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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)