Matti Barnea of the Tel Aviv suburb of Givatayim told Arutz-7's Hebrew language news journal that while security forces were demolishing the Samarian Jewish outpost community of Shvut Ami (Return of My People) Thursday, a convoy of cars was on its way from the Central region to rebuild it. Barnea reported on what was happening from a hilltop near Shvut Ami.Barnea declared, "The people of Israel will win."

The outpost, which has not been formally authorized by the government, was destroyed as a concession to the diplomatic efforts being brokered by the United States, which views a Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria as an obstacle to peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

Barnea declared, "The people of Israel will win. The difference between Tel Aviv and Shvut Ami is that Tel Aviv was built on Arab lands and Shvut Ami wasn't." He added, "The Arabs have deeds on the Akirov Towers [luxury apartments] that [Defense Minister Ehud] Barak lives in. He has even more nerve to raise up a fuss on the day that symbolizes the fight against divisiveness – The Fast of Gedaliah."

Thursday's date on the Hebrew calendar, the third of Tishrei, is the anniversary of the assassination of Gedaliah ben Achikam, the Jewish governor appointed by Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar after Nebuchadnezzar killed or exiled most of Jerusalem's inhabitants in 586 B.C.E. According to accounts in the prophetical books of Kings and Jeremiah, a number of Jews who had fled to neighboring lands returned, but the king of one of those lands sent and encouraged a Jew who was a descended from the royal family of Judea to assassinate Gedaliah.

Gedaliah had been warned, but refused to believe his informants, having the belief that their report was mere slander. Also murdered were most of the Jews who had joined Gedaliah and many Babylonians whom the Babylonian king had left with him. The remaining Jews feared the vengeance of the Babylonian King and fled to Egypt.

By contrast, Barnea noted that many residents of Givatayim are in constant contact with those of Shvut Ami, coming to give strength to and encourage them, making their way on Thursday to reinforce the place with equipment and manpower. He added "If we just slightly resemble [early 1900s Land of Israel pioneer Joseph] Trumpeldor, it will be a lot quieter here."