley, were treated on the scene by Magen David Adom medics before being rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem. Moreno was moderately wounded, and suffered leg injuries; his wife sustained lighter wounds as a result of the vehicle overturning.

Terrorists peppered their car with bullets in a drive-by shooting on Route 60 between the Rimonim Junction and the Jewish community of Kochav HaShachar in the Binyamin region of Samaria, just about 15 minutes north of the capital, at about 11:00 p.m. The vehicle overturned, tumbled down an incline and landed in a ditch.

Rabbi Moreno, who teaches at the Maale Efraim pre-military academy, is the brother of the late Lt.-Col. Emanuel Moreno, who fell in battle during the 2006 Lebanon War while serving in one of the IDF’s most elite units, Sayeret Matkal, on a mission near B’albek. The details of that mission were so secret that due to the constraints of national security, to this day a photo of the deceased has not been published as is customary when a soldier falls in battle. Emanuel Moreno was survived by his wife, Maya and three children. All four of his brothers, including Moshe, served in elite IDF units.

Fatah Renegades, Hamas Compete for Credit

A Fatah cell calling itself the Al-Namir cells of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack in a call late Wednesday night to the offices of WorldNetDaily. The group issued a statement promising the attack was “part of a series of more attacks to come.”

According to journalist Aaron Klein, highly placed sources in both Fatah and its affiliate group, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Al-Namir is a renegade Fatah group that opposes the opening of talks with Israel.

The sources denied the group was coordinating its movements with the political leadership of Fatah and the PA, adding that it had planned and carried out Wednesday night’s attack with Hamas and the Islamic Jihad terror group.

By Thursday morning, Hamas had also claimed responsibility for the attack.

Netanyahu: 'Peace Begins with Leaders'

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who is currently in Washington, was updated on the terror attack as he was making his way from the White House back to his hotel.

Both Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack. Speaking during a special dinner in Washington to mark the end of the Ramadan fast day, Abbas said: "We do not want bloodshed on the Israeli side. We want the two peoples to live an ordinary life with real peace."

Netanyahu also condemned the attack and said to Abbas: "You are my partner for peace. Peace begins with leaders."

This attack comes just over 24 hours after Tuesday's terror attack near Kiryat Arba, in which four people were killed, including parents of six children.

MK Dr. Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) responded to Wednesday's attack and said: "Netanyahu is behaving like a UFO and not like a Prime Minister. The country is burning, the roads have become terror stricken, and Netanyahu is playing games in the United States. Netanyahu speaks of peace but brings terrorism upon us."

MK Prof. Aryeh Eldad (National Union) blamed Defense Minister Ehud Barak for the attack: "The Defense Minister is responsible for the safety of the residents, and despite our repeated warnings he decided to abandon the lives of Jews and remove the checkpoints.

"This lawlessness is what allows murderers to move freely and we will claim their blood from Ehud Barak," added Eldad. "The Defense Minister should resign or be fired since he has proven to be a complete failure and that he exercises bad judgment."

Nachi Eyal, General Manager of the Legal Forum for the Land of Israel, said in response to the terror attack that the barriers in the region should be returned.

"We've warned in the past and even appealed to the High Court against dismantling the checkpoint in the area," said Eyal. "The political echelon, the IDF commanders, and the High Court justices refused to adhere to our request and now it turns out that we were right. Are more deaths and injuries required in order to understand that the checkpoint must be returned?"


Shooting victims buried
by Maayana Miskin
Published: 09/01/10, 5:48 PM / Last Update: 09/01/10

The victims of the Tuesday night terrorist attack near Hevron – Yitzchak Imas, his wife Talia Imas, Kokhava Even-Chaim, and Avishai Shindler – were buried Wednesday. The funeral procession began in Beit Chagai. As the town does not have its own cemetery, the burials were conducted in various cities around Israel.

Yitzchak and Talia Imas, parents of six children, were buried in the Mount of Olives (Har Hazeitim) cemetery in Jerusalem.

Their daughter Rut eulogized them, saying, “For 19 years you raised me... G-d, thank you for giving me wonderful parents.” She recalled their 25th wedding anniversary just two weeks earlier, “You promised you would reach your golden anniversary as well.”

“Mother, I promise to look over our family, to keep doing the things that were important to you, and to keep the family together,” she added. “I'll be there for the little ones, who will grow up with no mother or father.”

Kokhava Even-Chaim was buried in Ashdod. Her husband Momi spoke at her funeral. “I can't believe that I'm reading a goodbye letter to you, my wife, my beloved,

the mother of our family. I've been to so many funerals, I want you to stay here with us.”

He spoke of the terrorists who murdered Kokhava and three others, saying, “Evil cowards, who harm innocent civilians... Only wicked people could call that war.”

Speaking to his wife, he said, “We are not the ones accompanying you. You are accompanied by the angels you created by the learning of a daily page of Gemara, by saying Tehillim [Psalms] - just in the past two weeks you finished the book of Psalms 22 times – and by the angels you created by guarding your speech. Few people know that you led a group of women committed to avoiding speaking ill of others.”

Ten-year-old Hodaya, Kokhava's daughter, spoke at the funeral as well. “You always took care of me. When something happened to me, you would leave everything and come. You taught me to be righteous. I want you to come back to me.”

Avishai's uncle spoke at his funeral in Petach Tikva, “G-d wanted you close to Him, closer than any of us. We also wanted you close, but the one true Judge had different plans.” He recalled his nephew's kindness, calm disposition and humility.

Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin joined the mourners in Beit Chagai. “Terrorists see no 'green line,'” he said, referring to the 1949 armistice line which devides Judea and Samaria from the rest of Israel.

“Now, while our dead still lie before us, is not the time for national soul-searching,” he continued. “All I will say to you, Yitzchak, Talia, Kokhi and Avishai, is that you shall find comfort in the building of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel.”

Education Minister Gidon Saar spoke as well. “The tears we shed today are not only in our eyes; the heart weeps as well. The entire nation mourns, there is great pain over the tragedy that occurred last night. What cruelty, what murderous inhumanity, that turns on innocent civilians, on the mothers and fathers of children, including Kokhava – may G-d avenge her blood – who leaves behind a husband, a daughter and parents.”

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139443

Hebron, foto's begrafenis slachtoffer schietpartij


Is dit de prijs die betaald moet worden voor de vrede ? De Hamas laat zich hier wel behoorlijk in de kaart kijken op deze manier.  Als je dit soort dingen uithaalt, laat je toch wel duidelijk je ware gezicht zien!


Series of Miracles Saves Terror Attack Target
by Hillel Fendel
September  2, 2010, Elul 23, 5770

Rabbi Moshe Moreno, who was shot Wednesday night in the second Palestinian terrorist roadside attack in as many nights, says he is only now realizing the magnitude of the miracles that befell him.

From his hospital bed in Hadassah Hospital where the bullet wound to his leg is being treated, he spoke with Arutz-7’s Uzi Baruch on Thursday morning and said, “I’m not sure if I’m 37 years old – or one day old, after what happened to me last night. So I figure I’m somewhere in between, a youth of about 18 and a half… Only now that I am out of it, I can recount about ten miracles that happened to us in the space of about five minutes, with praise and thanks to G-d.”

Rabbi Moreno teaches at the pre-military yeshiva academy in Maaleh Ephraim, on the western edge of the Jordan Valley. He is the younger brother of one of the most famous casualties of the 2nd Lebanon War of 2006, Lt.-Col. Emanuel Moreno, who was known for his leadership skills, bravery, all-around soldiering, spirituality, and meticulous adherence to religious values.

“My wife and I were traveling back from Jerusalem to Maaleh Ephraim," Rabbi Moreno recounted. "We passed by the trempiada [where Yesha residents wait for rides] at French Hill, where we often pick people up and drop them off at Kokhav HaShachar [about two miles out of the way – ed.]. Luckily, as it turned out, there was no one there, nor at the next “stop,” at Hizme. After the turnoff to Rimonim, a car 'settled' in back of me with his brights on; I tried to signal him in various ways to lower them, or to pass me, but he kept on playing with me, until I finally just gave up. But I didn’t suspect anything."

“Suddenly, around the curve between Rimonim and Kokhav HaShachar, he overtook me and began firing at me, from point-blank range essentially. It was an unbelievable miracle that he did not hit us, except for one bullet in my leg; my wife was not hit at all. The police told me later that there were nine bullet holes in my door, and only one hit me. What are the chances that a man standing next to you as he passes by you in a car and firing a Kalachnikov rifle in automatic will not hit you – one in a billion? One in two billion? … An amazing miracle. But there has to be some accounting as to who gave them these guns [towards the beginning of the Oslo process].

“I veered the car towards the right, and G-d enabled me to regain control: I opened the door, got my wife and myself out of our seat belts and out of the car and we rolled ourselves down and away from the road. Another miracle is that my wife just ‘happened’ to be holding her cell phone in her hand, and also that it was a Pelephone and not Orange [cellular companies in Israel]; just 2-3 months ago we switched it, as there is no reception for Orange in that area. We found ourselves behind a big boulder, and I phoned a friend of mine in the area to call the army… I panicked for a moment and started to yell, but another miracle was that the terrorists or other Arabs were not there to hear me… This was a series of miracles that only now am I beginning to grasp.”

Rabbi Moreno made his own personal accounting as well: “I am not sure in what merit G-d chose to save my life. I have a few ideas: It could be some form of merits of my forefathers, or perhaps because at that very minute, my mother was reciting Psalms for two hours straight… Or it could be because of a special kindness that I did for someone in our town just the day before… I’m not sure, but the bottom line is that I have received my life anew, as a gift.”

In related news, the car from which the fatal shots were fired at the Beit Haggai victims on Tuesday evening was found by the Palestinian Authority security forces… Gershon Mesika, head of the Shomron Regional Council, has called on his fellow regional council heads to boycott the Rosh HaShanah toast called by Defense Minister Ehud Barak. “Jews are murdered as a result of his policies, and he goes out to celebrate,” Mesika said.


Terrorist Attack Kills Four Israelis but Will Not Derail Peace Talks
1 september 2010, Elul 22, 5770

A terrorist attack that killed four Israeli civilians including a pregnant woman on Tuesday (Aug. 31) will not sabotage this week’s direct peace negotiations in Washington, Israeli Embassy spokesman Jonathan Peled said.

In a telephone conference call for The Israel Project, Peled said the attack near the West Bank city of Kiryat Arba was deliberately intended to sabotage the talks, which will convene at the U.S. State Department on Thursday after a 20-month delay.

