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2021-09-02T14:21:58.246Z


Naftali Bennett constantly claims that there is no "political process" and no negotiations • So why is the government implementing a French-Palestinian plan in Area C to separate the settlements of Gush Etzion from each other?


On Monday morning, the four farmers who set up the Arugot farm in eastern Gush Etzion were waiting.

They were afraid that the next morning about a hundred border policemen would come and raid their vineyard and uproot it. The vineyard was planted on an area of ​​about 15 dunams. It was planted in memory of Ezra Schwartz, a young American Jew who was murdered in 2015 just tens of meters Sha'ar, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach. Ezra came to study at the Beit Shemesh yeshiva. He and his friends traveled as volunteers to the Oz and Gaon Nature Reserve when they were shot.


Arugot Farm is located on state lands that the JNF has failed to maintain. About twenty years ago, the JNF planted ten thousand tree seedlings, all of which were uprooted within hours by residents of the surrounding villages.

Today, the four farmers cultivate and preserve 120 dunams of state land.


Ari Abramovich bitterly explains that "the entire farm area is the last line of state land in eastern Gush Etzion. A kilometer east of this is already Area B. There are thousands of invasions of state land. Nature reserves are being destroyed. The Civil Administration does nothing against it, but our vineyard "In which we have invested hundreds of thousands of shekels out of our own pockets and thousands of hours of work, they demand destruction."


Vineyard was a vineyard


The Palestinian invasions are conspicuous. Along the road leading to the farm pass more than five illegal quarries. All on state lands and survey lands as part of the Palestinian Authority’s campaign to take over Area C and stifle settlement.


"We built this vineyard on survey land," explains Jeremy Gimpel, "it is at a pretty critical point that preserves the continuity of the Jewish settlement points. Of the late Ezra came here for his inauguration - the Palestinians planted an olive grove on survey lands like us on the other side of the mountain. But no one is working against them, and we want to destroy our vineyard. "


A council representative who asked not to be identified adds: "With this government, all the policy that was practiced in Judea and Samaria - has been overturned. The policy that was in place until the formation of the current government stated that although the illegal construction of the Palestinians is not being addressed, they are working to regulate what is possible from Jewish construction in survey lands. Now everything has been turned upside down. The policy now is that what has not been addressed so far will go to the Palestinians. This is despite the fact that no one is claiming ownership of the land. "


At the end of the day, the farmers concluded in frustration, the forces would come, destroy the vineyard, and the next day the Palestinians would invade the area and establish their own vineyard right at that point. Against them the Civil Administration will not lift a finger and this vital area will be permanently lost.


The "vineyard was for planters in Arugot farms" affair is one of the many occurrences that indicate that a political process is taking place - without negotiations - and it is being realized before our eyes. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who entered politics with an orderly plan to apply Israeli law in all Area C, is now giving up territory without a struggle - not on the ground, not in front of the Americans and Europeans, and not in the government.


The political process strives for a much more radical goal than the outline proposed by Ehud Barak, Tzipi Livni and Ehud Olmert.

Those talked about preserving the "settlement blocs" that will be spread over five percent of Judea and Samaria. But the government Bennett also affects the blocks.


Alon Shvut and head Zurim located fifteen minutes drive gestures beds - a place that is at the heart of Gush Etzion. And Gush Etzion planted in the heart of the national consensus, Including in the left-wing camp.The bloc's settlement area is also the most powerful stronghold of the "right" party, and yet, here we see the radical face of the government.


In the middle between Alon Shvut (40 percent support on the right) and Rosh Tzurim (54 percent), there is a small cluster of Arab houses, which bears the name Khirbet Zechariah.

At the forthcoming meeting of the High Planning Committee of the Civil Administration, a plan to expand the point should be approved with the addition of another 50 houses to be built within the vineyards adjacent to the existing ones.


Go to Gantz


According to a source involved in the issue, the French government is behind the plan. She invested about 1.25 million euros in the plan to build the Zechariah Sword. Its purpose is to separate the localities of the center of Gush Etzion. As the resident of the area explains, "The walking path that connects Kfar Etzion, Alon Shvut, Rosh Tzurim, Elazar, Neve Daniel and Efrat, passes through the vineyards where the expansion of Khirbet Zechariah will be built. To enclaves isolated from each other. "


According to the residents, when they raised the matter with their friend Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, she did express support for their position, but referred them to Defense Minister Bnei Gantz. In fact, in recent weeks, many supporters of Shaked and Bennett have been repeating the same story: the minister claims she has no authority and dismisses them with "Go to Gantz."


Since then provided the prime minister with the left and REM, Bennett relaxing Voted on Palestinians in two statements. There is no peace process, and secondly - because there is no consensus on the regulation of relations between Israel and the Palestinian government, the government will handle only the here and now rather than adopt a policy that will affect the long-term.


But the process On the ground, Israel is acting in a way that transfers control of Area C to the Palestinians and turns Israeli settlements - including the main ones - into enclaves. To this we add the opening of the consulate to the PLO in Jerusalem.


In the economic-political arena, the announcement that the government has agreed to "lend" half a billion shekels to the Palestinian Authority signifies a waiver of the demand that the Palestinian political entity that is established live in peace with Israel.

It also constitutes an alleged violation of Israeli law.

The purpose of the "loan" is to allow the government to circumvent the law banning the transfer of funds to the PA as long as it pays salaries to terrorists in Israeli prisons, and prosecutes IDF soldiers and political leaders in the International Criminal Court in The Hague.


All the steps on the ground mean that the Bennett government is establishing a hostile Palestinian state in Area C and in Jerusalem.


On Monday afternoon it was reported that the displacement had been postponed.

Arugot Farm farmers have received a report that the Civil Administration has decided to delay the execution of the demolition order against the vineyard for a month.

Unless something changes dramatically, the delay is no reason to party.

The vineyard must be uprooted.

And what will the Gentiles say?

Go to Naftali. 

Source: israelhayom

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