5 Tammuz 5785 | ה תמוז ה'תשפ"ה
הרס בחמש נקודות התיישבות ביו"ש מאז שעות הבוקר - חיילי צה"ל נשלחו לביצוע המשימה: "מסע נקמה חסר מעצורים
(Destruction in five settlement points in Judea and Samaria since morning - IDF soldiers were sent to carry out the mission: "An unbridled campaign of revenge")
** this occurred yesterday, Monday, 30 June 2025 **
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Blogger's note: This is the first time I'm using a video that isn't YouTube. It works, and is very short. Heavy on the Blogger system, though. Not for you, dear reader, but for me, the blogger. From what I can tell, you don't find material like this on YouTube. (Although, see below near the end of the post.)
This post could be called "IDF, who are you??? part 2." The Parashat Korach confrontation is what I'm calling what happened on this past Erev Shabbat near Binyamin, Samaria. The video above is a short selection about the response from the army yesterday, Monday, 30 June/4 Tammuz. They destroyed a number of communities in Samaria yesterday morning, according to the Hebrew I received from a friend. With the help of Google Translate, Grok and an additional friend or two, I hope a reasonable translation was made.
Somehow I think there was some miscommunication accusing the youth from the hilltop they were defending from Arabs...a jeep drove up near them, that turned out to be the battalion commander who apparently threatened to shoot them all dead and managed to shoot one, who is still in the hospital under intensive care, thankfully not dead, according to this early report, with an update at the end (H/T: Tomer Devorah.) -HDG
UPDATES BELOW!
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HEBREW -- עברית
English follows Hebrew
כוחות משטרה ומנהל אזרחי פשטו היום (שני) על גבעת מקנה אברהם בגוש עציון, החריבו את בתי המקום ודיר העיזים, והחרימו חומרי בנייה נוספים.
במקביל פשטו הכוחות על נקודת התיישבות נוספת הסמוכה לישוב מיצד והחריבו גם שם את המבנים, לצד החרמת ציוד. במהלך ההרס צחק אחד מעובדי הקבלן הערבים שהביא המנהל, ואמר בזלזול לתושבים "למה אני מגיע לכאן כל פעם? כי אני אוהב להרוס ליהודים"
זמן קצר לאחר מכן, כשהתושבים פונו מהשטח וכוחות המנהל האזרחי ופועלים הקבלן נשארו לבדם בגבעה, פרצה לפתע שריפה במקום שמשתוללת עד לרגעים אלו. בשעה זו תושבים וכוחות כיבוי נאבקים בלהבות במטרה להשיג שליטה על האש
בתוך כך, ביצעו כוחות צה"ל ומשטרה הרס נוסף בנקודת התיישבות ליד בת עין, לצד 2 פינויים בגזרת בנימין - בגבעה בהר חצור בה התרחש ירי המג"ד בשבת האחרונה, ובנקודת התיישבות נוספת בואדי חרמייה ששומרת על מבתרי כביש 60
בגבעת מקנה אברהם תקפו בחריפות את מסע ההרס שמתרחש בשעות האחרונות: "בניסיון נפשע לגבות את ירי המג"ד לעבר נערים יהודים בשבת, נכנסה המערכת כולה לסחרור ויצאה כעת למסע נקמה חסר מעצורים בהתיישבות כדי להסיט ממנה את הביקורת על התרת דם המתיישבים ולחפות על שקריה"
"גבעת מקנה אברהם שומרת בגופה על השמורה ההסכמית מפני השתלטות עויינת של הרש"פ באמצעות רעיית צאן וחקלאות, וכמו יתר הגבעות מהווה המחסום היחיד בפני תוכנית המדינה הפלסטינית. אנו קוראים מכאן לשרים כ"ץ וסמוטריץ' הממונים על המנהל האזרחי: עצרו מיד את הפגיעה בחלוצי ההתיישבות!", הוסיפו בגבעה
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Police and Civil Administration forces raided Givat Mikneh Avraham in Gush Etzion today (Monday), destroying the local houses and the goat pen, and confiscating additional construction materials.