“It (the attack) impacts, but it shouldn’t derail the talks that are coming to fruition this week,” Peled said. “This terror act is a clear sign of the imperative need for us to ensure that if Israel’s security needs are not addressed, it’s going to be very, very difficult to begin making concessions in the West Bank.”

“The timing of this is deliberate to try and derail the Palestinians and all those who seek peace in the region from coming and sitting down at the table with Israel,” he said.

Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, congratulated the attackers saying the attack was a normal reaction to what he called "the crime of occupation." Hamas, which controls Gaza, opposes direct talks and the continued existence of Israel.

The attack appeared to be carefully planned. The gunmen opened fire on the car at short range, leaving the vehicle riddled with bullet holes and killing all its occupants. Israeli security forces launched a hunt for the perpetrators.

Peled said Iran and its Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah proxies were intent on sabotaging the peace process but Israel was ready, on coming to the table, to make “painful concessions” for a secure peace. He said 70 percent of the Israeli public supported such concessions, including withdrawing from parts of the West Bank so that a Palestinian state could be established.

The attack took place shortly before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington. He and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will meet separately at the White House with President Barack Obama on Wednesday before Thursday’s direct talks.

Peled said the main goal of the meeting, which Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan’s King Abdullah also will attend, is to set up a timetable for further face-to-face negotiations in the region.

Beeldmateriaal over deze moordaanslag:
http://www.hebron.com/english/gallery.php?id=363

Nederlands artikel:
http://brabosh.com/2010/09/01/vredesgesprekken-gaan-beginnen-hamas-is-tegen-en-vermoordt-uit-protest-4-israeliers/

Experts Available for Comment for Israeli-Palestinian Direct Peace Talks
http://www.theisraelproject.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=hsJPK0PIJpH&b=689705&ct=8624037

Main Negotiation Points between Israel and the Palestinian Authority for Sept. 2
Meeting in Washington
http://www.theisraelproject.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=hsJPK0PIJpH&b=689705&ct=8627031


Jews, Arabs Work Together to Save Hevron's Olive Trees
by Maayana Miskin
July 12, 2010, Av 1, 5770

Jews, Arabs Save Trees in HevronResidents of the Hevron area are concluding a weeks-long battle to save ancient olive trees next to the city. The project brought together Jews and Arabs from Hevron.

The ancient trees of Tel Hevron – some of them up to 2,000 years old – were endangered by a parasitic plant known as divkon hazayit. The plant was first discovered growing on the trees last year, and quickly multiplied, threatening to devastate the area.

The danger was spotted by Noam Arnon, spokesman for Hevron's Jewish community, who noticed the invasive species taking root while hiking through the area. He contacted the Ministry of Agriculture and the IDF Civil Administration to warn them.

Ministry of Agriculture workers were sent to the region and confirmed that without treatment, many trees could die. They created a plan of action to save the trees.

Over the course of several weeks, volunteers from both the Jewish and Arab communities of Hevron went from tree to tree and pruned off the invasive species. Olive tree branches found to be infected were cut off and burnt.

Some trees were so badly infected that they were cut down completely, leaving only a stump. However, olive trees are known for their ability to regrow, and experts say even those trees left with no branches at all will eventually flourish.

While the media often prefers to focus on Jewish-Arab tensions in Hevron, there is not insignificant Jewish-Arab cooperation in the city as well. In 2005, Arabs and Jews united in order to expel extreme-left foreign activists from the city. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/93549 In 2008 an Arab sheikh prevented left-wing anarchists from destroying the Hazon David synagogue; Arab and Jewish leaders later sat down together in an attempt to create friendly Muslim-Jewish ties. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125215

In April, local Jews and Arabs worked together to restore an archaeological site in Tel Hevron. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/136955


Reactions to Attacks: "Removing Checkpoints Brings Terrorism"
by Hillel Fendel
June 14, 2010, Tammuz 2, 5770

'Checkpoint Removal = Terrorism'The two terror attacks of last night and this morning have brought on a wave of reactions, most blaming the government for having removed security checkpoints.

One policemen has died - one is listed as seriously wounded - after being shot south of Hevron last night, and a physically handicapped man was thrown from his car and treated in a hospital in the Shomron (Samaria). The terrorists in both incidents are assumed to have traveled unhindered through recently-removed checkpoints.

The Land of Israel Knesset lobby, headed by MKs Ze’ev Elkin and Aryeh Eldad, released this statement: “Our lobby warned that the easing of restrictions for the Palestinians would lead to increased terrorism. The lobby calls once again to refrain from making gestures that harm security. We will act to have a Knesset debate and decision that will place the preservation of life and security for Israelis above the demand for gestures to the PA residents and improvements in their ‘fabric of life.’”

The town of Otniel, in the South Mt. Hevron region where the shooting attack took place, released this statement: “Those who opened, just less than a month ago, the Dahariya checkpoint, with the knowledge that the place would become a refuge for murderers, cannot now lift his eyes heavenward and say, “Our hands did not spill this blood.’ [a Biblical term, ed.] Just a few years ago on this very route there were several attacks, but once the Dahariya route was blocked, we saw a drastic drop in such attacks. Once again, we see that ‘goodwill gestures’ to the Palestinian Authority cost us in blood.”

MK Michael Ben-Ari (National Union): “The handwriting had been written on the wall in blood. Opening the checkpoints and crossings encourages terrorism and gives terrorists a free hand.”

