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Do Not Sanction a Two-State Plan

Monday - March 5, 2018 AFSI Looks Forward to Celebrating Israel's 70th Birthday in Israel     with the AFSI Chizuk Mission from April 17-25, 2018. Click Here for the Itinerary and to Register. AFSI Strongly Opposes Statement Issued by AIPAC's Howard Kohr As reported in Arutz Sheva and numerous other sources today, Howard Kohr, AIPAC's CEO expressed strong support for the establishment of a Palestinian state during his address to the organization's 2018 conference in Washington DC Sunday night, warning that the Jewish state will never live securely "until she is at peace with all her neighbors". AFSI is strongly opposed to Howard Kohr's statement. His words reflects the fantasy that sanctioning a Palestinian state will put a stop to the ongoing acts of terror Palestinians commit against the Jewish people. In this fantasy will there be an end to the financial rewards given to those who do commit these heinous acts? Kohr fails to mention the Palestinians continued refusal to recognize Israel as a legitimate state. Does the fact that Mahmoud Abbas brainwashes his people and lavishly spends on his needs (a $50 million presidential plane) while neglecting to take care of his people illustrate that statehood is the right solution? It's disturbing that Kohr fails to see the critical facts on why a two-state plan IS NOT THE SOLUTION. His comment in reference to Israel, "until she is at peace with all her neighbors," clearly puts the blame on Israel and for a leader of such a high-profile pro-Israel advocacy group to state this....we think it's disgraceful. "We must all work toward that future: two states for two peoples," said Kohr. "One Jewish with secure and defensible borders, and one Palestinian with its own flag and its own future. Today that dream seems remote. This is tragic." Mr. Kohr, you are dreaming. Your dream is remote because you failed to state support for Israel as a nation under the constant threat of terror. Your endorsement of a Palestinian state rewards terrorists and this is not a dream - it's a nightmare. Maybe you need to go back to sleep, dream a different dream, and wake up. AFSI Supports Yossi Dagan's Letter of Opposition Shomron Regional Council Chairman's Office Fax: 03-9066407 / Landline: 03-9066400 lishka@shomron.org.il 1 Derech Barkan P.O. Box 1 Barkan, Israelbbq March 5, 2018 Dear leaders of the AIPAC family, Shalom from Israel. We are – speaking for all Israelis - extremely appreciative of AIPAC's devoted efforts to strengthen, protect and promote the U.S.-Israel relationship. The Hebrew accolade is, "Kol haKavod!" We do however note that the AIPAC talking points are still very much tied to establishment of a Palestinian state (what has been called "the two-state solution"). The AIPAC website also seems to imply that Israel is committed to a two-state solution and that the United States takes this position as well. Please note this assumption has no basis in fact: The sovereign entity in Israel is of course the Government of Israel (GOI). The official GOI Guidelines are available to the public (e.g. here:http://www.pmo.gov.il/IsraelGov/GovDocuments/Pages/kaveyesod.aspx). As you see, they contain not one word or even hint of support for the "two-state solution". Furthermore, as for the United States, while the previous (February 2015) National Security Strategy report did state that the United States remains "committed to … a two-state solution", it is our understanding that the National Security Strategy currently in effect, as of December 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/NSS-Final-12-18-2017-0905.pdf does not indicate support for the two-state outcome. This is presumably in an effort not to coerce an American ally, the State of Israel, into an outcome which that ally does not regard as desirable, just or safe. I am astounded as to why such a great, meaningful organization as AIPAC, whose raison d'etre is pro-Israel advocacy in the United States, would represent the positions of the State of Israel (and of the United States) so inaccurately before senior government officials, senators and congressmen, and the general pro-Israel public. The position that AIPAC is representing as that of the State of Israel -- in the AIPAC mission statement and in the AIPAC talking points inter alia -- not only fails to represent Israel properly, it is detrimental to the efforts to achieve dialogue in the Middle East. Therefore, we strongly believe that the AIPAC mission statement and talking points should be updated at this time. This would allow AIPAC to participate even more effectively in Israel's great quest – for survival as an independent, secure, moral, democratic, peaceful Jewish state, benefitting the world in the spirit of Tikun Olam. Very sincerely, Yossi Dagan Chairman, Shomron Regional Council  Do Not Sanction the Two-State Solution AFSI Chairman Mark Langfan's expresses his deep concerns for calls for a two-state peace plan.   AIPAC's chairman endorses it and rumors have been circulating for over a week that Trump will unveil a plan offering a two-state solution.   