On the 5th October, a coachload of 50 Peace Now activists drove from Tel Aviv, via Jerusalem, past the Jewish settlement of Har Homa in East Jerusalem and around Bethlehem to reach Nokdim, a small, isolated settlement east of the barrier and 8.2km from the Green line (population 828 as of 2007). Peace Now had come to Nokdim, home to Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, because it is one of 34 settlements that are racing to build before a promised freeze is implemented. The military escorted the coach into the settlement and allowed the activists to protest peacefully and inspect the new construction. One youth tried to approach the demonstrators but was kept at a distance. The coach then proceeded to drive back north, past the barrier and Efrat in Gush Etzion, to the Palestinian town of al-Walajah, just south of the Jerusalem municipal border. There, three homes have been razed to the ground in the last week for not having the correct permits, while other homes are left unfinished, proving that a construction freeze seems only to apply to the Palestinians. Bordering al-Walajah is Har Gilo, another small settlement (population 462) that is attempting last minute construction work. The coach tour proved highly successful and informative, and Yariv Oppenheimer was asked for comment from a number of leading radio stations.
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December 24, 2009 at 3:54 am |
This is an unnecessary provocation. Why don’t you do a demonstration through the streets of Gaza. Where are your demonstrations of the 10,000 rocket and mortar attacks against innocent Israeli children. Daily attacks against Jews simply because they are Jews. From what I read here this Peace Now promotes genocide of Jews, disgusting, seems you’d rather see Jews living in the streets.