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ANNOUNCEMENTS and CHANGES
1) Women in Green mourn IDO ZOLDAN, HY"D, another Jewish victim of the Annapolis syndrome.
Ido Zoldan, 29, married to Tehilla and father of two toddlers, was murdered by Arabs two nights ago in a drive-by shooting near the community of Kedumim. Ido was a known lover of the Land of Israel, active in the effort to return to Chomesh.
Women in Green join the thousands who participated in his funeral yesterday and who vowed to continue Ido's legacy: the love of the land of Israel and our total devotion to it. Women in Green agree with those who spoke at the funeral and accused the Israeli government of being responsible for the murder. The releasing of Arab terrorists and the talks about agreeing to cut Eretz Israel into pieces actually motivates the Arabs to murder Jews. The Arabs are the ones who pulled the trigger but it is Olmert and his fellow members in the government who enabled the Arabs to murder Ido Zoldan HY"D. May we see the day when G-d will avenge his blood and the blood of all those who were murdered because of the Oslo and Expulsion Criminals.
2) The Yesha Council cancelled the demonstration planned for today Wednesday November 21st, due to stormy weather forecast. They will publicize the new date as soon as they can. For details call; 02-6211-999.
This is the place to answer a dear friend and member who wrote us the following question:
After all the heartache from GK and our realization that the Yesha Council cannot be trusted, why are you advocating participation in a demo organized by the selfsame Yesha Council? I am confused, to put it mildly!
Answer:
After the expulsion from Gush Katif, Women in Green wrote numerous articles in which we described how we had come to the realization that the expulsion was actually facilitated and even made possible thanks to the collaboration of the Yesha Council and, unfortunately, even some Rabbis, with the expulsion government.
Before the expulsion, we had no trust in the Yesha Council. After the expulsion it became clear to us that never again can we accept as leaders for the struggle for the Land of Israel, people who are monetarily and otherwise connected to the government in power. It became clear to us that in the uncompromising struggle for the Land of Israel, another kind of leadership was needed. We need a leadership that has no ties to the government. We need a leadership that is not scared to defy the government's decrees. This is where the movement to renew the settlement enterprise comes in. It is the Chomesh people who work to go back to the places that were criminally abandoned. It is the Loyalists and Youth of Eretz Yisrael who work to create new communities in Judea and Samaria, despite of the government's antisemitic White Paper Decrees forbidding Jewish building in Judea and Samaria. It is the movement who calls upon soldiers to refuse to carry out any expulsion order. Women in Green is involved with all of them!
Two and a half years after the expulsion we can say that indeed, slowly, a new grassroots leadership is arising. There are more and more adults and young people in the national camp who do not feel bound by the Yesha Council but rather are completely loyal to the cause of the entire Land of Israel. In addition, the large majority in the national camp has come to the realization that the Yesha Council is a body that cannot, nor should, lead any real struggle. All they are good for (and in fact that is what they have been elected to do) is to take care of the municipal issues in the communities they were chosen to lead and in addition, they are also good in organizing symbolic protest and prayer vigils. In fact, sadly, they are probably the only ones who have access to big money to fund such large protest-gatherings.
Such was supposed to be the protest today Wednesday against the Annapolis gang-rape of Israel. Women in Green discussed at length whether or not to call people to attend, exactly because of the question our dear friend raised above. Because we feel that now, two and a half years after the expulsion, nobody considers the Yesha Council to be "the leader" of the settlers movement anymore, and because no other major anti-Annapolis protest was being planned, Women in Green felt it to be important that there should be a large turnout at such a demonstration. The demonstration has been postponed and thus, Women in Green will decide what its position is at every step of the struggle. This time, if we realize that once again they are betraying us, nothing will convince us to be silent when the future of Eretz Yisrael hangs in the balance.
With Love of Israel,
Ruth and Nadia Matar
Ido Zoldan, 29, married to Tehilla and father of two toddlers, was murdered by Arabs two nights ago in a drive-by shooting near the community of Kedumim. Ido was a known lover of the Land of Israel, active in the effort to return to Chomesh.
Women in Green join the thousands who participated in his funeral yesterday and who vowed to continue Ido's legacy: the love of the land of Israel and our total devotion to it. Women in Green agree with those who spoke at the funeral and accused the Israeli government of being responsible for the murder. The releasing of Arab terrorists and the talks about agreeing to cut Eretz Israel into pieces actually motivates the Arabs to murder Jews. The Arabs are the ones who pulled the trigger but it is Olmert and his fellow members in the government who enabled the Arabs to murder Ido Zoldan HY"D. May we see the day when G-d will avenge his blood and the blood of all those who were murdered because of the Oslo and Expulsion Criminals.
2) The Yesha Council cancelled the demonstration planned for today Wednesday November 21st, due to stormy weather forecast. They will publicize the new date as soon as they can. For details call; 02-6211-999.
This is the place to answer a dear friend and member who wrote us the following question:
After all the heartache from GK and our realization that the Yesha Council cannot be trusted, why are you advocating participation in a demo organized by the selfsame Yesha Council? I am confused, to put it mildly!
Answer:
After the expulsion from Gush Katif, Women in Green wrote numerous articles in which we described how we had come to the realization that the expulsion was actually facilitated and even made possible thanks to the collaboration of the Yesha Council and, unfortunately, even some Rabbis, with the expulsion government.
Before the expulsion, we had no trust in the Yesha Council. After the expulsion it became clear to us that never again can we accept as leaders for the struggle for the Land of Israel, people who are monetarily and otherwise connected to the government in power. It became clear to us that in the uncompromising struggle for the Land of Israel, another kind of leadership was needed. We need a leadership that has no ties to the government. We need a leadership that is not scared to defy the government's decrees. This is where the movement to renew the settlement enterprise comes in. It is the Chomesh people who work to go back to the places that were criminally abandoned. It is the Loyalists and Youth of Eretz Yisrael who work to create new communities in Judea and Samaria, despite of the government's antisemitic White Paper Decrees forbidding Jewish building in Judea and Samaria. It is the movement who calls upon soldiers to refuse to carry out any expulsion order. Women in Green is involved with all of them!
Two and a half years after the expulsion we can say that indeed, slowly, a new grassroots leadership is arising. There are more and more adults and young people in the national camp who do not feel bound by the Yesha Council but rather are completely loyal to the cause of the entire Land of Israel. In addition, the large majority in the national camp has come to the realization that the Yesha Council is a body that cannot, nor should, lead any real struggle. All they are good for (and in fact that is what they have been elected to do) is to take care of the municipal issues in the communities they were chosen to lead and in addition, they are also good in organizing symbolic protest and prayer vigils. In fact, sadly, they are probably the only ones who have access to big money to fund such large protest-gatherings.
Such was supposed to be the protest today Wednesday against the Annapolis gang-rape of Israel. Women in Green discussed at length whether or not to call people to attend, exactly because of the question our dear friend raised above. Because we feel that now, two and a half years after the expulsion, nobody considers the Yesha Council to be "the leader" of the settlers movement anymore, and because no other major anti-Annapolis protest was being planned, Women in Green felt it to be important that there should be a large turnout at such a demonstration. The demonstration has been postponed and thus, Women in Green will decide what its position is at every step of the struggle. This time, if we realize that once again they are betraying us, nothing will convince us to be silent when the future of Eretz Yisrael hangs in the balance.
With Love of Israel,
Ruth and Nadia Matar
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