14 Cheshvan
November 15, 2016
Palestinian terror in the last 24 hours
Another day another 30 terrorist attacks.
Palestinian terrorists assaulted an IDF post near the Efrat intersection in Gush Etzion with IEDs. No Israelis were wounded in the explosions, but the terrorists escaped.
Israeli motorists were targeted by “rocks” in such places as Beit El, Tekoa, Loban Asharqiya, Husan, Halhul, Karmi Tzur, Gush Etzion, Road 443, and Hevron Hills.
Numerous Israelis were physically wounded in the “rock” attacks, and still others were treated for trauma.
Where are all the planes headed?
A longtime reader of israelstreet will know that your humble servant lives in the takeoff and landing pattern of an IAF base.
For more than 24 hours now, there have been huge numbers of planes taking off so that there is a constant roar in the air–and constant shaking of our house (even at this moment).
In addition, we are suddenly immersed in drone noise with IAF drones continuously circling over our part of Ashdod.
There is no news as to what the airplane activity is all about.
TODAY’S BLOG
The Amona Situation Deteriorates
What is there to say about yesterday’s events?
First we had Yitzhak Herzog, the maliciously flatulent leader of the opposition in the Knesset, calling Jewish community members in Judea and Samaria “a virus.”
Then we had the Regulation Law passed out of committee and on to the floor of the Knesset where it must pass three more readings before coming law. The purpose of the law is to retroactively legalize Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria which were built on “absentee property.” The Law was passed out of the committee over the intense opposition of PM Netanyahu who wanted to delay the vote for several months.
One reason Netanyahu said he wanted to delay the vote for several months was to give the Israel Supreme Court time to consder the government’s request for a 7 month delay in the Amona evacuation order.
Next, we had the Israel Supreme Court issue a decree that it was denying the government’s request for a seven month delay. In essence, the Court told the government that it didn’t believe the reasons for the request.
Afterwards, we had the Attorney General issue a statement that he would support the Supreme Court decision and therefore Amona must be evacuated.
And so, here we are this morning the day after with the Law proceeding forward in the Knesset with every expectation that if it passes the Knesset it will be found unconstitutional by the Court.
Perhaps we should review the Amona situation for some perspective and edification.
1. Where is Amona?
Note Road 60.
On the road between Jerusalem and Shechem (Nablus). Just off Highway 60 on a hill overlooking the adjacent Jewish community of Ofra. The community is built on 32 dunams.
2. What does “Amona” mean?
It is taken from Joshua 18:24 where we find reference to the “Village of the Amonites.”
3. When was the Amona community founded?
In 1995.
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4. Was the Amona community authorized by the Israeli government?
No and yes. Not officially recognized, the infrastructure of Amona including electricity, water, etc. was built by the government.
5. What was on the land before that?
On leftist Israeli television last night, we were treated to a Palestinian “farmer” looking out over this rocky piece of land and talking about what an agricultural paradise it was before the Jews came (picture: Al Jazeera).
Nothing. It was nothing but a barren, rocky, hillside–which it remains today (except for the area where the community housing is located).
6. Who claimed the land after the Amona community was founded?
Yesh Din and Peace Now, two “Israeli” organizations that do nothing but undermine Israel, went out and found 10 Palestinian petitioners from the nearby Palestinian settlements of Silwad, Ein Yabrud, and Taybeh to claim that Amona was built on their land–and that before Amona, it had been an agricultural paradise with fig trees, olive trees, and grapevines.
7. What is the government’s response to these claims?
That the Amona community is built on “absentee property” meaning that no one has claimed the land since the time of Ottoman landlords who lived in Turkey. No “Palestinian” has ever paid property taxes.
8. What is the current Supreme Court ruling?
Amona must be evacuated and its buildings destroyed by December 25, 2016 because it is on “private Palestinian land.” This ruling follows numerous other rulings dating back to 1997 demanding that Amona be evacuated and destroyed. The Court has ruled that this evacuation and destruction must take place despite evidence that some of the land was legally purchased. For more about the legal situation, click here for a previous israelstreet blog about the subject.
9. How many people live in Amona today?
Approximately 45 families numbering some 250 people live in Amona.
10. Why is this case so important?
The Israel Supreme Court is on the verge of issuing “Evacuate and Destroy” orders for numerous small communities in Judea and Samaria which were built on “absentee property.” If Amona goes, so do many others.
Thus, Amona has become a line on the top of a craggy hill in the Binyamin region.
In the coming days, your humble servant intends to go to Jerusalem to demonstrate on behalf of the Amona community.
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A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.