By Ryan Jones
Dec 27, 2005
Hundreds of Jewish youth holding fast to the divine promises given to their forefathers have announced plans to establish 25 new settlement outposts in Judea and Samaria ? the biblical heartland of the nation of Israel.
Ten such outposts have reportedly already been set up near existing settlements. According to Ynet, the other 15 are to be established by the end of Hannukah.
Participants in this effort say they are working to thwart the intentions of the gentile world, which would see the hills of Judea and Samaria ? where Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Joshua and David once dwelt ? made judenrein, and transformed into yet another Muslim Arab state that would threaten Israel's narrow center.
?We are going up to the outposts because this is the Land of Israel. This is not a battle on someone's house. This is a battle on homeland territories and on the Land of Israel,? one teenage girl told Ynet. ?We are going up proudly and fighting for the Land of Israel. We have not given up and we are here.?
That battle is made all the harder by the fact Israel's government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, has become a willing partner in the ethnic cleansing of all Jews from key portions of Israel's patrimony.
Sharon's new Kadima Party has chosen ?two states for two peoples? as its core platform for the upcoming March general elections. Likud Party chief Binyamin Netanyahu warns Sharon will relinquish 90 percent of Judea and Samaria, in addition to the full surrender of the Gaza Strip earlier this year, if he wins a third term.
Labor Party leader Amir Peretz, Sharon's primary rival if media polls are to be believed, is expected to offer a similar surrender to Israel's Muslim foes and the whims of the international community should he emerge victorious.
The young Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria are determined to not let that happen.
?If Sharon is thinking about implementing a second disengagement here, he should implement it on the Arabs, who are working on promoting terror,? one young organizer said.