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Occupation magazine - Activism Home page  back Print  Send To friend The only thing flourishing - the settler houses Beny Gefen email Jan. 4, 2010 Dears- Yesterday I, with another 3 human beings, organized by `rabbis for human rights`, accompanied peasants from the Palestinian village Awarta who wanted to plow their lands. Having settlements and a few outposts near by and partially on their private lands they are afraid to cultivate their lands. The military doesn`t protect them in spite of many commitments to the supreme court. With us they dare to go to their lands. We came to a small plot in which the peasant had planted about 100 olive seedlings a few weeks ago. He had protected each seedling with an expensive barrel against the gazelles. ALL THE SEEDLINGS HAD BEEN UPROOTED BY THE VANDAL SETTLERS! ALL OF THEM! The peasant began to plow his plot, about 800 meters from Itamar settlement. A military vehicle came and ordered him to leave his land `being a security danger to the settlement`... I had been in this area a year ago. Then there had been on one of the hills a small outpost of one house. Now there are about 25 houses there and there are more outposts near by. This is in the `fingers concept` of the settlers: building lines (`fingers`) of illegal outposts in order to prevent the establishing of continuous Palestinian state. Netanyau and Barak know it but they are afraid of the real rulers of the `only democracy in the Near East`, the fanatic zealous settlers. And so we, the Israelis, `don`t understand why the Palestinians aren`t impressed by the declarations of our honest leaders... Yours Beny bz Links to the latest articles in this section Refusing the war! Demonstration today, Thur. Apris 24, at 7.30 pm, Habima Square, Tel Aviv Refusing the war! Demonstration today, Thur. Apris 24, at 7.30 pm, Habima Square, Tel Aviv Saturday night protests: No to Netanyahu`s war!