MK Uri Ariel (National Union): “As we warned, opening the security checkpoints leads to terrorist attacks. Our security policy has to change to become one that puts the citizens’ safety in the center.”

Women in Green/Judea Action Committees: “Every cave-in brings terrorism: When we left Gaza, we got Hamas. When we fight terrorists with paintball guns, the world arises against us… When we take away checkpoints, the Arabs benefit and the Jews pay with their lives, when we forbid Jews to build and expand, the Arabs take over the land, and when we abandon the Adurayim Base in South Mt. Hevron, the Arabs understand that the way is clear to get rid of the Jews… We call to return to a strong stand for our natural rights to the Land of Israel, and to start acting like a sovereign in his own land. The government and the man at its helm must draw strength from the People of Israel, which exhibits strength and patriotism.”

Tzviki Bar-Chai, Chairman of the South Mt. Hevron Regional Council: “The three policemen who were wounded in the attack this morning are victims of [Defense Minister Ehud] Barak and Bibi [Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu]’s policies of removing checkpoints. It’s time for our political leadership to understand what everyone has already understood long ago, and that is that good-will gestures and removing checkpoints simply increase terrorism and destabilize our security.”



Police Officer Killed in Morning Terrorist Attack
by Maayana Miskin
June 14, 2010, Tammuz 2, 5770

Officer Killed in Terror AttackDoctors at the receiving hospital have reported [11:45 AM] that one of the police officers who was seriously wounded in a terrorist ambush early on Monday morning has died of his wounds. Another of the police officers is seriously wounded and a third suffered light wounds.

The slain officer has been identified as Yehoshua "Shuki" Sofer of Be'er Sheva. Sofer, 39, had served in the Hevron region for 14 years. His funeral will take place at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the Be'er Sheva cemetery.

The victims were taken to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva and Hadassah Ein Karem in Jerusalem. The attack was directed against a police vehicle on Monday morning along Route 60, south of Hevron.

Residents of the area noted that the IDF had removed a major checkpoint in the area just three weeks earlier. The checkpoint, the Dahariya crossing, was located roughly three kilometers from the site of attack.

Another Attack Near Removed Crossing

On Sunday night, a resident of the Samaria town of Alei Zahav was ambushed and brutally attacked by PA Arabs while driving near the town of Nachal Shilo.

The victim, who is physically handicapped, noticed a car with police lights signaling him to stop. When he pulled over, PA Arab men dragged him from his car, beat him, and stole his vehicle, leaving him at the side of the road. The victim was taken to a hospital in light condition.

Members of the Samaria Regional Council noted that in order to reach the site of the attack, the attackers had passed by what used to be an IDF checkpoint. The checkpoint was recently removed as a gesture to the PA.

On Friday, a Palestinian Authority terrorist rammed into two Border Police officers with his car in the Wadi Joz neighborhood of Jerusalem. Both officers suffered light wounds. The driver was shot and killed by other officers as he attempted to escape. Police spokesmen said officers had attempted to stop him by firing in the air, but began aiming directly at him when he ignored their warnings.

His family managed to steal his body from the hospital, and apparently planned to bury it near the Al-Aksa mosque on the Temple Mount.

Also on Friday, a woman and her three children were ambushed by a rock-throwing mob in the same area; she slammed on the gas and escaped, after being hit in the head by one of the rocks. She received stitches in Hadassah Hospital.



Response to Terror Attack: Jews Return to Abandoned IDF Base
by Hillel Fendel and Yoni Kempinski
June 15, 2010, Tammuz 3, 5770

The classic Zionist response to a terrorist attack has been implemented once again, in the abandoned Adurayim army base south of Hevron.

Just hours after Monday morning's murderous terrorist shooting in which policeman Yehoshua Sofer of Be'er Sheva was killed http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/138047 and three other policemen were wounded, dozens of Jews from Gush Etzion, Kiryat Arba/Hevron, the South Mt. Hevron communities and Meitar gathered in Adorayim, a base abandoned by the IDF just two months ago.

The initiative was organized by the Judea Action Committees, Women for Israel's Tomorrow (Women in Green), and the Committee for a Jewish Shdema.

The Adorayim army base is located in the southern Hevron Hills, between Beit Haggai and Otniel, a few hundred meters from the fatal shooting.

The activists who gathered there said they were determined to restore a Jewish presence in Adurayim, just as they did in Shdema, which was similarly abandoned several years ago and now features a permanent Jewish presence. They said their motto is: "Instead of withdrawal, settlement!"

The pioneering activists held afternoon Mincha prayers at what used to be the base's synagogue but was destroyed by the Arabs following the IDF's departure. Leaders of the effort said they would return on Friday to begin cleaning and rebuilding the site, with the goal of restoring its permanent Jewish presence, and they called upon the public to join them.

The activists called upon Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to "draw strength from the People of Israel, who have shown high morals, strength of character, determination and patriotism."

Dit waren de kogelgaten in de veiligheidswal die neergezet was om veilig naar het graf van Isaï en Ruth te kunnen lopen.

Veiligheidsmuur naar graf Isai en Ruth



Bovenstaande foto is het graf van Isaï en Ruth. Hebron was de stad van David en is hiermee altijd in joodse handen geweest!



De reden van deze wal is omdat achter deze wal de nieuwe stad ligt en vanaf deze stad wordt het Joods kwartier (slechts één straatje groot) regelmatig beschoten.



