Residents of the Ulpana (Girls Religious High School) neighborhood in the Binyamin-region Jewish community of Beit Elwere surprised, Tuesday morning. to seesixofficers,led bya colonel, visitingin theneighborhood, which is slated for uprooting under a Supreme Court order.The officersleft the areabytwoundercovercars.
The neighborhood committee issued a statement which read, "Residents are appalledby the fact that a Likud government led by [Binyamin] Netanyahu- [and Ehud] Barak hasbegunpreparing for thedemolition ofthe neighborhoodthat it built, itself,12 years ago."