Israel's War on Judea Continued

Hope you have a strong stomach, because reading this is enough to make you want to vomit.

Arutz-7's Ezra HaLevi reported from the scene at about 3:30 PM:

"The soldiers have just fired tear gas into the house here in Sde Boaz [just north of N'vei Daniel] in order to get people out, and there is serious violence going on here. The soldiers are just hitting anyone who's near the house or the soldiers; they push them, throw them down, hit them... Now I see them taking belongings out of the house, in preparation for the demolition."

At 4:00 PM, the house was totally razed, and the soldiers - and protestors - turned their attention to the foundations of another home, painstakingly built over the past weeks by a young man who had just become engaged. "The scene now is tremendously emotional and charged," HaLevi said, over the background of yelling and outcries. "The youths are locking arms and refusing to move, even though they face a strongly violent response. I don't know if it's the memories of the expulsion from Gush Katif, or maybe these are people who are seeing this for the first time, but the feelings here [over the destruction of Jewish property in the Land of Israel by Israeli soldiers] are very intense."

Asked earlier if the violence was mutual, HaLevi said, "The protestors were told in advance by the leaders here that violence is not our way, and the like... But there are certainly verbal provocations, and the soldiers just seem to be losing it [i.e., control of themselves]. They arrested the person who was serving as the leader, and then when someone else took over, they arrested him as well."

Asked how many people were present to protest, HaLevi said, "There have been hundreds throughout the day, and right now I would say that there are about 250. The weather has been totally crazy - first it was sunny, then rainy and windy and foggy, then it cleared up again, and now it has begun hailing very heavily.

We're atop the highest point in Gush Etzion..."There are more than 100 soldiers, he reported, but no females, "so many girls have been dragged by male soldiers."At the same time, IDF forces are also preparing to destroy houses in the Binyamin community of Amona next week, as well as in Hevron. The Amona destruction has been put on hold, however, at least until after a Supreme Court hearing on the issue next week.

In Hevron, eleven families fear a forced evacuation from their homes near the Avraham Avinu neighborhood. Land of Israel supporters from around the country have been asked to arrive at these two spots, in order to prevent the expulsions - both of which are seen to be test-cases in the expected battles over many Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria in the future.

This has got to stop. What the hell is the Israeli government doing using its troops to destroy Jewish lives? Isn't the job of the IDF to protect Jews not beat them up and bulldoze their homes? I can't believe this is happening.

Terrorists are being freed from jails, Jewish land is being given away to Hamas unconditionally, moslems who openly want Israel destroyed are serving in the Knesset, moslems in Jerusalem are being allowed to vote in "Palestinian" elections, but Jewish residents of Judea must be destroyed just because they aren't moslems?

Say it ain't so.

-MZ