A group of 15 Jewish families in Hebron took up residence in two buildings situated near the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs (Ma’arat HaMachpela) on Monday night, which they have named Beit Rachel (the House of Rachel) and Beit Leah (the House of Leah).
Temporary caravilla dwellings were set down in the new community of Amichai for the 42 families of Amona, who engaged in a protracted and highly publicized legal battle to remain in their homes, which they lost in February 2017.
Pilgrims visit the site of Caleb’s grave at least several times a year, and unfortunately, this is not the first time that religious sites in Samaria have been desecrated.
The event focused on solidifying Israel’s connection to her ancestral heartland and building bridges for peace.
‘The residents of Netiv Ha’avot have been waiting for a long time for this,’ said Netanyahu.
Hundreds of Jews who came to pray at Joshua’s gravesite on the anniversary of Moses’ death, found it desecrated.
‘This is redemption, and this is glory,’ the spokesman for the new community of Amichai said in response.
‘If what is right for the State of Israel is against the US stance, then we must still do what is right for us,’ said Minister Ze’ev Elkin.
The decision was in response to a terror attack last month in which a 35-year-old resident of the outpost was murdered.
The report’s partial publication came just hours before the U.N. was set to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Netanyahu’s office said that the bill’s ‘sole purpose is to support the BDS movement and harm the State of Israel.’
Netanyahu’s comments came after Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said the prime minister was ‘dragging his feet’ in pushing the measure forward.
Yael Shevach, the widow of Rabbi Raziel Shevach, a 35-year-old father of six murdered by Palestinian terrorists in a drive-by shooting earlier this month applauded Israeli security forces Thursday morning for killing and capturing the terrorists.
According to the deputy defense minister, the legal foundation of the new move has to do with the manner by which the same outposts illegal status had been established originally.
Five days after the murder of Rabbi Raziel Shevach near Havat Gilad in Samaria, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman has drafted a proposal to legalize the outpost.
