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Rightists begin attempt to erect five illegal West Bank outposts
By Nadav Shargai, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Staff
Thousands of rightists and settlers are planning to try to set up five new outposts throughout the West Bank on Sunday, as part of a protest during the interim days of the Sukkot holiday.
Hundreds of rightists headed to Givat Ha'eitam near the settlement of Efrat early Sunday afternoon to begin the protest.
The defense establishment is prepared to counter the protest with police assistance and has declared the planned sites a closed military zone, Army Radio reported.
In addition to Givat Ha'eitam, the settlers plan to take possession of land at the following locations: Hill 1013 near Halhoul in the Hebron region, Nofei Hashmonaim near Hashmonaim, "Harhivi" outpost near Elon Moreh, and "Shvut Ami" outpost in Samaria.
The extra-parliamentary right-wing movements participating in the operation are also planning a major march to Homesh, a northern West Bank settlement vacated in 2005 as part of the disengagement from Gaza.
"This is the only way to get out of the alleyways and back to the main road, through the Land of Israel," one movement leader, Arye Yitzhaki, told Haaretz last week. "We will keep building communities and redeeming territory in the land of the Patriarchs."
Various rabbis have voiced their support for the operation. The rabbi of Efrat, Shlomo Riskin, who is known as a moderate, called on Efrat residents to take part at Givat Ha'eitam. Riskin's call was seconded by other Gush Etzion rabbis.
In Hebron-Kiryat Arba, local rabbis, led by Moshe Levinger and Eliezer Waldman, issued calls for the public to accompany the operation at Hill 1013.
By Nadav Shargai, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Staff
Thousands of rightists and settlers are planning to try to set up five new outposts throughout the West Bank on Sunday, as part of a protest during the interim days of the Sukkot holiday.
Hundreds of rightists headed to Givat Ha'eitam near the settlement of Efrat early Sunday afternoon to begin the protest.
The defense establishment is prepared to counter the protest with police assistance and has declared the planned sites a closed military zone, Army Radio reported.
In addition to Givat Ha'eitam, the settlers plan to take possession of land at the following locations: Hill 1013 near Halhoul in the Hebron region, Nofei Hashmonaim near Hashmonaim, "Harhivi" outpost near Elon Moreh, and "Shvut Ami" outpost in Samaria.
The extra-parliamentary right-wing movements participating in the operation are also planning a major march to Homesh, a northern West Bank settlement vacated in 2005 as part of the disengagement from Gaza.
"This is the only way to get out of the alleyways and back to the main road, through the Land of Israel," one movement leader, Arye Yitzhaki, told Haaretz last week. "We will keep building communities and redeeming territory in the land of the Patriarchs."
Various rabbis have voiced their support for the operation. The rabbi of Efrat, Shlomo Riskin, who is known as a moderate, called on Efrat residents to take part at Givat Ha'eitam. Riskin's call was seconded by other Gush Etzion rabbis.
In Hebron-Kiryat Arba, local rabbis, led by Moshe Levinger and Eliezer Waldman, issued calls for the public to accompany the operation at Hill 1013.
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