Yesha residents are beginning to act as if they have had enough of the non-stop shooting attacks against them. Some of them blocked the Kalkilyeh-Shechem road to Arab traffic this morning near Karnei Shomron, and others set up several similar roadblocks all along the Jerusalem-Hevron highway... Jews of Gush Etzion (south of Jerusalem) protested in Mevaseret Zion (just west of the capital) last night, outside the home of Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer...
Outside the Prime Minister\'s Office, people from Ateret and N\'vei Tzuf continue to run their \"tent city\" encampment. Protestors say the police used force in removing some 20 children from the site; the police deny this. The World Mizrachi Delegation to the World Zionist Congress came to the site this afternoon to show their solidarity with the residents of Judea and Samaria.
Women in Green leader Nadia Matar told Arutz-7 today:
\"I sense [among the residents of Judea and Samaria] much anger, much more willingness to go out and do something. For instance, just last night Gush Etzion Council head Sha\'ul Goldstein had an idea last night to organize a rally in Jerusalem, and within an hour and a half he had three busloads! This is unheard of!... We refuse to continue to be sitting ducks just to cleanse Ariel Sharon\'s name on the BBC... I also have complaints against the Yesha Council. They must organize people to DO things, such as establishing new outposts in reaction to all attacks, even those that do not end with casualties. Doing something constructive like this would, for one thing, deter people from thinking about taking violent vengeance against Arabs - something which I am against, both morally and practically... What will scare the Arabs is if they know that every time Arafat gives the green light for an attack against Jews, he is also giving the OK for another new Jewish neighborhood in Yesha.\"
Outside the Prime Minister\'s Office, people from Ateret and N\'vei Tzuf continue to run their \"tent city\" encampment. Protestors say the police used force in removing some 20 children from the site; the police deny this. The World Mizrachi Delegation to the World Zionist Congress came to the site this afternoon to show their solidarity with the residents of Judea and Samaria.
Women in Green leader Nadia Matar told Arutz-7 today:
\"I sense [among the residents of Judea and Samaria] much anger, much more willingness to go out and do something. For instance, just last night Gush Etzion Council head Sha\'ul Goldstein had an idea last night to organize a rally in Jerusalem, and within an hour and a half he had three busloads! This is unheard of!... We refuse to continue to be sitting ducks just to cleanse Ariel Sharon\'s name on the BBC... I also have complaints against the Yesha Council. They must organize people to DO things, such as establishing new outposts in reaction to all attacks, even those that do not end with casualties. Doing something constructive like this would, for one thing, deter people from thinking about taking violent vengeance against Arabs - something which I am against, both morally and practically... What will scare the Arabs is if they know that every time Arafat gives the green light for an attack against Jews, he is also giving the OK for another new Jewish neighborhood in Yesha.\"