De wachttoren die vaak een 'noodzakelijk kwaad' blijkt te zijn.... Dat blijkt maar weer nu de IDF zijn militaire (strategische) controlepost heeft weggehaald. Dit waren gewone jongens met een vader en een moeder, broers en zussen en ik vond ze ontzettend correct in hun handelswijze. Niets 'onaardigs of militairistisch aan'. Gewoon jonge jongens die hun dienstplicht vervulden.

Tegenstelling om veiligheid te waarborgen. De vogeltjes storen zich nergens aan....

Veiligheidsmaatregelen om te voorkomen dat er mensen door de bressen in de muur heen kruipen. Het vogeltje wat hier een nestje heeft gemaakt, laat zien dat het leven gewoon doorgaat.



Welcome to Mitzpe Shalhevet, in the old jewish headquarter of Hebron

In April 2001, Shalhevet Pass, a little girl of ten months old, was murdered by a Sniper - a Arab sniper. In respons, Jewish families came in and reëstablished the Jewish presence in the market buildings, which were renamed 'Mitzpe Shalvhevet'. The community consolidated itself steadly until the Arabs - the heirs of those who had slaughtered the Jews of Hebron in 1929 - petitioned the Israel High Court of Justice to expel the Jews from Hebron.

The structure known as the 'whole sale market' is part of the ancient Jewish quarters of Hebron and was aquired by the Jewish community centuries ago. In this place the Jewish community led full Jewish lives. The quarter had a residence, synagoges and more.

Monument Shalhevet

In the 1929-riots 67 jews were murdered, dozens more injured and the survivors were invicted.



Dit is het sportveldje van de kinderen uit de Joodse wijk (van maar één straatje lang, de rest is geannexeerd door de Oslo-akkoorden, terwijl Hebron een van herkomst puur Joodse stad is). Op de achtergrond ligt de nieuwe stad Hebron en vandaar zijn de kinderen heel gemakkelijk een schietschijf.

Na de annexatie zijn veel joodse bewoners uit hun huizen verdreven. Om toch recht te blijven houden op hun eigen grondgebied (waar ze nog steeds de hypotheek voor betalen, ook al wonen ze er niet meer !!) zijn deze mensen als 'settlers' in hun eigen dorp blijven wonen, middels containers. Hopende op betere tijden...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTe5AF_h96M
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/beit_hadassah.html http://www.hebron.com/english/



Voor altijd kind van Hebron
15 Januari 2008

Zijn herinneringen zijn er nog, zijn verhalen zijn levendig. Je zou niet denken dat Yitzchak Ben Hebron al 82 jaar is. Yitzchak was vier jaar toen de slachting van Hebron in 1929 plaatsvond, maar hij herinnert zich de rellen nog precies. De Joodse gemeenschap bestond uit ruim honderd families die vreedzaam samenleefden met de ongeveer 60.000 Arabieren in Hebron en de omliggende dorpen.

Maar die vrijdag, op 23 augustus, brak het geweld uit. Joden werden op straat in elkaar geslagen, ramen werden ingegooid en grote stenen werden de huizen binnengegooid. Op Sjabbatochtend, toen de mannen naar de synagoge waren, reden gewapende Arabieren het dorp binnen. Ze waren gewapend met ijzeren staven, messen en bijlen, reden door de straten en gingen de huizen binnen. Iedereen die ze tegenkwamen werd mishandeld en afgeslacht.

Het drama

De Arabieren dreven een grote groep mensen samen in de synagoge en sloten ze op. Yitchak herinnert zich dat hij zich op het dak van een gebouw verstopte. “Ik hoor nog steeds het angstige geschreeuw, het afschuwelijke jammeren van degenen die daar beneden zaten.”
Yitzchaks oudere zus was in een huis vlakbij. Het was er die bewuste Sjabbat extra druk omdat er een bruiloft werd gevierd. Er vond een brute moordpartij plaats. Yitzchaks zus kroop onder een bed, weg van het bloed dat overal stroomde. Op zoek naar een schuilplaats. Een baby die vlak naast haar werd neergegooid nam ze onder haar hoede. Zeventig mensen werden die dag vermoord. De lichamen werden in een gemeenschappelijk graf begraven. Alle studiehuizen met Thorarollen en heilige boeken werden in brand gestoken, alle huizen geplunderd.
Yitzchak en zijn zus overleefden het drama. Zij kunnen onmogelijk om de overeenkomsten heen tussen hun eigen zeventig jaar oude herinneringen en wat hun familie vandaag de dag meemaakt.

In 2002 woonde Yitzchaks dochter Shiri en haar gezin enkele kilometers buiten Hebron in Adorah. Die dag was het ook Sjabbat en de mannen waren naar de synagoge. Een terrorist drong het huis van Shiri binnen en opende het vuur. Yitzchaks kleindochter Danielle kwam daarbij om het leven. Haar gewonde moeder greep haar twee zonen, verschool zich onder het bed en alarmeerde de politie.
Yitzchak kent maar één Arabische familie die de bezittingen van de Joodse families tijdens de opstanden onaangeroerd liet. Deze familie beschermde de bezittingen van de Joodse gezinnen en gaf ze terug aan hun eigenaren. Vandaag de dag probeert Yitzchak met deze familie in contact te blijven, wat erg moeilijk is vanwege de gewelddadige situatie in Hebron.

