By David Lev, Arutz7
With that, Amayel said, the group provides a good model of how to set policy, and called on PA Arabs to act as Women in Green does.
In an interview from February 4th, 2013, given on “Good Morning Palestine”, a PA radio show, Amayel said that “one settler called Nadia Matar accomplished that which, unfortunately, groups and countries failed to. With plans of theft and robbery, she steals more and more land, day by day, and cultivates it. I say that this woman, despite her unmatched aggressive and racist spirit, serves as an example to us, the owners of the land. I ask, why does this settler woman do all that while we, individuals, groups, villages, political and communal organizations, an authority, have reached a point where she is able to impose a de-facto policy and we stand by and watch?
“I believe this is part of a great tragedy,” Amayel added. “That is why we say today – No! We can do everything Nadia Matar does and more, with the only difference being the fact that we are the true owners of the land. I believe that this idea and this event are the tidings of the beginning of a series of events, during which we will reclaim all of the land that you see here, to be green and return it once again to its Palestinian owner, the Palestinian farmer.”
Amayel was apparently referring to a planting operation carried out in Gush Etzion by PA Arabs, following the planting operation that was held by Women in Green this past Tu B’Shvat on the lands of Netzer. During this event the Women in Green activists met Amayel himself when he arrived with a Beit Sahour municipal vehicle, accompanied by several of his men, attempting to prevent the Jewish group from planting trees. The operation held in response to the Jewish plantings was named “Tree Day” by the local Arabs, during which they arrived at the location with the assistance of international parties and planted hundreds of trees on the lands between the Alon Shvut and Elazar communities.
Women in Green pointed out that it alerted the authorities to the massive Arab plantings, but were told that the Civil Administration had approved the Arabs’ move. It should be noted that although local Arabs claim ownership of the land there is no proof that they indeed do own it. The planting operation was designed to reinforce their claim, Women inGreen said. The group has been demanding for some time that the Arab plantings be stopped and that a thorough investigation be conducted in order to determine the true ownership of these lands, the group said.
In response to Amayel’s comments, Nadia Matar, one of the heads of Women in Green, said that “first of all, we must correct the man’s statements and clarify that I do not work alone, but rather I have the privilege of working with Yehudit Katsover. Together we have the privilege of working with many lovers of the Land of Israel who join forces for the successful redemption of the land and the protection of state lands from Arab takeovers.
“The fact that the governor spoke of us on the radio, and the fact that the Palestinian Authority chooses to plant specifically in Netzer, show how much the consistent Jewish activities in the area have bothered them, proving how important our activities are,” Matar and Katsover said. “The Arabs thought they would be able to take over the entire area uninterrupted, as they do on other hills throughout Judea and Samaria, in order to suffocate the Jewish communities, as part of their plan to take control of area C; yet along come Jews who interrupt their conquest attempts.
“Unfortunately the power balance is surreal,” they added. “The PA is funded with millions of dollars by the European Union and other anti-Semitic organizations, and this is evident on the ground; they take over area ‘C’ Territories with illegal Arab construction and an illegal agricultural Jihad; they come equipped with modern tractors, thousands of trees and infinite manpower. We, on the other hand, have no government support, only the personal donations given by lovers of the Land, donations that as important as they are, are still very small compared to the Arabs’.”
And, they added, “as if it wasn’t bad enough that our actions are not being sanctioned by the authorities, we have received uprooting orders against our plantings.” A hearing on uprooting the plantings the group made in Netzer is set for March 17.
Nevertheless, the two said, “the attention we’ve been given by the Arabs serves as further incentive for us to carry on our activities in full force, but we must remember that ultimately the power balance teaches us that plantings aren’t enough. We must act on a national level to completely stop the Arab takeover of our lands and our country. Such a move will only be possible if we apply Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria. That is why we at Women in Green continue with ground operations, parallel to the public activities calling for the application of Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria.”
