Among the many and varied events planned for tomorrow's Independence Day celebrations, it appears that the "March to Sa-Nur" is receiving the most attention - apparently because Voice of Israel attempted to play it down.
The event is planned to begin in the large Shomron community of Kedumim, from where the marchers will be bused to an area close to the Gilad Form, will then set off by foot to Shavei Shomron, and will then travel by bus to Sa-Nur - a strategically critical point that is currently being rebuilt.
The happening has been widely advertised throughout Yesha and many other areas of the country, with the words "Security provided by the security forces" prominently displayed. Voice of Israel reported all day yesterday, however, that the promised security would not be provided, and that the army would in fact not allow the march, as the area is "too dangerous." Not true, say the organizers. They have been in constant contact with the army, and the details were finalized this afternoon: the army will provide security for a 5-kilometer march, though not for the planned 10-kilometer route.
From Shavei Shomron, the thousands of expected participants will travel by special bus to Sa-Nur, the nearly-abandoned but now flowering-once-again community in north-central Shomron. Several families have moved into Sa-Nur over the past weeks, several more are expected in the coming months, and a yeshiva is already functioning there. Sa-Nur is located in a critically strategic area between central and northern Shomron, and its presence guarantees Jewish traffic between these two areas.
Earlier this morning, Daniella Weiss, long-time Yesha pioneer and Mayor of Kedumim, told Arutz-7's Yosef Zalmanson that Maj.-Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky, head of the IDF Central Command, said he's in favor of the march, "but the one we're facing problems with is [his underling] the Brigade Commander, who is hesitating to take upon himself this large responsibility. But we're going ahead with it, and it will take place - thousands of people, and buses, and television crews, etc."
Mayor Weiss said that the march was originally planned to be a "simple, basic expression of Zionism and the Jewish people's connection with out land. But in the light of certain recent events, it has taken on new and more intense meaning. Yesterday, Prime Minister Sharon said that he has vowed to go the route of making what he calls 'painful concessions' - to which we vow in response: 'No to a Palestinian state, Yes to Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel)!' In addition, last night a young man was murdered, and his little daughter and a soldier were critically wounded - to which the proper Zionist response is to punish the murderers and give honor to those who sacrifice and build Eretz Yisrael."
The event is planned to begin in the large Shomron community of Kedumim, from where the marchers will be bused to an area close to the Gilad Form, will then set off by foot to Shavei Shomron, and will then travel by bus to Sa-Nur - a strategically critical point that is currently being rebuilt.
The happening has been widely advertised throughout Yesha and many other areas of the country, with the words "Security provided by the security forces" prominently displayed. Voice of Israel reported all day yesterday, however, that the promised security would not be provided, and that the army would in fact not allow the march, as the area is "too dangerous." Not true, say the organizers. They have been in constant contact with the army, and the details were finalized this afternoon: the army will provide security for a 5-kilometer march, though not for the planned 10-kilometer route.
From Shavei Shomron, the thousands of expected participants will travel by special bus to Sa-Nur, the nearly-abandoned but now flowering-once-again community in north-central Shomron. Several families have moved into Sa-Nur over the past weeks, several more are expected in the coming months, and a yeshiva is already functioning there. Sa-Nur is located in a critically strategic area between central and northern Shomron, and its presence guarantees Jewish traffic between these two areas.
Earlier this morning, Daniella Weiss, long-time Yesha pioneer and Mayor of Kedumim, told Arutz-7's Yosef Zalmanson that Maj.-Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky, head of the IDF Central Command, said he's in favor of the march, "but the one we're facing problems with is [his underling] the Brigade Commander, who is hesitating to take upon himself this large responsibility. But we're going ahead with it, and it will take place - thousands of people, and buses, and television crews, etc."
Mayor Weiss said that the march was originally planned to be a "simple, basic expression of Zionism and the Jewish people's connection with out land. But in the light of certain recent events, it has taken on new and more intense meaning. Yesterday, Prime Minister Sharon said that he has vowed to go the route of making what he calls 'painful concessions' - to which we vow in response: 'No to a Palestinian state, Yes to Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel)!' In addition, last night a young man was murdered, and his little daughter and a soldier were critically wounded - to which the proper Zionist response is to punish the murderers and give honor to those who sacrifice and build Eretz Yisrael."