The Manhigut Yehudit (Jewish Leadership) faction of the Likud, headed by Moshe Feiglin, has opened a new office in the Shomron (Samaria) outpost of Ramat Gilad. The outpost, also known as Flag Hill, is one of those that the government has slated for destruction.
Peace Now, the far-left organization that tracks the development of the Jewish locations for the purpose of eradicating them, reports that Ramat Gilad is located 600 meters east of Karnei Shomron and has either 8 or 15 residents, as well as 9 structures. However, three years ago, Arutz-7 reported that Ramat Gilad has “eight families, including one with 11 children; their mother is the sister of terror-victim Gilad Zar, for whom the neighborhood is named. Like other outposts, the neighborhood has received all the necessary permits, save for final authorization from the Defense Minister.”
Ramat Gilad was briefly known as Flag Hill, because in 1997, the youth of Karnei Shomron fashioned there an almost 800-square meter Israeli flag -- the largest flag in the world, as certified by the Guinness Book of World Records. The flag was later set on fire by Arab hoodlums. A year later, Ramat Gilad was founded on the site.
Manhigut leader Moshe Feiglin, who was nearly elected to the Knesset earlier this year, said at the mezuzah-affixing ceremony, “We have come to give strength to the residents of the outposts, who are attacked these days in an anti-Semitic manner with the legislation of special laws for Jews.”
Also on hand were Karnei Shomron Mayor Herzl Ben-Ari, Manhigut Director Michael Puah, who said that there are Likud MKs who fear that Binyamin Netanyahu will take the path of Ariel Sharon, and Afu Ganem, head of the Likud chapter in the Galilee Druze town of Majar.
In other outpost news, Border Guard police forces arrived on Tuesday evening at Shvut Ami, just west of Kedumim, knocked down a makeshift structure and confiscated beds and other equipment from youths who were at the site. Two structures in Shvut Ami were razed by security forces just over a week ago: the soldiers arrived at a spot near the scene on the Sabbath and waited until two minutes after the Sabbath ended to commence the eviction – and the youthful pioneers immediately began rebuilding.