The Mateh HaMeshutaf (joint headquarters) was established three weeks ago after months of different organizations acting independently and often inefficiently in an effort to defeat the government plan to dismantle 25 Jewish communities in northern Samaria and Gaza.
"We are not spokesmen or organizers," said Tzachi Fenton, one of the initiators of the project. "We simply are presenting to the public a list of all the organizations and the actions that are scheduled. All of the activities will be coordinated through the headquarters."
This is the first time that the anti-evacuation groups, many of which are based within Israel's the pre-1967 Six-Day War Israel's borders , have been able to present coordinated efforts with the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza (Yesha.)
Yesha has organized dozens of successful demonstrations since the beginning of the first Oslo talks with Yasser Arafat almost 15 years ago, noted one of the Mateh's participants. "But there has not been a feeling of coordination with everyone," he added.
Knesset member Uri Ariel, who recently has been part of the Yesha Council as an advisor, is coordinating the Mateh group's projects, which can be viewed on the web site http://www.hamate-hameshutaf.org.il.
Fenton pointed out that the coordinated effort changes the image of the anti-evacuation camp, which the media has described mainly as religious residents of Yesha. There are many secular groups, including student groups and Kol Eema (Voice of Mothers), Fenton added.
Among other groups which are in the Mateh Hameshutaf are a group of professors, Women In Green, the Almagor Organization for Terror Victims, the Yesha Rabbinical Council, Gush Katif, Gamla Will Not Fall A Second Time and Cities for Israel.
"We are not spokesmen or organizers," said Tzachi Fenton, one of the initiators of the project. "We simply are presenting to the public a list of all the organizations and the actions that are scheduled. All of the activities will be coordinated through the headquarters."
This is the first time that the anti-evacuation groups, many of which are based within Israel's the pre-1967 Six-Day War Israel's borders , have been able to present coordinated efforts with the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza (Yesha.)
Yesha has organized dozens of successful demonstrations since the beginning of the first Oslo talks with Yasser Arafat almost 15 years ago, noted one of the Mateh's participants. "But there has not been a feeling of coordination with everyone," he added.
Knesset member Uri Ariel, who recently has been part of the Yesha Council as an advisor, is coordinating the Mateh group's projects, which can be viewed on the web site http://www.hamate-hameshutaf.org.il.
Fenton pointed out that the coordinated effort changes the image of the anti-evacuation camp, which the media has described mainly as religious residents of Yesha. There are many secular groups, including student groups and Kol Eema (Voice of Mothers), Fenton added.
Among other groups which are in the Mateh Hameshutaf are a group of professors, Women In Green, the Almagor Organization for Terror Victims, the Yesha Rabbinical Council, Gush Katif, Gamla Will Not Fall A Second Time and Cities for Israel.