The Yesha Council of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria has launched a campaign emphasizing the Jewish People's historical, cultural and religious ties with the area.
Betzalel Smotritz, an ideological opponent of what he perceives as the council's weak-kneed approach to government plans for retreat from the Land of Israel, has only praise for the new campaign. "As people who sharply criticize the Yesha Council for its approach to the current struggle, to the 'outposts agreements' it has made, and its over-patronization of the settlement enterprise, we must also congratulate the Council on this important and necessary step," Smotritz wrote in a pamphlet distributed in synagogues this week.
Smotritz singled out Council chief Danny Dayan for praise: "He has succeeded very well in fulfilling his pledge to replace the usual public dialogue about 'security' as the justification for the settlement enterprise, with talk of 'Jewish values' as its justification instead."
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