Supreme Court Judges Suggested to Lease the Hebron Market Buildings to Hebron’s Jewish community
Excerpts from David Wilder Article Murdered Twice?;
“Following the murder of Shalhevet Pass at the beginning of the Oslo War, Hebron children began utilizing the structures as a place to play and take cover during the constant shooting attacks from the overlooking Abu Sneneh Hills. Over a period of time, the Hebron community invested tens of thousands of dollars to convert the former fruit and vegetable stalls into livable apartments. Presently, the former ‘shuk,’ renamed the ‘Mitzpe Shalhevet Neighborhood,’ houses Hebron families, and a Torah study hall opened in Shalhevet’s memory.”
“Four years ago, in response to an Arab demand to reopen the market, the attorney general’s office notified the Israeli Supreme Court that: 1) the Arabs no longer had any legal rights to the shuk and 2) the Israeli “trespassers” would be evicted from the site. The Israel supreme court never ruled that the former market’s Jewish population must be expelled from their homes.”
“The reason behind the Attorney General’s decision can be summed up in his words: ‘The criminal must not be rewarded.’ The criminal, in this case, was not defined as the Arabs who murdered 67 Jews, decimated the Jewish Quarter, shot at Hebron Jews from the surrounding hills and killed Shalhavet Pass. Rather, the criminal, was defined as Hebron’s Jews, who had ‘usurped’ vacant buildings belonging to the State of Israel.”
“Following issuance of an expulsion order, Hebron’s Jewish Community appealed to the courts, claiming private Jewish ownership of the property. An appeals committee of three judges ruled, two to one, that the land did legally belong to a private Jewish organization, but that the buildings legally fell within the jurisdiction of the Israeli government. Concurrently, two of the three judges ruled that the optimal solution to the problem was to lease the structures to Hebron’s Jewish community.”
“The Defense Minister delayed executing the expulsion order for over two years, due to security issues and other concerns. However, recently, following the successful expulsion of 10,000 Jews in Gush Katif and the Northern Shomron, the present attorney general, Manny Mazuz, has exerted tremendous pressure on Defense Minister Shaul Mufaz to execute the expulsion orders and evict Hebron’s families from the Mitzpe Shalhevet neighborhood. Most likely, Mufaz is under the mistaken impression that the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that the structures must be evacuated. This is, as previously noted, not true. >>>To the contrary, the easiest and most just solution, as recommended by the judges, is to lease the buildings to Hebron’s Jewish community.”< <<
The problem with this solution is that then the residents of Chevron have won and the macho, leftists or the ideologically-challenged, the Mofazs’, the Olmerts just cannot permit a victory for Right, for Torah, for Hashem! Let My People Continue to Live on Jewish Land! MB
Hevron Skirmishes Escalate, Mounted Police Raid Avraham Avinu Neighborhood
Hevron: Situation Out of Control
Excerpt;
“Hevron Spokesman Noam Arnon said Sunday evening that ‘The situation has gotten completely out of control. Instead of solving the problem, they implement expulsion orders. There is a solution – but it all depends on them [i.e. the government].'”
IDF May Close Off Hebron to Civilians
Excerpts;
“Olmert said security forces have been instructed to act firmly against the rioters and restore calm. “I have ordered the heads of the defense establishment to act firmly. Those who raise their hands against the security forces will be prosecuted in the most severe manner,” the acting prime minister declared.”
“Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz emphasized that forces would evacuate all settlers in the market as planned, and would in no way be deterred by the demonstrations.”
IDF Says May Impose Closure on Jewish Areas in Hebron
Excerpt;
“Following several days of settler unrest in the West Bank city of Hebron that came to an end Sunday evening, senior military sources warned that ‘if the situation doesn’t improve we will have to declare the Jewish neighborhoods in Hebron a closed military zone.'”