@ yamit82:
I knew Darlin,they sisters under the skin!!!!!!!!!! I, however only use a rolling pin for Hamensteshens,I forgot to tell you to place a dollop of butter in the Hamenstashen. Also,if I remeber corectaly, you wanted the name of a romantic poem,I have two,”The Sun’s Rising”,John Donne and “Wild Nights”.,Emily Dickenson.
Non-Jew Said:
Crazy Muslim calls for Human Sacrifice
Honey Bee Said:
No, it’s Sarah Netanyahu
Hey Non-Jew,
The Euro-scum don’t care about doing good things for the Arabs.They want to do bad things to the Jews!
@ yamit82:
Is that Hillary?
retired Said:
You mean HER?
Selma Soss Said:
I want Netanyahu to go, too!
Tell me, you don’t see the contradiction in your cheerleading?
I like “gutsy”. GO Women in Green.
GO Netanyahu.
The constant and massive racist Muslim propaganda is so overwhelming to most people who are not directly aware or involved in the conflict that people do not realize that the most racists of ALL are the Muslims. This is a constant propaganda blitzkrieg with insults for which the leaders of the West keep quiet. They spend billions of petro-dollars. This means that the rest of the world is actually financing this war!!!! We need to find ways to use the boomerang concept in one way or another. When is the West going to get it!!!
This is really funny.
Arabs claim that planting trees is “racist.”
hahahahaha
The PA sucks up money from Europe. The money comes from people who think they are doing good things for the poor Palestinian victims. The money is wasted by the PA or spent on arms and tunnels, not on the people, not on useful projects, not on building up the economy and not on teaching kids useful things that would help their communities (unless you consider suicide bombing and breeding hatred as great vocations). The Palestinians are mostly apathetic victims (of the PA) and most of them can’t be bothered to get up off their rear ends and take the initiative to do something useful. This helps them to look even more like victims, so the idiot Europeans send them more money. They didn’t even have the strength of character to do what a small group of Jewish women could do. The Palestinians aren’t all stupid, they aren’t without intelligence, they are just oppressed by their own masters – the PA and Hamas or other terrorist groups. If they used their intelligence for long enough, they could be out of all of this mess. They could have been out of it 40 years ago, but they just keep making it worse.
It may never end, because they insist on teaching their children to hate and to kill, otherwise, there would be a chance in another generation or two, that it could stop.
It is sad, really, and the stupid do-gooders in Europe and the US are just making it worse.
@ Raymond Felsted:
I’m thinking like San Marino or Andorra.
Never knew planting trees was racist. Or aggressive, for that matter. So asymmetrical, with the huge funding they get from the anti-Semitic EU, while the courageous Women in Green go it alone with no help and no thanks for their efforts. The world is upside down. I can’t say it enough, although I feel that I’m speaking to the wind: Area C must be annexed. If we are forced to have a “Palestinian” state, it must be made as small as possible.
Netanyahu is afraid of gutsy women,just ask his gutsy wife!
Gutsy women. Bibi could learn a thing or two from them.
PICTURES OF FLAME-COLORED TWISTER taken in a river running through a mine. Very strange and otherworldly images.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2289687/Fire-sky-Incredible-pictures-flame-coloured-twister-actually-taken-river-running-mine.html
But this is the real thing, an actual fire tornado. Quite amazing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2204468/Pictured-The-frightening-FIRE-tornado-whirled-Australian-outback-40-MINUTES.html
The whole campaign for an Arab state on Jewish land has been modeled on genuine Jewish issues and activism. Without a distinctive name of their own they’ve borrowed the “Palestinian” designation. Although they’ve been the perpetrators of terror and massacres, they portray themselves as victims. And they have the gall to lay claim to Jewish heritage sites as their own.
It’s a case of Identity Fraud taken to the most absurd extreme – but the anti-Semitic world laps it all up because anything that usurps the Jewish right to the land is for them a good thing, no matter how ridiculous.
The real criminals, with power, obstructing Jews and denying their rights: EU, GOI;Leftist courts; Barak; Bibi;–may they be overcome with despair.
Best Wishes to Women in Green.
Planting trees is aggressive and racist?