Verhuizen

Na 1929 werden de Joden uit Hebron gezet. Sindsdien zijn Yitzchak en zijn familie vaak verhuisd. “Voordat de staat Israel was uitgeroepen was het een moeilijke tijd, maar ook een voorrecht om deel uit te maken van een volk dat wilde overleven.” Yitzchak legt dat uit. Destijds was hij lid van de Palmach, de militaire tak van de Hagana, de voorloper van het Israëlische leger, en lid van de Irgoen, een zionistische verzetsgroep. Hij was betrokken bij veel militaire operaties en werd diverse malen opgepakt op vijandelijk gebied. Het feit dat hij vloeiend Arabisch spreekt, heeft hem diverse malen uit zijn benarde omstandigheden bevrijd. In een hevig gevecht tijdens de Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog deed hij een belofte: “God, als U me laat leven, zal ik teruggaan naar Hebron.” Yitzchak weet dat Israëls strijd voor zijn bestaan nog steeds wordt bevochten, elke dag weer.

In 1968, na de Zesdaagse Oorlog, ging Yitzchak weer in Hebron wonen. Hij was de enige overlevende van het bloedbad van 1929 die terugkeerde. “Het was niet eenvoudig om met mijn herinneringen terug te gaan”. Hij liet met zijn terugkeer naar Hebron ook zijn achternaam veranderen in Ben Hebron, zoon van Hebron. Samen met zijn gezin en zeventien andere families ging hij wonen in het militaire blok. De omstandigheden waren moeilijk en gevaarlijk. “Maar ik heb zoveel meegemaakt tijdens de verdediging van mijn land, dat dit daarbij vergeleken niets voorstelde.” Enkele jaren later verhuist het gezin van Yitzchak naar een nieuw appartement dat was gebouwd in de wijk Kirjat Arba. Daar woont hij tot op de huidige dag. “Ik ben het eigendom van mijn geliefde volk van Israel. Ik behoor helemaal bij het land en het volk.”

Shira Schwartz is medewerkster van Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC).



Internationaal rumoer over Israëls heilige plaatsen
17-03-2010
Bron: F.t.H.

Tijdens een speciale zitting van de Israelische regering kondigde premier Benjamin Netanyahu aan het graf van de Aartsvaders in Hebron en het graf van Rachel nabij Bethlehem, tot nationaal erfgoed uit te roepen. Beide graven horen met zo’n 150 andere plaatsen al ruim 3500 jaar tot de heilige plaatsen van het volk van Israel. De actie van Netanyahu leverde echter een golf van wereldwijde verontwaardiging op. Velen ontkennen zelfs Israels connectie met deze aloude heilige plaatsen. In Hebron bevinden zich vele plaatsen die voor het jodendom van religieus en historisch belang zijn. Het is de plaats waar Abraham de spelonk van Machpela kocht van de Hethiet Efron voor 400 sikkelen (Genesis 23:8-16) om daar zijn vrouw Sara te begraven. Die transactie is tot in detail gedocumenteerd. De spelonk werd uiteindelijk het familiegraf van Abraham, Isaäk, Jakob en hun vrouwen Sara, Rebecca en Lea. Dat het graf in Hebron ook heilig is voor de Arabieren omdat ook zij afstammelingen van Abraham zijn, wordt door Israël volledig gerespecteerd. Bovendien geeft Israël alle religies de volledige vrijheid hun geloof uit te dragen op hun heilige plaatsen.

Machpela in Hebron

Hebron wordt door de Arabieren "El Khalil" genoemd en is één van de oudste steden ter wereld. De stad wordt in de Bijbel 68 keer genoemd. De oorspronkelijke naam van de stad is Kiryat Arba. Arba was de vader van de reuzen. Volgens het bijbelboek Deuteronomium (9:1-2) was het de woonplaats van de Enakieten. In de buurt van Hebron ligt de Esjkolvallei, waarvandaan de verspieders van Mozes de enorme druiventros op hun schouders meenamen. "het vloeit er werkelijk van melk en honing" zeiden ze na hun terugkeer. (Numeri 13:23-27). Hebron stond van oudsher bekend om de uiterst vruchtbare wijngaarden en de overvloedige oogst van allerhande fruit.

Naast het graf van de Aartsvaders zijn er ook de graven van bijvoorbeeld Otniel Ben Kenaz (de eerste Richter van Israel), van generaal Avner Ben Ner (een vertrouweling van de koningen Saul en David), en van Ruth en Jesse (respectievelijk de overgrootmoeder en de vader van koning David). Ook bevinden zich er restanten van het paleis van koning David. Mozes’ generaal en opvolger, Jozua ben Nun, wees Hebron toe aan Kaleb, leider van de stam Juda, die de stad en de omgeving ervan vervolgens veroverde. Na de dood van koning Saul ging David op Goddelijk bevel naar Hebron waar hij tot koning van Juda werd aangesteld en later in dezelfde stad werd gezalfd tot koning van geheel Israël.

Het huidige gebouw boven de spelonk van Machpela dateert uit de tijd van Herodus de Grote.Deze liet zo’n tweeduizend jaar geleden een enorme, prachtig vormgegeven muur rond het heiligdom optrekken. Volgens historici is dat imposante (nog steeds bestaande en grotendeels onbeschadigde) bouwwerk opgetrokken in dezelfde stijl als de ommuring van de door de Romeinen verwoeste Tweede Tempel in Jeruzalem.

