Right-wing group announces 5 new planned outposts
Ne’emanei Eretz Israel movement responds to renewed government talks on settlement evacuation by declaring intention to establish five new outposts during Sukkot holiday
In response to the renewed government talks regarding the evacuation of illegal outposts, the right-wing Ne’emanei Eretz Israel movement announced Sunday that it would establish five new outposts in the West Bank during Sukkot.
“We don’t agree to any compromise that requires the removal of settlements and outposts in the Land of Israel. Whoever starts with concessions and agreements will continue to give up all of Judea and Samaria,” a statement by the group said.
“Instead of hearing on the news that the Yesha Council was reaching agreements regarding the outposts, we should have heard that they were preparing for a struggle against the idea of establishing a Palestinian state in the heart of Israel,” said Nadia Matar, co-chair of the Women in Green organization.
Matar added that the purpose of establishing the outposts was to “continue the Zionist project, and to expand and enlarge the settlements.
'Government hostile to Zionism'
“It is inconceivable to make any concessions. The Yesha Council is irrelevant, we learned from the expulsion of Gush Katif not to trust them.“This is a government that is hostile to Zionism and is trying to make a move in November to wipe out all the outposts. Our goal is to keep up the spirit of struggle and try not to fall into routine. ”
Rabbi David Marcus of Efrat, who was involved in the establishment of Gush Etzion’s Eitam Hill, is also working towards establishing the new outposts throughout the month.
“This year the country will celebrate its 60th anniversary, and this is the best way to start celebrating. It’s about an ongoing process to speed up aliyah, and our right to settle in the Land of Israel,” the rabbi said.
The Yesha Council also came under attack by the extreme Right. Fliers distributed by National Front activists read, “The council has no mandate to agree to concessions or the surrender of the outposts because nothing has changed. The Yesha Council is still the same old Yesha Council.”
Right-wing activist Itamar Ben-Gvir told Ynet, “It’s about time they started to understand that you don’t make deals with a government that wants to uproot a settlement.”
One outpost resident added, “We thought the Yesha Council learned its lesson from the disengagement, but we were wrong. They want to sell our home for lentil stew, and as far as we’re concerned, anything they agree to does not apply to us.”
In a weekly brochure handed out at synagogues on Friday, MK Uri Ariel (National Union-National Religious Party) said that no evacuation agreement should be signed, like the one signed eight years ago.
“The Yesha Council mustn’t be tempted a second time, and we mustn’t let it be tempted that way. We need to say loud and clear: if you agree, if you sign, it’s not in our name.” Ariel said.
In a statement, Yesha Council sources said no agreement regarding the evacuation of outposts had been reached.
