No one was hurt this morning when a bus was targeted in a bomb attack south of the north-central Shomron community of Sa-Nur - but there may be more to the attack than meets the eye. The Arab attackers are apparently trying to thwart Jewish efforts to re-build Sa-Nur, a relatively isolated artists colony from which all but one family left after several months of Oslo War terrorism.
Several new families have moved in over the past few weeks, and a yeshiva is now being built, in order to ensure that the area does not remain bereft of Jews. Sa-Nur is the link between northern and central Shomron, and if it is abandoned, the two areas will be cut off from each other. Travel to Sa-Nur from Chomesh in the south is, even now, enabled only with army escort. The new families and yeshiva students hope that as the community grows, and as more Jews travel the roads, the dangers - in the long-range - will lessen.
Several new families have moved in over the past few weeks, and a yeshiva is now being built, in order to ensure that the area does not remain bereft of Jews. Sa-Nur is the link between northern and central Shomron, and if it is abandoned, the two areas will be cut off from each other. Travel to Sa-Nur from Chomesh in the south is, even now, enabled only with army escort. The new families and yeshiva students hope that as the community grows, and as more Jews travel the roads, the dangers - in the long-range - will lessen.