The bottom line is this: how can the Palestinians be given a state when they have refused to stop financial compensation to terrorists who commit acts of terror against the Jewish people? This, along with ongoing Palestinian brainwashing, does not make a good recipe for statehood. Furthermore, Trump's rumored plan to sanction a two-state solution is not in the best interests of the United States. Mark spells out all the details for us today in his Arutz Sheva Op Ed. Ambassador Ron Dermer at AIPAC JoeSettler, blogger for The Jewish Press, reports on a question asked of Ron Dermer, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, at the 2018 AIPAC Conference. Dan Weiss asked Dermer how he thinks Trump's Jerusalem Declaration will advance peace. Dermer begins his response with a bit of history. Read more HERE. Dermer also firmly stated that Israel is "dead serious" about enforcing its red lines in Syria. Watch the full interview HERE. Helen Freedman and Judy Kadish at the Yesha Council Event (2018 AIPAC Conference) STAY CURRENT. STAY CONNECTED. Join the Conversation On Our Facebook Group AFSI CALENDAR OF EVENTS Find More Events at Israel Advocacy Calendar Wednesday - March 7, 2018 @ 7:30 PM UNRWA: Breeding Ground for Terror UNRWA stands for the United Nations Relief and Work Agency. It operates in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Its official mission is to deliver primary and vocational education. The reality is quite different. Arabic speaking experts, who work for The Center for the Near East Policy and Research, will discuss the Hamas infiltration of UNRWA refugee facilities and how it has affected the books and films shown to children attending UNRWA schools. Free but requires registration. Register HERE Lincoln Square Synagogue 180 Amsterdam Avenue @ 68th Street, NYC Thursday - March 8, 2018 @ 8 PM Ambassador Ron Dermer in Conversation with Thane Rosenbaum Ron Dermer, the Israeli Ambassador to the United States, has risen to the challenge as an articulate and passionate defender of the Jewish state. Join FOLCS director Thane Rosenbaum for a wide-ranging and timely conversation with Ambassador Dermer. At the 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, NYC. Tickets from $35. Purchase tickets here. Monday - March 12, 2018 @ 8 PM Reflections on 35 Years in Israel Yossi Klein Halevi moved to Israel at the beginning of the first Lebanon War in summer 1982 and has lived in Israel for half the life of the state. Yossi will reflect on the radical changes Israel has undergone and will speak personally on why he came and why he stayed. Tickets from $36. Register HERE. 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue, NYC Tuesday - March 13, 2018 @ 7:30 PM - PHILADELPHIA, PA AFSI Is Proud to Sponsor Marc Prowisor "Beyond the Headlines...Behind the Scenes: An Insider View on the Security Situation on the ground in Israel. Mark is a security expert from Israel's Shilo Region and speaks throughout the US. His primary focus is on the strategic and biblicaly significant Judea and Samaria regions that have been a hotbed of terrorist acts of violence against Jews. Free admission. Contact phillyafsi@gmail.com for more info. Held at Kehillas B'nai Shalom / Bensalem Jewish Outreach Center 2446 Bristol Road | Bensalem, PA 19020   Wednesday - March 14, 2018 @ 7 PM Ben Gurion's Epilogue: The Lost Interview See the critically acclaimed film Ben Gurion, Epilogue and hear its improbable backstory. With Dr. Clinton Bailey, prominent anthropologist and interviewer of David Ben Gurion; Alon Ben Gurion, grandson of David Ben Gurion; Yariv Mozer and Yael Perlov, filmmakers Moderated by Ambassador Ido Aharoni. Admission Free. Register Here. For more information contact info@emanuelstreickernyc.org The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center - 1 East 65th Street, NYC ** Thursday - March 15, 2018 @ 6 PM ** Helen Freedman Receives Aishes Chayil Award at National Council of Young Israel Dinner - Celebrating Israel's 70th Year Guest of Honor Anthony Scaramucci 6 PM - Elegant Buffet Dinner. 7:30 PM Program. Lavish Viennese Dessert. Very Special Rates for AFSI members. AFSI tables are being arranged. Let us know you plan to be with us. | Call AFSI 212-828-2424 or email judy@afsi.org REGISTER ONLINE HERE Terrace on the Park, Flushing Meadows Park, NY Tuesday - March 20, 2018 @ 6:30 PM The Unlikely Nazi Hunters: A Rare Conversation with Serge and Beate Klarsfeld Together, they tracked down Klaus Barbie—the "Butcher of Lyon"—and orchestrated his extradition to France, helped clinch the convictions of former Nazis and their collaborators and documented all 76,000 Jews deported from France. $36 General Admission; $18 Temple Members. Register Here. The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center - 1 East 65th Street, NYC Wednesday - March 21, 2018 @ 7:30 PM AFSI Sponsors Israel at 70 Lecture Series. Speaker and location to be announced. Sunday - April 15, 2018 from 10:30 PM - 8:00 PM Upper West Side Celebrates Israel. Congregation Shearith Israel invites you to celebrate Israel's 70th Yom Ha'Atzmaut with a festival featuring indoor and outdoor activities. 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Fwd: Hope. Shalom Pollack on the Arab-Israeli Car Ramming "accident" in Acco injuring 4 among them 2 IDF Soldiers following receiving parking ticket