At the same time, the forces raided another settlement point near the settlement of Mitsad and also destroyed the buildings there, along with confiscating equipment. During the demolition, one of the Arab contractor workers brought by the administrator laughed and said disdainfully to the residents, "Why do I come here every time? Because I like to destroy Jews."
Shortly thereafter, when the residents were evacuated from the area and Civil Administration forces and contractor workers were left alone on the hill, a fire suddenly broke out in the place that is raging to this day. At this time, residents and fire brigades are battling the flames in an attempt to gain control of the fire.
Meanwhile, IDF forces and police carried out additional destruction at a settlement point near Bat Ayin, along with two evacuations in the Binyamin sector — on a hill on Mount Hazor where the battalion's shooting took place last Saturday, and at another settlement point in Wadi Haramiyya that guards the dismemberment of Highway 60.
In Givat Mikneh Avraham, they sharply attacked the campaign of destruction that has been taking place in recent hours: "In a criminal attempt to justify the firing of the battalion at Jewish teenagers on Shabbat, the entire system has gone into a spiral and has now embarked on an unbridled campaign of revenge against the settlement in order to deflect criticism from it for allowing the blood of the settlers and to cover up its lies."
"Givat Mikneh Avraham guards the agreed reserve with its body against hostile takeover by the PA through sheep grazing and agriculture, and like the other hills, it constitutes the only barrier to the Palestinian state plan. We call from here to Ministers Katz and Smotrich, who are in charge of the Civil Administration: Immediately stop the harm to the pioneers of the settlement!" they added from the hill.
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My Hebrew-speaking friend tells me that the hill was named after Avraham Avinu (Abraham, our Forefather) out of gratefulness to him.
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I am wrong after all, and I'm happy to find: There is YouTube material on this topic! This is short, but longer than the video above. Here is more from a search on YT on Judea and Samaria in general. A lot of it is actually positive!
UPDATE: Finally, today (2 July 2025), we hear from Honenu — a law firm that takes donations because their usual clients aren't even middle class, yet they get the best representation. Here is Honenu's summary of the situation many have been trying to make sense of for days now, with photos and video clips.
Please pray for Assif Hallel ben Efrat, the 14-year-old youth who was shot.
UPDATE: Today, 3 July 2025, Assif was released from the hospital. The bullet was collected for evidence in the case. It had better not be "lost"!
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More reading:
Tomer Devorah: The Misapplication of Language Should Be A Crime | A7: Last 2 suspects in Binyamin clash released; Lessons of the Massacre: Israeli intelligence to mandate studying Islam and Arabic [It's about time! Also employ comparison/contrast with Torah Judaism. HDG]; Hamas's s**ual terror demands elimination, not negotiation; The public most exposed to terror and violence are the settlers | VisionMag: We need to talk about the hilltop youth; 'Hilltop Youth' sues police for wrongful arrest and abuse; The price of Trump joining our war | JNS: Worldwide diplomatic isolation is better than more dead Jews (!!!) |
More video & audio:
Watch Bibi's Churchill Moment (plus text) | Listen: VisionMag: What's a 'decolonized Judean'?; The Jewish relationship to colonialism and postcolonialism; Understanding the 'Hilltop Youth' with Akiva haKohen | Watch on Israel Unwired: Bombshell report: Biden gave Hamas over $2B to kill Israelis; Shocking truth of Oct. 7: Israel's deep state viewed Jews as the enemy instead of Hamas; Dismantling the settler violence narrative; The hidden war against the Jews of Judea and Samaria; Judea and Samaria are key to the next stage of Jewish redemption | Listen: IL Newstalk Radio: Lenny Goldberg, The Jewish Truth Bomb: Ode to the Hilltop Youth |
