The Hevron Jewish Community will continue to purchase Arab houses in Hevron and rent them to Jewish families, says Hevron spokesman David Wilder. Less than an hour after police and IDF troops forcefully evicted the Peace House, Wilder announced that the campaign to purchase more Arab properties is continuing quietly.
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"There is no question that the courts will rule in our favor regarding the Peace House, because we have proof of purchase beyond all shadow of doubt," said Wilder. "I turn to our Arab neighbors interested in selling their homes and encourage them to contact us. We have solutions to protect Arab homeowners from the capital punishment meted out by the Palestinian Authority to those who sell land to a Jew."
Jewish philanthropist Morris Abraham purchased the Peace House from a local Arab with the Hevron Jewish community facilitating the real estate deal.
Wilder says that the whole Zionist enterprise since the 1800's has been based on purchase of land from Arabs and settlement of Jews therein. "We are simply continuing the peaceful Zionist activity of purchasing properties and gradually returning the land to its original owners," says Wilder. "Nothing will deter us," he concluded.