| The Demolition Derby Disease
On AFSI's recent CHIZUK mission to Israel, Nov. 13-22, we visited Givat Assaf. The community lies right off Route 60, just a short distance north of Yerushalayim. It can be identified easily because it is covered with banners decrying the orders for its demolition. The community was created over ten years ago in response to the terrorist murder of Assaf Hershkowitz. Tragically, only thirty days later, Assaf's father was killed in another terrorist attack. The community houses 25 families, with one hundred children, all living in trailers, or caravans. Across the road from this poor grouping of temporary homes, one can see the palatial illegal Arab homes sprawling over the countryside from Ramallah. It is truly hard to understand why the Israeli government is so intent on destroying Jewish homes, while illegal Arab homes are allowed to flourish, existing without fences or gates or restrictions of any kind. We also visited Migron, another Jewish community just a short distance from the PA capital of Ramallah. Here we actually saw the remains of three Jewish homes that were totally destroyed by the Israeli government. The community rallied around the displaced families and quickly found housing, household goods, and clothing for them. Amona, the site of brutal Israeli police attacks on Jews, where permanent homes had been destroyed, allowing only temporary caravans to remain, is once again threatened by the Israeli bulldozers, as is one of the neighborhoods in nearby Beit-El. The AFSI Chizuk group is used to these sights, having witnessed many destroyed communities over the years, as well as the total destruction of the 21 Jewish communities of Gush Katif, along with Sanur and Homesh in the Shomron. Our hearts break, and tears fill our eyes, as we see this wanton destruction. What can it possibly mean? Does any reasonable person believe that destroying Jewish caravans on the hilltops can advance the mordant "peace" process? If it's an attempt to destroy the Zionist zeal, there is a total misreading of the spirit and determination of the Jewish pioneers who persist in their belief in the biblical promise of the promised land for the Jewish people. Arutz Sheva, 11/27/11, reports that Christian tourists from Canada and America visited some threatened Jewish communities and reacted indignantly to the treatment they received at the hands of the IDF.
Alberta, Canada resident Al Dublanko wrote the Prime Minister ....Jews are a chosen people and Israel is a special country, established not by a UN declaration, or Balfour Declaration, or any negotiations, not even by the might of the IDF, but by an ancient promise by G-d….for the complete article visit Christian Tourists Angry at Discrimination at Outpost |
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