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One can get really upset when discovering a parking ticket on their windshield, right?
I suppose we have all had that unpleasant experience.

Well,  just the other day a young Arab- Israeli man drove his jeep into town (Acco) where he took his eight-month pregnant wife to be examined in the clinic there.
When he came out he found a ticket on his car.
He was not happy to see this so he decided the right response was to kill as many Jews as possible in multiple places, especially those in uniform.
He hit a number of his targets before he himself was wounded. He is now in the  care of kind Jewish doctors

His family claims it was a just an unfortunate traffic accident.

How does one wrap one's head around this?
 Here we have an Israeli Arab, enjoying the abundant and generous fruit of the Jewish state that has given him and his family a life of freedom and security.
 He abandons his pregnant wife to kill Jews; the same Jews that built and defend the only place in the Mid - East that ensures him and his family basic human rights and opportunity.

This case is just another of a dizzying number of similar ones in which comfortable, educated, employed Israeli - Arabs find their ultimate fulfillment in killing fellow Israelis - Jews.
This phenomenon of comfortable, free Israeli Arabs using whatever comes to hand to kill Jews has increased rapidly in recent years.
As opposed to the very rare case of when a Jew kills an Arab, and all the Jews from the president on down voice outrage and shame; the Arab killers of Jews are considered heroes.

It is clear that the Arabs in Israel know that they have it very good indeed. If they felt otherwise they would leave. No one is kept by force. Not one has left for the Palestinian Authority where they will not have to see the hated  Israeli flag.
There, they can be subject to their own beloved PLO flag that they so passionately wave as proud Palestinian students in Israeli universities.
 Of course, when offered the possibility to stay in their present homes and just be ruled by the PA, they shriek in horror.
They know why.

This is a classic psychologically frustrating situation.  Israeli Arabs cannot accept the fact that the lowly, despised Jews beat them in 1948. They will always hate us for that humiliation, and for other more traditional reasons. But they love the good life we created for them.
Problem.

The increasing number of Israeli Arabs in higher education, government, academia, the courts..has no impact on their resentment; It seems to only stoke the fires of their frustration.

I understand their predicament.

What I find far more difficult to understand is the continuing delusion of many Jews about this situation.

Just this week I had a conversation with a very nice and intelligent colleague of mine. I know that she is not stupid or ignorant of the facts. I was surprised therefore to hear that she was one of those still stuck in the "we should try harder" mode.

I thought this type of illusion lost its spell after decades of horrible post - Oslo tragedies.
She insisted that it all can be good if "we only talked to them". "Dialogue." "There is a better way.."Teach them.."

I was really shocked. I think it comes down to this: Some people just can not accept that there are no comfortable solutions. Some people just absolutely need to believe in "hope eternal".
I clearly remember a radio interview a few years ago with Dr. Yossi Beilin, one of the chief architects of the Oslo disaster and its staunch defender to this very day.
He was asked," What do you think now about Oslo after we have seen that it has not turned out the way you envisioned and assured us? He said, "it is true that there are problems but, I just can not live in a world  in a world without hope"

In every generation, such people arise. Neville Chamberlin too could not live without "hope" he told us.
Beilin cannot and it seems my colleague can not either.

If only the nice young man in Acco was not given a ticket.
We should think about alternatives if it upsets them so. There simply must be a better way.

Never give up on hope.


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Settlers’ Leader ‘Astounded’ at AIPAC CEO’s Call for Palestinian State | The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com | David Israel | 18 Adar 5778 – March 5, 2018 | JewishPress.com

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Sometimes Jews are their worst enemies...

Any time Jews attempts to rewrite the Torah and G-d's Covenant it backfires. Is it happenstance that Jared Kushner loses his clout and prestige in the White House in spite of his close familial connection when he pushes for a "Palestinian State"? 

When we ingratiate ourselves to anyone other than the Almighty in such a way we pay sooner or later. When we do so it's  a betrayal to the G-d of Israel and the Nation of Israel. The Land belongs to G-d alone, not to any human be it a President, an advisor to the President or the CEO of AIPAC.

G-d's laws and the Torah comes first.

I would check the money trail of AIPAC. 

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/the-peace-process/settlers-leader-astounded-at-aipac-ceos-call-for-palestinian-state/2018/03/05/

Fwd: The founding fathers and mothers - Yehudit Katsover

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2018

The Founding fathers and mothers of the settlement movement

On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of
Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, Golan Heights and the Sinai, the weekly
Yesha Shelanu newsletter publishes interviews with the founders of the
settlement movement; the pioneers who, immediately after the Six Day
war, renewed Jewish life in Israel's Biblical Heartland. This week
they published the story of our very own Yehudit Katsover.



The story of Yehudit Katsover

Yehudit Katsover, resident of Kiryat Arba-Hevron, is married to Zvi
Katsover, mother of 5 children and grandmother.

She is co-chair of the Women in Green movement and is the founder of
the Sovereignty Movement together with Nadia Matar. Yehudit and Nadia
have been leading in recent years the practical discourse for Israeli
sovereignty over Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley.

1.     A Bit of Background

"I was born in April 1947 in Transylvania (once Hungarian, but now
under Romanian sovereignty) it was something like living in "the
territories". My parents were Satmar Hasidim, but also Zionists, who
belonged to Poalei Agudat Israel. There was an abiding longing for the
Land of Israel in their home. They were steadfastly and expectantly
waiting for the approval of the authorities to immigrate to the Land
of Israel. My mother is a survivor of Auschwitz and my father studied
at Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum's Satmar yeshiva.

