Storm in Judea and Samaria: Security forces demolished buildings in two outposts in Binyamin | Israel Today

The Civil Administration and Border Police forces arrived at the Maoz Esther and Ira Shahar outposts in the Kochav Hashahar area of ​​Benjamin early Monday morning, demolishing a number of buildings where eight families lived.

In addition, a building that served as a synagogue was demolished and erected in memory of her beloved godfather who was killed about a year ago during a police chase, a young man chained himself to one of the buildings in Maoz Esther, and at this time security forces are trying to free him;

According to the settlers, during the demolition of one of the buildings, a dog of one of the families was buried and killed.

The operations began at four in the morning, when under the security of hundreds of border fighters, roads and roads leading to the outposts were blocked by IDF soldiers.

The buildings of five families in the stronghold of Esther were demolished, and in the nearby hill of Ira Shahar, buildings inhabited by three families were demolished.

The chairman of Religious Zionism, MK Bezalel Smutrich, described the move as a nine-month-long government of destruction. Promoting planning for the Arabs in Judea and Samaria, abusing the Chumash settlers and the young settlement, and now also destruction for the sake of destruction.

"The Bennett Shaked and Abbas government is working against the citizens of Israel and against Zionism. The demolition of this morning's settlement in the Binyamin region is another sign of disgrace for a bizarre government engaged in public relations and pleasing the Islamic movement. Who raised their hand over the Land of Israel - ended their journey in shame, and so it will be with you. "

Yesterday, the heads of the Judea and Samaria authorities announced that they were boycotting the meeting scheduled to take place today with Minister Ganz, because for many months the Supreme Planning Council of the Civil Administration had not convened to approve construction in Judea and Samaria. .

Israel Ganz, the head of the Benjamin Regional Council who arrived at Maoz Esther this morning, attacked the prime minister and defense minister, saying that "Bennett and Ganz went on a major and focused campaign of destruction against Jews only this morning. And they are actually destroying the Jews. "

According to Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council, "the government is acting like a pyromaniac, in order to set the area on fire with deliberate intentions. In the Negev and in Judea and Samaria, and turn a blind eye to illegal construction in Area C. "

Shlomo Ne'eman, head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, said: "8: 0 - This is the result, at the moment, in a game played by Minister Ganz in the Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria.

0 Jewish construction and 8 new demolitions this morning.

Gantz positions himself on the wrong side of Zionist history, but in terms of the settlement enterprise, the game is still far from over. "

A member of his faction, MK Itamar Ben Gvir, joined in, adding: "We have a racist government, which continues to destroy the settlement and abandons the country to the PA, which is building in the area unhindered. "Captured by the coalition of Muslim Brotherhood who dance on the blood that is being shed cruelly, undermining the security of the state and destroying everything we have built. Shame."

In the city of Shahar, they said that "Gantz, with the help of Bennett and Shaked, are determined to return the settlement to the days of the disengagement."

Maoz Esther responded: "The huge and brutal campaign of destruction tonight, in which 8 families were destroyed in one of the houses, as well as the synagogue built in memory of her late godfather, is a serious step that has not been seen for years, showing that the government openly declared war on the settlement.

"Right-wing Knesset members, who have declared their loyalty to the Land of Israel and settlement, are once again exposing their hypocrisy and succeeding in repeatedly breaking new records of harassment and persecution that have not been seen on the ground for many years."

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