"The day will come that our grandchildren will play in the streets of Homesh," vowed Moshe Feiglin, leader of the Jewish Leadership faction within the Likud party. "No one will remember the failure of the man who destroyed the community," he added, referring to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Feiglin also denounced the police violence that is taking place at this hour in Homesh as forces beat and drag away hundreds of activists on to buses. "Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who has failed to strike the enemy, sent security forces to hit Jews returning to Homesh," he stated.