In 1997 zag Israel zich onder druk van de voormalige Amerikaanse president Bill Clinton genoodzaakt Hebron aan het terreurregiem van Jasser Arafat over te dragen als onderdeel van de Oslo-akkoorden. Deze overdracht is op 15 januari 1997 vastgelegd in de "Note for the Record" het zogeheten Hebron protocol. Wat betreft het Graf van Rachel is het Palestijnse regiem in 1995 tijdens het Oslo II verdrag volledig akkoord gegaan met Israels binding met dit graf. Dat staat allemaal keurig in Article V, Annex I van de overeenkomst. Het Palestijnse regiem weet dat natuurlijk drommels goed, en speculeren er op dat de dromers in Brussel en Washington daar geen benul van hebben. Het droevige feit is ook dat historische waarheden er niet meer toe doen in deze wereld. Het enige wat telt is Israel schofferen. Ook de Obama administratie vierde het haatfeest weer mee. De woordvoerder van het Amerikaanse State Department, Mark Toner sprak zelfs van een “provocatie” die niet bijdraagt tot het opnieuw aan de onderhandelingstafel brengen van de beide partijen. Het eerste jaar van Barack Barry Soetoero Hoessein Obama regeerperiode stond sowieso al in het teken van het bekritiseren van Israel en het opleggen van dwangmaatregelen. Bijbelkenners weten dat dit vragen is om moeilijkheden. En wanneer Obama op deze voet verder gaat zal dat desastreuze gevolgen hebben. Israels reactie was dat door Washington’s bemoeienis met allerlei interne Israelische aangelegenheden, en het constant bekritiseren van de Joodse staat, Obama het Palestijns terrorisme alleen maar in de kaart speelt en het PA/PLO regiem de rechtvaardiging biedt door te gaan met haatprediking. Brussel noemde Israels actie “een provocerende daad”. De reactie van de wereldleiders laat opnieuw zien hoe hypocriet ze zijn en hoe ze door satans onderwereld geregeerd worden.


Graftombe Rachel

En natuurlijk viel ook de hele moslimwereld weer over Israel heen. Het graf van de Aartsvaders was al een paar duizend jaar een heilige plaats van het volk van Israël, lang voordat de islam ontstond. Moslims claimen het recht op het graf van Rachel ‘omdat het om een 1000 jaar oude moskee zou gaan’. Merkwaardig want moslims claimen de plaats pas sinds 44 jaar geleden. De Turkse leider Recep Tayyip Erdogan wiens favoriete hobby het is Israel op ongenuanceerde aanvallen te trakteren, zei dat het graf van de Aartsvaders en Rachels Tomb “nooit Joodse heilige plaatsen zijn geweest, maar islamitische.” Dit soort figuren zijn meesters in het verdraaien van de waarheid en het verspreiden van haatverwekkende berichten over het Joodse volk. Ze noemen de huidige bevolking van Israel een internationaal allegaartje van bezetters, kruisvaarders en piraten en gebruiken op zeer effectieve manier de media voor het verspreiden van hun leugens en het ophitsen tot geweld. Een Arabisch spreekwoord luidt: "Een leugen, die ons dient, is beter dan een waarheid, die ons schaadt." Van de korangeleerde Al-Ghazali is de volgende uitspraak bekend: "Weet, dat de leugen in zich niet verkeerd is. Wanneer de leugen de enige weg is, een goed resultaat te behalen, is zij geoorloofd. Daarom moeten wij liegen, om het doel, dat Allah ons opdroeg, te bereiken".

De Libanese terreurbeweging Hezbollah, Iran, Egypte, Syrië en Jordanië noemden Israels voornemen de beide graven tot nationaal erfgoed te verklaren, een ernstige provocatie. Hezbollah sprak van ‘agressie tegen heilige moslimeigendommen en een provocatie tegen de 1.5 miljard moslims’. Hamas terreurleider Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza riep de leiders in Ram’allah op tot een nieuwe intifada en verklaarde nog maar eens duidelijk dat zowel Jeruzalem als het hele land Israel van hen is.

In een telefoongesprek met de Israelische president Benjamin Netanyahu waarschuwde de Egyptische President Hosni Moebarak voor “gevaarlijke consequenties”. Volgens Moebarak voedt de beslissing van Israel het extremisme, confrontatie en geweld. Maar dát is precies wat de Egyptische leider en anderen zelf veroorzaken met dit soort uitspraken. Het Iraanse regiem beschuldigde Israel ervan ‘de twee Palestijnse heiligdommen’ te willen annexeren: ‘De beslissing van de Zionisten zal er verder toe leiden dat ze uiteindelijk van plan zijn alle moslim –en christen heiligdommen in de ‘bezette Palestijnse gebieden’ te annexeren’ aldus het Iraanse regiem.

De reacties uit de islamitische wereld passen in het plan om Israels historische band met het land te ontkennen. De meest fantastische uitspaken worden er gedaan de band van Israel met het land als een leugen voor te stellen en de band van de Palestijnen met het land tot waarheid te verheffen.

Het ‘gematigde’ liefje van de wereldleiders de Palestijnse leider Mahmoud Abbas noemde tijdens een bezoek aan Brussel Israels beslissing een serieuze provocatie die zal leiden tot gewelddadigheden die zouden kunnen uitmonden in een “heilige oorlog ” Deze voormalige rechterhand van Arafat wordt door de Verenigde Staten, de Verenigde Naties en de blinde leiders in Europa, de juiste man op de juiste plaats genoemd.

