Homesh Return March Exceeds Expectations, by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (Israel National News)
Excerpts;
Thousands of people have been marching to the former Samaria community of Homesh since Tuesday morning, on Israel’s Independence Day. The number of participants far exceeds the expectations of the march organizers and of the security forces assigned to the event.
According to Tzafrir Ronen, among the march organizers, the turnout was far beyond what the Homesh First umbrella group had planned on. Eyewitnesses said the total number of marchers on the road numbered between seven and ten thousand.
Dozens of hired buses, including some organized without the help or knowledge of the march organizers, brought supporters of Homesh resettlement from all over the country. The Likud movement also formally joined in on the Homesh march during Tuesday morning. Four buses hired by the Likud party brought activists to the area.
Most of marchers are teenagers and people under the age of 30, many pushing strollers with toddlers and babies, although some are middle-aged and older. “I’ve seen some grandfathers climbing up the hill,” said eyewitness Jonathan Stein. Several thousand people had reached the ruins of Homesh by early afternoon, Stein reported. Commenting on the determination of all of the participants to complete the hike, organizer Ronen said, “I have been to all the battles and all the demonstrations – I have never seen anything like this.”
Commentary;
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It would seem to this author that since the Homesh First umbrella group march organizers were projecting 10,000 participants and if they indeed reached or almost reached their goal, it would seem natural and logical that news regarding the numbers of participants, crucial to maintaining momentum of efforts to re-establish Homesh, would be featured prominently in the report, if not in the headline, at least in the first paragraph of the report. Instead, Israel National News chose to report the numbers of participants only beneathe a series of event pictures. Great mystery of life?? MB