According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, of the twenty municipalities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, fourteen grew in population at rates above the national average (1.9%) during 2002. Among the top four fastest growing municipalities in Israel, only one (Elad) is not located in Yesha. The leaders in growth from Yesha are: Ofra (2.3%), Kedumim (2.4%), Beit Arye (2.5%), Ariel (2.5%), Maaleh Adumim (2.9%), Shaarei Tikva (3.5%), Neve Dekalim (3.9%), Alfei Menashe (4.2%), Efrata (4.4%), Alon Shvut (4.8%), Beit El (5.7%), Modiin Illit (Kiryat Sefer) (14.3%), Beitar Illit (16.3%), and Kochav Yaakov (33.4%).
An on-line petition protesting the brutal manner in which the hilltop home of Livnat Ozeri and her five children was destroyed and the family forcibly expelled has been initiated by Rjews.net - a server of Russian-Jewish websites. Livnat Ozeri's husband, Netanel Ozeri, was murdered by Palestinian terrorists just over two months ago while the family was eating their Sabbath night dinner. The petition, in English, Hebrew and Russian, can be signed at http://rjews.net/hill-26/index.html.
An on-line petition protesting the brutal manner in which the hilltop home of Livnat Ozeri and her five children was destroyed and the family forcibly expelled has been initiated by Rjews.net - a server of Russian-Jewish websites. Livnat Ozeri's husband, Netanel Ozeri, was murdered by Palestinian terrorists just over two months ago while the family was eating their Sabbath night dinner. The petition, in English, Hebrew and Russian, can be signed at http://rjews.net/hill-26/index.html.