Seab Erekat, de woordvoerder van het regiem veroordeelde de beslissing en waarschuwde dat dit het Israelische –Palestijnse conflict verder op de spits zal drijven. Hij beschuldigde Israel ervan de Palestijnse steden Hebron en Bethlehem, tot onderdeel van de Joodse staat te willen maken. Maar verder bezijden de waarheid kan men niet zijn. Deze uitspraak is niet alleen absurd maar ook vals want beide plaatsen zijn zoals gemeld aan het Palestijnse regiem overgedragen en volledig door Israel gerespecteerd. Wie Erekat kent weet dat deze figuur jarenlang de anti-Israel propagandist van Jasser Arafat is geweest. Vandaag speelt hij mee in het corrupte en haatzaaiende circus van Abbas.

De storm over de graven is even absurd als alle andere ongenuanceerde aanvallen op de Joodse staat. Heilige plaatsen als het graf van Rachel en dat van de Aartsvaders zijn onderdeel van Israels geschiedenis. Wie dat ontkent of bestrijd heeft daar andere doelen mee op het oog. Zij die de Bijbel kennen weten dat dit vroeg of laat tot verschrikkelijke oordelen zal leiden. Ze halen zich de woede van de God van Israel op de hals. http://www.thegoldenreport.com/asp/jerrysnewsmanager/anmviewer.asp?a=1341&z=1  Men grijpt iedere gelegenheid aan het Joodse volk te vervloeken en te vernederen. De meest absurde leugens worden dankbaar gebruikt om hun haat te etaleren. De volkomen legale beslissing van Israel beide graven te annexeren ergert de wereld weer maar de Joodse staat hoeft aan niemand verantwoording af te leggen.

Dat de Arabieren minder emotionele binding met het graf in Hebron hebben dan ze de wereld willen doen geloven mag blijken uit het feit dat half september 2008 dit graf door moslims werd gebruikt als urinoir. Ook was er geplast op een ark waarin Torah-rollen stonden en werd het graf bedekt met vlaggen van de terreurbeweging Hamas. Tegelijk werden ook de andere graven ontheiligd. De graven zijn gedurende het hele jaar voor zowel Joden als moslims toegankelijk. Een keer per jaar zijn de graven gedurende tien dagen alleen voor moslims te bezoeken en ook eenmaal per jaar gedurende tien dagen voor Joden. Die periode valt samen met religieuze feestdagen.

Bronnen:
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=170124
http://www.lifeintheholyland.com/rachel_tomb_bethlehem.htm

Hebron, stad van David
http://wejew.com/media/8429/Ancient_Tel_Hebron/
Graf van Ruth en Isaï


IDF Foils Stabbing Attack in Hevron
by David Lev
(IsraelNN.com)

This was the fourth terrorist stabbing attack against soldiers in a week. One of the attacks was unfortunately successful – the one that took the life of IDF officer Ihad Hatib at Tapuach Junction last Wednesday.
IDF troops foiled a stabbing attack by a terrorist in Hevron late Friday, shooting an Arab who rushed at soldiers brandishing a large knife.

The attack came as soldiers of the Shimshon brigade patrolled near a large mosque in the city. The soldiers noticed an Arab brandishing a knife, screaming anti-Israel epithets, and running in the direction of the troops. The soldiers called on him to stop, but the terrorist refused to do so – and soldiers opened fire on him before he was able to carry out his attack, seriously injuring him. Local medics took the terrorist to a hospital in the city, where he died from his wounds.

This was the fourth terrorist stabbing attack against soldiers in a week. One of the attacks was unfortunately successful – the one that took the life of IDF officer Ihad Hatib at Tapuach Junction last Wednesday.

After the incident, Arabs began rioting, throwing stones at soldiers and Jewish residents of the city. Troops broke up the riot.

Yet another terrorist apparently on his way to a stabbing attack was nabbed Saturday night – this one at the Hawara checkpoint south of Shechem. The terrorist was found carrying a knife 36 centimeters (over one foot) long. Rioting Arabs also threw rocks at an Israeli bus traveling nearby Saturday night. No one was hurt, but the vehicle was damaged.


'Jewish Hebron is not expendable!'
Pesach in Hebron, 5770 - 2010
Over 30,000 people visit Hebron on Wednesday and Thursday of Chol HaMoed Pesach

The massive turnout of people to Hebron in the past few days is more than encouraging. It is a specific sign pointing to the healthy state of of the Jewish people in Eretz Yisrael, in the State of Israel. There would be those who would seek our expulsion from our homes in the first Jewish city in Israel. However, this is a small minority. An overwhelming majority of Jews in Israel understand the importance and significance of Hebron and Ma'arat HaMachpela to Jewish culture and tradition. Ma'arat HaMachpela did not need 'approval' as a site of national heritage, being that this place is the very roots of all Jewish heritage in Israel. But it is heartwarming to again witness the tremendous love of Am Yisrael to Hebron and Hebron's Jewish community. These events spoke loudly and clearly to all Israel and the entire world:Hebron, Meaz u'leTamid - Hebron, past, present and forever.

We call on people from Israel and around the world to to continue visiting Hebron this summer, ensuring that it will never be forgotten: Jewish Hebron is not expendable!

More photos on the Hebron Web site: www.hebron.com
http://www.hebron.com/english/



Hebron, moge de vrede van Hashem binnen (en buiten) je muren zijn.