My parents married after the Holocaust. It was not for love, at first,
but in order to rebuild the Jewish People. They brought three children
into the world. In post-war Europe, this was a large family. We made
aliya to the Land of Israel when I was 12 years old, arriving in the
month of Nissan. The first thing that made a great impression on me in
Haifa was the light. It was a clear, bright, pure light, which exists
nowhere else in the world. We were sent to Dimona by the Jewish Agency
– but my parents, with their 70 kilos of belongings - settled down in
B'nei B'rak, for religious reasons. (I would eventually go to Dimona
later).

I grew up and went to school in Kfar Eliahu, near Gedera. In 1966,
with a teacher's certificate in hand, I went south to Dimona, where I
met my husband Tzvi. We married and were both deeply engaged in
education and other activities. We passed the Six Day War in school
shelters with all of the children and their parents. The liberation of
Jerusalem moved us to the core, caused us to be so proud; the song,
Jerusalem of Gold, echoed everywhere, was heard from every building.

2.     The Move to Kiryat Arba-Hevron

Benny, Zvi's brother, married in Hevron. He and his wife Bina were
living in the Administration Building, where we used to visit them.
One of these times, during a tour of the area, Benny told Zvi, "This
is where Kiryat Arba will be". And Zvi, without consulting me, gave
him a promise: "if there is going to be a city here, we are coming".

Kiryat Arba was established in August 1971, and anyone who knows Zvi
knows that he keeps his promises. I fought the decision vigorously. It
was good for us in Dimona. What more did we need besides our social
and educational activity and community in the Negev? But Zvi claimed,
and rightly so, that "many people will come to Dimona. Fewer will come
to Hevron. The challenge now is to settle the liberated areas". It was
not easy. Looking back years later, I was fortunate that Zvi won this
argument.

We arrived in Kiryat Arba on the first day it was possible to move in.
It was Rosh Hashanah eve, 1971. There was no doctor, no telephones, no
sidewalks, in the winter there was mud all over, there was no
transportation. Luckily, Rav Levinger, ztz"l, who was the head of the
residents' committee, tried to help me cope during this difficult
period. I began to work as a cultural coordinator together with him.
The rabbi's personal example, his ethical behavior, his family's
frugality, Rav Levinger's total dedication, the many discussions and
endless arguments, finally broke through the wall of alienation. I
began to participate in the noble struggles to develop Kiryat Arba, to
expand the hours for Jews to be allowed to pray  in the Cave of the
Patriarchs; entering Beit Hadassah and staying there for months,
together with 13 other women and our children, under the leadership of
Rabbanit Miriam Levinger, all that was the perfect melting pot.

I learned much from the Rav, and in everything I do I try to act in
accordance with three principles that he taught us: initiate –
determine facts on the ground; carry out public relations activities
in favor of the action; lobby in Knesset and bolster the government.

3.     The Beit Hadassah Story Could Provide Material for a Hollywood Film.

Info: The historic Bet Hadassa complex in Hebron was built in 1893
with funds from Jewish communities around the world. Later the
Hadassah Organization turned it into a medical clinic which granted
free medical care to both Jewish and Arab residents. In 1929 the
hospital was the site of some of the worst rioting by Arabs who
murdered 67 Jewish residents of Hebron. The clinic was looted and
burnt. The liberation of Hebron in 1967 enabled the Jews to return the
Jewish presence to Bet Hadassa.

Construction in Kiryat Arba was frozen. Nothing new was being built.
People gathered for a meeting at Rav Levinger's house. How can we
break though the building freeze?

The idea of entering the Beit Hadassah building in Hebron came from
artist Baruch Nahshon, whose wife Sarah and their ten children were
among those who participated. Zambish (Ze'ev Hever) and Dompa (Aharon
Domb) were responsible for the planning and logistics of the operation
to enter Beit Hadassah. Late one night, in 1979, 13 mothers and 45
children with minimal equipment got into a truck. The idea was that
Prime Minister Begin, Polish gentleman as he was, would not evict the
women and children who had entered without the husbands. We entered
the bet Hadassa building on Thursday, before dawn. If we could manage
to remain Thursday, Friday and Shabbat, we hoped that this would
constitute a "chazaka". We arrived by truck to the back of Beit
Hadassah. A ladder was raised. We climbed the ladder one by one. We
passed the fence and found ourselves in the courtyard of Beit
Hadassah. In front of Beit Hadassah there always were Israeli soldiers
on guard duty because of a previous attempt to enter. We had to keep
totally silent so that we would not draw the soldiers' attention. One
of the open miracles was that no child uttered even a peep and none
cried during this time.

We entered the lower floor or the building. It was totally dark. Our
footsteps raised clouds of dust that had lain undisturbed over the
years. We settled down for a short nap.  The morning sun was rising
and the soldiers were surprised by the women and children in the
building. We began to survey the building and try to organize a daily
routine.

