Israel\'s largest religious youth movement, Bnei Akiva, chose to show its support for the communities in Judea and Samaria by holding its annual two-day leaders\' convention in the Binyamin community of Ofrah. Moti Yogev, Bnei Akiva\'s secretary-general and an IDF Colonel in the reserves, explained to Arutz-7 today, \"We have 240 chapter leaders - even though we have 360 chapters around the country - and of them, 210 came to Ofrah. This gives us a good feeling, because we specifically chose to hold the event here out of a feeling of wanting to \'strengthen and be strengthened, encourage and be encouraged\' during these difficult times. I feel that we are seeing the fruits of our year-long education now in the fact that so many of them came and did so happily...\"



Also from Ofrah today: The parents of a young Palestinian boy who drowned in the village of Silwad today brought him to the gates of nearby Ofrah, asking for emergency medical help. The local Magen David Adom medical team attempted to resuscitate the boy, but in vain. The Arabs of Silwad have fired on Ofrah dozens of times in the past months.