“I came here today to reconnect with my national and personal roots. I served in Sanur as a paratrooper recruit and fought against the uprooting of the community during the Disengagement Plan. I promised then that we would return — and today, we are returning with the decision to reestablish this community, along with 21 other new communities in Judea and Samaria,” Katz stated. “This is a historic moment for settlement in Judea and Samaria, strengthening it as Israel’s defensive wall and bolstering security in the region.”
He added, “This is a crushing response to the terror organizations that seek to weaken our hold on this land — and it is also a clear message to [French President Emmanuel] Macron and his associates: they may recognize a Palestinian state on paper, but we are building the Jewish-Israeli state on the ground. That paper will be cast into the dustbin of history, while the State of Israel will flourish and thrive.” (Ed note: Remember the Bible stories of Jesus' visits to the land of Samaria? Also, to the world, it's the West Bank, to Israel, it's Judea and Samaria.) (Read More)