The Division Commander – Fuad Ben Eliezer – came and decided that no
one else could enter Beit Hadassah, and a list of names was made.
Whoever was already there could stay. But if someone left they could
not return. We received supplies from Kiryat Arba. They brought
essential supplies and passed them through the windows. They brought
water in jerry cans, set up 2 chemical toilets, we bathed sparingly, a
cup of water was enough for a decent bath; we started a school on
site, the wonderful women of Kiryat Arba who visited, took laundry and
returned clean clothes and diapers. Everything was passed through the
windows, for we could not go out and they could not enter the
building.

On the first Shabbat eve it was a bit sad, but this feeling quickly
dissipated. When prayers to welcome the Shabbat were over at the Cave
of the Patriarchs, the entire community came to Beit Hadassah and
broke out in powerful song that echoed into the distance. Even today,
when I remember this event, I am overcome with emotion and my entire
body trembles. This singing on Erev Shabbat, while we were inside and
they were outside, continued for the entire period of close to a full
year of our stay in Beit Hadassah.

Rav Levinger's activism resulted in many visits by politicians;
journalists came to see what was happening. There were difficulties,
the severe hygienic conditions left their mark. There was a constant
battle with lice, and then with hepatitis. Shoshana Peretz' pregnancy
was progressing and there were concerns that if she left to give
birth, they would not allow her to return. Our friends on the outside
saw an item on our daily supermarket list, a request to bring a
"havilat leida" (childbirth kit). By mistake, they read "havilat
glida" (a package of ice cream) and indeed, brought us some delicious
ice cream. Ultimately, Shoshana did leave to give birth and afterward
was allowed to return with her newborn baby girl, so a new name,
Hadassah, (of course) was added to the list of the commune's
residents.

On Shabbat eve, the 16th of Iyar, May 2nd, 1980, Arab terrorists
ambushed the worshipers leaving the Cave of the Patriarchs. Six
yeshiva students were killed and sixteen were wounded – and this was
the impetus for the Jewish return to permanent residency in the Old
City of Hevron .

A step forward in Hevron and a step backward in Yamit. From Bet
Hadassah I went straight to Yamit. I lived in the Iksim neighborhood
in Yamit with other families that had come from Kiryat Arba. The
struggle in Yamit was like this:

On one hand we had faith that there would be no expulsion. But we
hunkered down anyway.

The expulsion from Yamit was difficult physically, but especially
emotionally. We returned home to Kiryat Arba broken and exhausted. It
was difficult to talk to people who had not been expelled. Only people
who had been expelled understood each other. Routine life seemed
strange. How was it possible to continue after this terrible rift?
Those who came from Yamit felt like Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai when he
emerged from the cave. Something had broken deep within the
nationalist camp, our innocent faith that there was a straight line to
the redemption.

4- Deputy Council Head and the Struggles to develop Kiryat Arba-Hevron

We are consoled by taking action and keeping active. Thank G-d as
deputy council head of Kiryat Arba we expanded the Avraham Avinu
neighborhood, and Beit Romano.

Later the Ulpana was established under the urging of Rabbi Rafi
Kuperstock and they began planning a yeshiva high school, which was
established when my husband Zvi was appointed as council head. I tried
to be a help to him, mainly in the battles over security as a member
of the Action Committee.

One of the most significant roles that I have had the privilege of
fulfilling was to lead the absorption of Russian immigrants in 1990.
As a teacher in the Ulpan, I experienced daily the realization of the
vision of the revival of the "dry bones".

After some years, together with Rav Moshe Bleicher shlit"a and Zvi as
council head, we established the (women's) College for Teachers, a
branch of Efrata College. We began with 17 students, but by the time I
ended my term as principal of the college after 20 years, there were
200 students, filled with a spirit of mission and dedication to the
next generation.

The Expulsion from Gush Katif and Following the Expulsion

During the Expulsion from Gush Katif we were in Gadid, where I met
Nadia Matar, of Women in Green, who was with her family in Kfar-Yam.
The naiveté of Yamit transformed into a resolute decision – no more
evictions and expulsions! Immediately following the expulsion, we
worked together with Rav Levinger, zt"l, until the expulsion from Beit
HaShalom.

After Beit HaShalom, Nadia and I focused on activism to keep the land
holdings in the area of Gush Etzion from being taken over by Arabs.

Netzer

The first activity was to open the Za'tara bypass road. Next, we began
activities in the Netzer hills, between Elazar and Alon Shvut.  We
noticed that the Arabs, supported amply with funds from anti-Israel
organizations from Europe and the U.S., were illegally planting in the
state lands of Area C, with the obvious objective of taking over the
area.

Together with dozens of Women in Green members and residents of Gush
Etzion, we began to plant trees according to the map, on land that was
not considered to be privately owned by Arabs. The Arabs uprooted the
trees that we planted. We planted again and again. The Civil
Administration "did not like" (to say the least) our work. We sent a
signed letter to Shaul Goldstein, council head at that time, saying
that we had no claims on the land, on the trees, or on the fruit of
the trees that we had planted. Everything was for the good of the
country, with the goal of preventing illegal Arab takeover of these
lands.

