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Returning to Homesh
Returning to Homesh
 

 
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    Published: 04/25/07, 1:37 PM

    Photo Essay: Thousands Return to Homesh For Independence Day

     
    by Ezra HaLevi and Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
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    Walking through the fields toward Homesh
    Three generations march to Homesh
    Soldiers mingle with marchers
    Police did not stop marchers





    IDF soldiers stand guard atop a house covered with Islamic martyr posters rather than interfere with the ascent



    Soldiers blocked side trails
    Some came by piggyback
    Some came by mule
    Lunch break
    Police and marchers talk about march
    Endless line of marchers
    The hills of Samaria
    IDF escorts marchers

    Marchers navigate steep incline
    Mincha at Homesh

    The Tel Aviv skyline from Homesh
    Though cars were blocked, other vehicles were able to arrive through the fields and valleys
    Atop Homesh's only remaining structure, its water tower
    The Likud Party had four buses of activists participate
    Prof. Aumann addresses crowd
    Rav Dov Lior encourages return to Homesh
    On top of Homesh
    More than 10,000 hiked to Homesh
    "Returning to Homesh
    Homesh, late in the day
    A blind man, having hiked all the way up, prays the afternoon Mincha prayer at the site where Homesh's old synagogue once stood

    Panoramic view of Homesh

     

    (Photos: Tzvi Ben Gedlayahu and Yechiel Stein)



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