Prime Minister Ariel Sharon paid a condolence visit this afternoon to Benny and Bat-Sheva Shoham, whose five-month-old son Yehuda Chaim was killed in a rock-throwing attack two weeks ago. Benny told the Prime Minister, \"If public figures would make sure to begin every speech by saying that this is our Land and our State, this would strengthen the public, and it would also re-invigorate the leaders and restore their strength.\" Sharon agreed: \"I have not an iota of doubt as to our total rights to Eretz Yisrael and Jerusalem… We may have erred in not emphasizing this more…\" The Prime Minister said that just as in the past, there were small groups who led the way, \"the Yesha residents today are the model that should be imitated.\"
Over 1,000 people were guests this past Shabbat at one of the oldest Yesha communities, Ofrah, commemorating their solidarity and identification with the residents of Judea and Samaria. Last-minute reservations about holding the event, in light of recent Palestinian attacks - including one last week at the town entrance in which Shlomit Binyamin, 21, was moderately wounded - were overruled by the enthusiasm of the guests who wished to come. The guests reached Ofrah in a convoy of buses and private cars. Many of them expressed their intentions to relocate to Judea and Samaria, despite - or because of - the dangerous security situation.
Private protest initiatives: Michael Maimon, former IDF Intelligence officer, began a sit-in strike outside the Knesset today, demanding a public commission of inquiry into the Oslo process and those who were responsible for it. He said that other former army officers and journalists, from both sides of the political spectrum, are likely to join him. Dr. Chaim Appelbaum of N\'vei Tzuf has \"set up tent\" outside the Prime Minister\'s Residence in Jerusalem. He plans to sleep there each night until the security of his fellow townsmen - many of whom have been wounded in recent shooting attacks; two have been killed - is improved.
Over 1,000 people were guests this past Shabbat at one of the oldest Yesha communities, Ofrah, commemorating their solidarity and identification with the residents of Judea and Samaria. Last-minute reservations about holding the event, in light of recent Palestinian attacks - including one last week at the town entrance in which Shlomit Binyamin, 21, was moderately wounded - were overruled by the enthusiasm of the guests who wished to come. The guests reached Ofrah in a convoy of buses and private cars. Many of them expressed their intentions to relocate to Judea and Samaria, despite - or because of - the dangerous security situation.
Private protest initiatives: Michael Maimon, former IDF Intelligence officer, began a sit-in strike outside the Knesset today, demanding a public commission of inquiry into the Oslo process and those who were responsible for it. He said that other former army officers and journalists, from both sides of the political spectrum, are likely to join him. Dr. Chaim Appelbaum of N\'vei Tzuf has \"set up tent\" outside the Prime Minister\'s Residence in Jerusalem. He plans to sleep there each night until the security of his fellow townsmen - many of whom have been wounded in recent shooting attacks; two have been killed - is improved.