26 Tishrei 5780
25 October 2019
The News on the Israeli Street
Palestinian terror in the last 24 hours . . .
On the Gaza border:
*Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired two missiles in the direction of the IDF position at Zikim beach. Two explosions were heard off the coast, but Hamas declared that “it was just a training exercise” and that the IDF position was not actually targeted.
In Judea and Samaria:
*Palestinian terrorists threw “rocks” and Molotovs at Israelis at Karmei Tzur, Halhul, Al-Muayyir, Al Aruv (numerous attacks), the Ziff Junction at Mt. Hevron, Tekoa, and Al-Khader among other places. Remember the names of these places as you read Today’s Blog below.
Israeli import insanity . . .
At a time when Turkey continues to vilify Israel at every conceivable chance, and Israel is trying to reduce Turkish influence in eastern Jerusalem—comes news that Israel is bankrupting Israeli tomato farmers by importing cheap cherry tomatoes from Turkey.
Each year, Israeli farmers sell some 180,000 tons of tomatoes in the country, 20,000 tons of which are cherry tomatoes. Most of these tomatoes are grown in the south near Ramat Negev, Sha’ar Hanegev, and in other communities along the Gaza border–towns and communities already hard-hit by the terrorism emanating from Gaza.
Terror that is often fomented by PM Erdogan of Turkey.
So can you imagine the disgust of these Israeli tomato farmers now that Israel is allowing Turkish tomatoes to flood the market–Turkish tomatoes that are cheaper to produce because Israel actually pays its farm worker a decent wage, and Turkish tomatoes on which the usual customs duties have been waived.
It simply makes no sense.
TODAY’S BLOG
Our Trip to Hevron: Part 2 Gush Etzion
Your humble servant left you yesterday at Kever Rachel (The Tomb of Rachel). After leaving there, we went back to Highway 60 and continued our way south through Gush Etzion to Hevron on our tour with the Hevron Fund.
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It is a beautiful but dangerous drive. The landscape of Judea teems with the greenery of grape vines and olive trees. Yet the roads are a haven for terrorists who lurk around every turn ready to throw Molotovs and “rocks.”
Some of the worst sites of terror attacks over the years have occurred on this 21 km stretch of road:
Note Rachel’s Tomb upper right, Highway 60 going south to Hevron lower left.
We’ll divide the road into two segments today, first from Rachel’s Tomb to the Gush Etzion Junction:
Note Bayt Jala, Al-Khader, Neve Daniel, Efrat–all locations where terrorists often strike.
Here are some photos from this stretch of road:
Green agricultural valleys overseen by barren rocky hills.
Lots of Palestinians selling items on both sides of the road:
Pots of all types.
Approaching the Gush Etzion Junction:
The Junction has been the scene of many terror attacks including the murder last year of Ari Fuld.
Because of that terror, the Junction is heavily defended, and the atmosphere is always tense:
Look closely. The soldier has his rifle pointed and finger on the trigger.
And another soldier:
Note that this solder has his rifle pointed (toward us) and is ready to shoot. Look over the top left–this is a bus stop, and you can see people waiting. The soldier’s job is to stop car ramming attacks and drive-by shootings by Palestinian terrorists.
Let’s take a quick look at the road from the Gush Etzion Junction to Hevron:
Note as one travels closer to Hevron, the likelihood of attacks increases.
One of the worst sites for attacks as regular readers of OneIsrael know is Al Aruv (variously spelled Al Arov, El Aruv, and El Arub):
How do the terrorists know which cars to attack since most of the cars on the road are Palestinian? Easy: Israeli license plates are yellow; Palestinian ones are white or green (all of the cars in this photo are Palestinian).
As we were passing by, we saw mounds of broken concrete blocks at about 10 meter intervals all around the town for ready use by terrorists.
One fascinating place we passed is the old Presbyterian Tuberculosis Hospital which was purchased by Gro Wenske–the daughter of Per-Faye Hansen. That compound was in turn sold to Jews. For a fascinating tidbit click on this past blog.
Now a Jewish compound, this was a tuberculosis hospital built by Americans in the 1800s.
The Hevron area is famous for its grapes–and vineyards are everywhere:
Wine and eating grapes are everywhere to be found.
Many Palestinians are wealthy and their homes line the hilltop ridges in this area:
This is a small house by Palestinian standards.
Another hotspot before we reach Hevron:
Daily terror attacks occur in the area of Karmei Tzur.
This is where we’ll stop today–tomorrow it’s on to Hevron.
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.