We succeeded to plant many acres of land. After years of Sisyphean
activity in the field, we were successful. The land was declared to be
state land and is now under the jurisdiction of the council.

Shdema

While we were still active in Netzer, Hagai Huberman telephoned us in
2008, saying "Go up to Shdema before the Palestinian Authority takes
over the camp". Shdema, an abandoned IDF military camp, located
strategically between Har Homa in Southern Jerusalem and Tekoa in Gush
Etzion and controlling the new eastward road, is located on a hill in
Area C that is surrounded by Areas A and B. There was a danger that we
might lose the site. If the Arabs took over that hill, G-d forbid, it
would mean that the Jewish territorial contiguity between Jerusalem
and Gush Etzion would be cut off from the east.  The Arabs were
claiming that they wanted to establish a hospital there. They used the
"humane" argument even though they could set up hospitals anywhere
they want in areas A and B. Clearly their intention was not the
hospital but rather the take-over of this strategic hill in area C.

We went up – the Arabs had already ruined and looted everything,
destroyed all that was at the camp, so that only 3 buildings remained.
We decided that there would be continuous activity there, in order to
save the site from illegal Arab takeover. We established the Committee
for a Jewish Shdema" with Women in Green members and activists from
East Gush Etzion and Har Homa. Simultaneously, we established the
Lobby for a Jewish Shdema in the Knesset. After a struggle of several
years, in which we came every week to Shdema with dozens and sometimes
hundreds of activists, supported by the participation of the Gush
Etzion Council under Shaul Goldstein, we succeeded to restore a Jewish
presence to the site. The IDF returned and turned the site into a
military camp once again.

We used this same pattern of action with the Adorayim Camp in South
Hevron Hills, where the council, led by Tzviki Bar-Hai, then
established an emergency center. Also in the battle for Givat Ha'Eitam
near Efrat, which constitutes the land reserves for the city's
development, after two years of intensive activity, the council, led
by Oded Ravivi, took over the project and established a farm at the
site.

We saw that each battle for every hill took us years and a tremendous
amount of resources but did not solve the underlying problem for the
Land of Israel. We, the Jews living in Judea and Samaria, in the eyes
of the authorities, are considered the invaders, in their eyes we are
here temporarily. And while it is true that we have managed to redeem
a few hills, at the same time, the Arabs, funded by millions of
dollars from abroad, are taking over  hundreds of other hills, and at
this rate we will lose all the state lands and Jewish communities will
become isolated islands within a sea of Arabs, Heaven forbid. And the
worst part is that the Land of Israel is always on the bargaining
table. We understood that we had to take care of the problem at its
root.

Setting out on a Campaign for the Application of Sovereignty
–Conferences, a Journal, Parlor meetings, Vigils

We decided to demand the application of Israeli sovereignty over Judea
and Samaria. So that the Israeli Knesset and government would declare
once and for all that this Land is ours, to cut off the Arab hopes for
a state in the heart of our Land, that it should resolve this matter
as it did with Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. Uri Elitzur, z"l, MK
Geula Cohen, Caroline Glick, Rav Beni Elon, z"l and Dr. Martin Sherman
all expressed this idea before we did, speaking and writing on the
subject. We turned it into a full fledge campaign,  that would
constantly focus on the subject of sovereignty and we have been, and
still are,  acting continuously to instill awareness of the subject.

The first Forum for Sovereignty met in Geula Cohen's home back in
2011, with the participation of Caroline Glick, Dr. Moti Kedar, Eran
Bar Tal, Rabbanit Melamed, Rav Itai Elitzur, Shimon Cohen and Yoram
Ettinger. Today there is an expanded committee for Sovereignty – its
members include Sam Solomon, Avraham Shvut, Shosh Shilo, Renee
Margolis, Ruthi Lieberman, Lior Shurka, Uri Bank, Ruthi Ben Haim,
Tanah Lehavi, Dr. Aviah Shoham, Col. (Res.) Moshe Peled and Yoav
Tuvia.

In 2011, we started out with the first Sovereignty Conference in
Hevron. Approximately 250 people participated and there were
courageous speakers, among who was MK Tzipi Hotovely, who is still
actively involved in promoting the application of Israeli sovereignty.
We were all perceived as totally delusional. Even in our own camp.

After a year had passed, we organized the second conference in Hevron,
but during the year we held parlor gatherings and many personal
discussions with public figures – the hall overflowed with people so
we set up a screen outside of the hall and a year afterward we
organized a third conference, this time in Jerusalem. We had planned
to hold the conference in the Bible Museum – a place that is symbolic
and very fitting for the topic of Sovereignty. But even during the
first stages of registration we understood that we would not be able
to hold all of those who registered. So we changed the location to a
hall in Bayit veGan that held about 800 people. At the time of the
conference, attended by ministers, MKs, academicians and public
figures, about 1000 people crowded into the hall and outside were
another few hundred who were unable to enter. This is when we began to
draw the attention of the media.

