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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Settler mentality

Jewish extremists in Israel are organising:

"The path to an autonomous Judean state is riddled with obstacles, but Yekutiel Ben-Ya'acov, a marketing consultant from Kfar Tapuah, is not daunted.

Ben-Ya'acov, 41, who sees himself as a student of Rabbi Meir Kahane, together with hundreds of right-wing activists who share Ben-Ya'acov's vision, will gather at Yeshivat Hakotel in Jerusalem's Old City on Wednesday to stop future unilateral territorial compromises patterned after the Gaza pullout.

"'Our proposition, called the Judean Initiative, is a rejection of the Geneva initiative,' said Ben-Ya'acov. 'We want to be granted Jewish autonomy in all areas in Judea and Samaria populated by Jews.

"'Instead of handing control over to Arab terrorists we propose something identical to the present situation in the Gaza Strip - autonomy without statehood - except we want it for Jews. We would be a vital buffer zone for the State of Israel.'"

The settler movement suffered a major blow with the Gaza "disengagement" and, despite a majority of Israelis keen for further withdrawals, the colonists are aware that time is not on their side. In the meantime, they work furiously to uproot Palestinian livelihoods while the Israeli authorities ignore the problem.

3 Comments:

Blogger Antony Loewenstein said...

Just imagine if the Jewish state had supported these extremists since 1967.
Oh wait...

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:37:00 pm  
Blogger Ibrahamav said...

Melanie, How dare you bring up the past! That has no bearing whatsoever on AL's point! Now stop it!

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:48:00 am  
Blogger Ibrahamav said...

Yes, I remeber all the Polish armies poised to strike Germany and all of the radio addresses by the great Polish dictator threatening to turn Germany into a blood bath.

Sorry agi, but Egypt and Syria and Jordan were playing a game of 'chicken' with Israel, and they lost. Lost big time. Lost, lost, lost.

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 2:57:00 am  

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