Life in Israel « Schmoozing with Elya & Ellie Katz

This farm was dismantled with the assistance of local Arabs! What is the Israeli government doing? This is giving the Arabs an appetite for this sort of thing. — Ellie Katz

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz

(IsraelNN.com) The Botzer family, whose farm was demolished Monday morning by the military, described for Arutz Sheva Radio the loss they have suffered, saying it is far more than financial.

The Botzer farm, located adjacent to Mevo Dotan in the Shomron (Samaria) region, was destroyed Monday morning as part of the government crackdown on what have been defined as “unauthorized outposts” in lands liberated by Israel prior to the Six Day War. David and Shaina Botzer told Arutz Sheva that their farm is actually on state land within the municipal territory of Mevo Dotan, although west of the town’s current residential area.

“My husband is a Navy commando and while he was planning to go to do his reserve duty, they came and dismantled his life’s work. This was an animal pen worth tens of thousands of shekels. There were 50 heads of sheep there as part of an educational agricultural project that involves the area youth,” Shaina said. The animal pen itself was subject to a demolition order, she said, but the order was in appeal before the proper authorities. In addition to the animal pen, the security forces also destroyed a stable that was not subject to the existing demolition order, Botzer added.

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Einli Eretz Acheret

15/11/2009 · Leave a Comment

BS”D

Gali Atari

Ninet Tayeb

Last but not least…

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Thirteen Basic Principles

30/10/2009 · Leave a Comment

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Prof. Paul Eidelberg

1. We believe in the prophetic vision of the Land of Israel promised to the Jewish People.

2. We believe that the Government is only the custodian of the Land of Israel and therefore has no right to yield any part of this land.

3. We call on the Government to abrogate the Oslo, Hebron and Wye agreements, which have been repeatedly violated by the PLO-Palestinian Authority.

4. We believe that the cherished ideas and values of the Torah should be emphasized in the nation’s systems of education, showing how these ideas and values constitute the foundation of Western civilization.

5. We believe that the Jewish essence of the Commonwealth should be the paramount principle of its Government to which all other principles are subordinate.

6. We believe that an oath of loyalty to Israel as a Jewish Commonwealth should be a

precondition for participating in elections to, or holding any appointment in, any office of this Commonwealth.

7. We believe that the Jewish people should have unrestricted access to the Temple Mount, subject only to Halakhic limitations articulated by a conference of Israel’s Torah masters.

8. We support electoral and institutional reforms to make Israel a Normative Democracy , one that derives its cardinal principles, Freedom and Equality, from the Torah’s conception of man’s creation in the image of God—which alone can provide Freedom and Equality with ethical and rational constraints. These reforms include:

a. Personal election of Knesset Members in multidistrict elections to ensure accountability and to raise the quality of legislation;

b. A Presidential system to replace the inept and corrupt system of multi-party cabinet government;

c. Termination of judicial imperialism by having the President nominate Supreme Court judges subject to confirmation by the Knesset in open public hearings.

9. We call on the Government to publicize Israel’s enormous contribution to the Security, Health, and Progress of the United States.

10. We believe in a free market economy to increase productivity, lower taxes, reduce government bureaucracy and increase the real wages and opportunities of our people.

11. We believe that Israel’s educational system, especially in the rigorous sciences, must be second to none.

12. We call on the Government to change the Law of Return to ensure that non-Jews will not flood Israel and endanger the Jewish character of the Commonwealth. At the same time, we advocate the establishment of a “Blue Panel Commission” of outstanding Torah scholars aided by eminent layman to deliberate on the issue of conversion, and submit pertinent recommendations to the Knesset Law Committee.

13. We call on the Government to take firm steps to obtain Jonathan Pollard’s immediate release from prison as a matter of simple justice and national honor.

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