Nadia and I felt that we were not reaching enough people so we decided
to publish a journal, which is distributed in 200,000 (two hundred
thousand) copies in Hebrew and English. We also set up a Sovereignty
Internet site in Hebrew and in English www.ribonut.co.il. The strategy
was that we would begin to raise awareness among the people in our own
communities, and then expand the activity among the nationalist camp
all over the country. The concrete barriers on Route 60 served us as
bulletin boards. Sometimes we paid a fine but it "did the job".

We did not (nor do we now) have money for large and extended campaigns
because on the Right, people make contributions for buildings,
institutions, ambulances  or Torah scrolls, which are all important
causes, but to raise money for public advocacy is much more difficult.
To many donors, donating to campaigns to change the public
consciousness seems as if he is giving money for no purpose because he
cannot see the result right away. But thank G-d some donors believed
in this campaign and enabled us to act. This is certainly a good
occasion to thank them.

Few believed that it would be possible to advance the cause of
sovereignty. We continued with conferences (the fourth one was in
February 2017, when more than 1200 people came and Arabs from Judea
and Samaria who wanted Israeli sovereignty also participated), parlor
gatherings, publishing a journal, we spent hours in the Knesset,
speaking with council heads and in vigils at the prime minister's
residence. We also started planning a master plan for Greater Israel
after we found out that in its 70 years of independence, and fifty
years since the liberation of Judea and Samaria, the State of Israel
has not produced any strategic master plan for the Greater Land of
Israel west of the Jordan.

The council heads in Judea and Samaria joined the efforts, the YESHA
(Judea , Samaria and Gaza) Council, Amana, Orit Struk and our friends
from the Likud Shevach Stern, Natan Englesman and Shai Merling have
done, and are still doing, outstanding work.  Among other things, they
organized the assembly of the Likud Central Committee where 1500
members of the committee voted unanimously in favor of sovereignty in
the areas of Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria.

The Land of Israel Lobby under the leadership of MK Yoav Kish and MK
Bezalel Smotrich promoted the application of Israeli law in Ma'ale
Adumim and just recently proposed a law consistent with the decision
of Likud Central.

Members of Knesset Yoav Kish, Bezalel Smotrich, Miki Zohar and Yehuda
Glick have prepared detailed plans for the application of sovereignty.
The great majority of ministers and Likud members support the
application of sovereignty and members of HaBayit HaYehudi all support
the application of sovereignty. Minister Bennett has contributed
considerably to the promotion of sovereignty with the Israel Stability
Initiative in April 2012.

Following the Six Day War, what began in the Left weakly, with the
publication of journal "A Conversation among Warriors", gained
strength after the Yom Kippur War with the establishment of the Peace
Now movement, under Uri Avneri, who began a "peace attack" in the
media, academia and the justice system. Within 20 years they had won
quite a bit of success influencing the discourse, the effect of which
was felt even in the prime minister's Bar Ilan speech. One of the open
miracles was that despite the intensive brainwashing, the people moved
to the right. The people understand that the concessions promoted by
the Left weakened us against the enemy by giving him the hope, a hope
that resulted in terror. The political system in the Right understands
the spirit of the people and responds to it.

The American administration under Trump is sympathetic to Israel. The
declaration that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel constitutes a key
to the application of sovereignty. The Sovereignty Movement, founded
by Women in Green, serves as a platform for all the different groups
and individuals who speak and act toward the application of
sovereignty. There is still a lot of work ahead. It took the Left 20
years to change the discourse. We, the Sovereignty Movement, continue
to work hard on all fronts and we hope that the plan to apply
sovereignty will be faster and will be legislated by the Knesset and
overcome all obstacles.

Establishing Oz veGaon

As we were engaged in the Sovereignty Campaign, the three youths,
Gil-Ad, Eyal and Naftali, Hy"d, were abducted in Gush Etzion by Arab
terrorists. Eighteen days later, on the 3rd of Tamuz, June 2014,
immediately after the bodies of the youths were found, we decided that
this event must not be glossed over quietly. We had to provide a
Zionist response.

Dozens of Women in Green members together with residents from Gush
Etzion, and with support from the Gush Etzion Council headed by Davidi
Perl, ascended the hill overlooking the junction and began preparing
the place as a significant Jewish holding on the road ascending from
Hevron to Jerusalem. This was our immediate Zionist response to the
vile murder.

Our activity at the preserve had the full support of the families of
Gil-ad Shaer, Eyal Yifrah and Naftali Frenkel and the place was named
after the youths – Oz veGaon (Gil-ad Eyal and Naftali).

Since that night when the activists went up to begin the work of
preparing the preserve, many groups of youths, young men and women
alike, have come to the site from throughout the Land, and even from
abroad, to participate in cleaning the place, weeding, paving,
painting, installing lighting, installing park equipment and taking
part in creative and cultural activities involving Jewish and Zionist
values.

The preserve has become a place that IDF soldiers and security people
view as a strategic point for the protection of Gush Etzion Junction.
Educational and hasbara activities are held at the place, as well as
training for groups and individuals on topics of heritage, Judaism,
history and Zionism. To date, tens of thousands of youths have taken
part in these activities.

