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no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution, no to bi-national state
no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution, no to bi-national state
Good news! Kol Hakavod to Women in Green.
It only took almost a decade of private stern standing to force the return of the IDF to what it was 10 years ago, maybe. I strongly suggest that Jewish Civilians maintain on site vigilance.
We will be visiting the area in a month or so and will report from the site.
Chag Semach- The good holiday news below:
Great news! Shdema is Rebuilt on a Grand Scale…
We are happy to announce that the IDF has decided to renovate Shdema
and prepare the site as a military base.
“…Our mouths are filled with song and our tongues with praise…We
cannot thank You enough”
The Shdema camp, situated in area C between Har Homa and Tekoa, was
abandoned in 2006.
In 2008, journalist Hagai Huberman alerted Women in Green to the fact
that Israel was holding discussions with the Palestinian Authority on
the subject of establishing a new Palestinian neighborhood at the
site. Due to Hagai Huberman’s alertness, the camp was prevented from
being transferred to Arab ownership.
Following a difficult battle that continued for years waged by Women
in Green and the Committee for a Jewish Shdema, the camp was
maintained by a small IDF force.
Two years ago the road to the camp was improved and paved and it was
recently announced that the IDF is renovating the site and preparing
it to receive many soldiers.
The contribution of Women in Green and the Committee for a Jewish
Shdema will be recognized in a ceremonial tribute that will take
place, G-d willing, on Monday, the second night of Hanukah, at 8:00pm
Attended by:
1) Dep.Minister of Defense Rabbi Eli Ben Dahan
2) Brigade Commander of Gush Etsion Roman Gofman
3) Moshe Savil, Deputy Head of Gush Etzion Council
4) Rav Yaron Durani, Rabbi of Nokdim and Shdema
We would like to thank all of those who took part in this success and
call upon them to participate in the ceremony this coming Monday
night.
For transportation:
From Jerusalem: Renee Margolis 052-3294194
From Kiryat Arba Hevron, Gush Etzion & Efrat: Rivka Ryback 0548034853
Exclusive: The Battle is Won: the IDF will restore the Shdema Camp to be a permanent base, after it was supposed to be handed over to the Palestinians.
Next Monday, on the second night of Hanukah, a candle lighting event
is planned to be held at the site. It will be a joint event of the IDF
and the Committee for a Jewish Shdema, which in recent years organized
a series of cultural activities at the site in order to maintain a
Jewish presence. The IDF will award to the committee’s leadership,
Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katsover, a certificate of recognition for
their active preservation of the site.
Recently, the IDF has been maintaining a consistent presence at the
site in preparation for its being restored as a permanent base.
On March 21, 2008, I had the privilege of exposing exclusive
information in the Makor Rishon-Hatzofe newspaper regarding the fact
that Israel and the Palestinian Authority were discussing the
possibility of establishing a new Palestinian community, on the Shdema
base, east of Beit Sahour. In the past it had been a base of the
Engineering Corps, and was abandoned a year and a half beforehand. In
the Oslo Accords the place was designated as Area C, under Israel’s
control, like every other IDF base.
The Palestinian Authority had been eyeing the place for a long time
and had even prepared a Palestinian master plan that would designate
the military base as another neighborhood of Beit Sahour. In the Civil
Administration they tended to view the proposal positively, and were
inclined to approve the Palestinian request. The IDF Central Command
objected to the process because of its proximity to the road that
connects the Jewish communities of east Gush Etzion and Har Homa.
Following the publication, activities were held to promote holding
onto the site, by the Committee for a Jewish Shdema, established by
Women in Green leaders Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katsover, with the aim
of “leaving Shdema under Israel’s control, in order to prevent hostile
elements from taking over the area and to act against the possibility
of handing the area over to the Palestinians in any future
arrangement”.
The committee organized lectures every week as well as monthly events
at Shdema. Taking part in the activities that were held at the site
were senior political figures of the Right such as then Foreign
Minister Avigdor Lieberman; MK Yuli Edelstein, the current Speaker of
the Knesset; Ze’ev Elkin and Danny Danon. Public figures and cultural
celebrities such as former MK Geula Cohen and singer Dudu Elharer also
visited the place.
In the beginning of October, 2013, a ceremony to affix a mezuzah was
held at the site attended by very many people, among whom was Deputy
Minister Eli Ben Dahan, Head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council
Davidi Perl and MK Shuli Mualem-Refaeli. On the first day of the month
of Sivan, 5774 (2014), a synagogue was dedicated in Shdema, with the
participation of Regimental Commander, Amit Yamin.
And now, as mentioned, the site will be restored to the IDF’s control
as a permanent base, as it was in the past.
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Amen. Ken y’ieh.