Chairman Gershon Mesika of the Samaria (Shomron) Regional Council and aide Yossi Dagan will join, Tuesday afternoon, hunger strikers protesting the Supreme Court decision to uproot five homes in the Binyamin-region Jewish community of Beit El, based on the state's stance, presented to the court last year, that the homes were built on land owned by a Palestinian Authority Arab. Mesika will also move his office to the protest tent set up between the High Court and the Knesset as lobbying efforts continue for passage, Wednesday, of a bill intended to protect those homes and others in Judea and Samaria which face a similar fate.
Referring to the petition which led to the court's decision, Mesika said, Tuesday morning, "This is an outrageous and unprecedented injustice.It's inconceivable that someofficials intheextremeleftleadan entire country by the nose.I seePrime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu as responsible forthis terriblesituation. Theculpritis notthe Supreme Courtbutthe falseanswersit was given,as if theselandswere plundered and the residents must be moved.Thisadds insult to injuryopposite the ineffectiveness ofthe government'slack of dealing with the takeover by hostileArabsofthe Negevand many areasin Judea andSamaria. We shall not give up on the ministersand demand they beloyalto their constituents andthe what the peoplesay - constructionandnot demolition."