The many youths that visit the preserve participate in agricultural
workshops, strengthening their bonds to the soil, they study ecology,
art and culture along with lessons in self-defense taught by Elyashiv
Kimhi and Tsuri Botush.

There are also facilities for Jewish studies at the preserve. On
Tuesdays there is a Beit Midrash for women, called Havruta, at Oz
veGaon, where dozens of women enjoy lessons in the Prophets and
Writings, given by leading rabbis and excellent lecturers, and in the
evenings, the Beit Midrash opens its doors to men for lessons led by
Rav Mor Bergman.

To commemorate the completion of three years since the establishment
of Oz veGaon, the Zionist Avenue was dedicated, where ideological
quotes from Zionist leaders from the past 120 years are posted. There
is also an interactive seating area where there is information and
poems about milestones in Zionist history.

In this same ideological public spirit, the Sovereignty movement
founded by Women in Green holds conferences and lectures at the
preserve on matters dealing with the application of Israeli
sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. Leading shapers of public opinion,
MKs, ministers, rabbis and many public figures from Israel and abroad
have taken part in these events

I would like to thank my friend Nadia and the Almighty, for the
privilege to work together in such wonderful harmony.

I know that the way is long
But I will walk until my strength fails…
(Poem by Yehoram Taharlev)

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Visit our website | Follow us on Facebook | Twitter |  Contribute Combating BDS from Within: Exposing the European Government Effort to Demolish Jewish Communities Im Tirtzu published a new report detailing the European government funding of the Israeli NGOs spearheading the efforts to demolish the Netiv Ha'avot neighborhood in Gush Etzion. The report revealed that the two far-Left Israeli NGOs petitioning the courts against the neighborhood, "Peace Now" and "Yesh Din," have received over 47 million shekels from European governments over the past several years. IMTI activists also joined together with the residents of Netiv Ha'avot to stage a counter-demonstration against radical Left protestors who arrived at the neighborhood to provoke the residents. Read more: Jerusalem Post, Jewish Press Watch Tom Nisani, IMTI's National Activist Coordinator, Discuss Our Latest Report on Channel 20 Click here to watch the interview Helping Others: IMTI Activists Spread Joy to Others Ahead of Purim When IMTI activists from Haifa University heard that an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor was living all alone in squalor in a broken-down apartment, they quickly arrived at his house to clean, wash and renovate, and even raised money to buy him new furniture. At the same time, IMTI activists from Hebrew University have begun collecting food to be distributed on Purim as mishloach manot to patients at Hadassah Hospital. Kol Hakavod! Standing with the Residents of South Tel-Aviv: Combating the NIF-Backed Campaign of Lies Hundreds of South Tel-Aviv residents and IMTI activists gathered to stage a counter demonstration against far-left and illegal migrant protestors who rallied against the government's planned deportation of illegal job-seeking migrants. The influx of some 40,000 illegal migrants to South Tel-Aviv has made life unbearable for its residents who suffer from daily harassment, crime, and drugs in their neighborhood. Despite the Supreme Court's ruling that the vast majority of migrants are economic migrants and that the third-party countries are safe, the New Israel Fund and its radical allies have launched a well-funded campaign aimed at misleading the Israeli public and undermining the policies of the government and courts. Click here to view an infographic detailing the lies surrounding this campaign. Our message was simple: the residents of South Tel-Aviv also deserve human rights. The time has come to deport the illegal migrants and return South Tel-Aviv to its residents.   Read more: Israel National News, Ynet, IDF Radio (Hebrew), Radio Jerusalem (Hebrew) IMTI's Youth Branch: "Breaking the Silence"- Not in Our Schools Activists in IMTI's high school youth branch spoke at a special Knesset Education Committee session on Breaking the Silence's activity in high schools. Our activists told the committee that there is no place in the Israeli education system for such an organization, which uses anonymous "testimonies" to slander IDF soldiers around the world. Watch Channel 12's coverage of Israel's future leaders, where head of IMTI's Youth Branch, Ilay Harel, was featured Watch here Assisting Bereaved Families: Yes to Deterrence, No to Returning Terrorists' Bodies At a session of the Knesset's Internal Affairs Committee, Im Tirtzu accompanied the Hajaj family, who lost their daughter Shir z'l last year in a car ramming attack in Jerusalem, to speak out against returning the body of the terrorist who murdered their daughter. Read more here: Israel National News, 0404 News (Hebrew) Inspiring Legislation: Bill to Establish Day of Recognition for Pre-State Underground Groups A new IMTI-inspired bill was submitted last week, calling to establish a national day of recognition for the members of the pre-state Jewish underground who fought to establish the State of Israel. "Matan Peleg, Chairman of the Zionist organization Im Tirtzu that has been advocating for this national day of recognition, said that showing appreciation to those who fought in the Jewish underground is a historic and moral duty." Read more here: Israel National News We don't have the backing of the New Israel Fund or European governments. But we have you. Join us in protecting Zionism in Israel! For quick and easy tax-deductible donations - click here

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