Minister vows to expel Jews from Hebron "Peace House"

[Israel Insider]

Photo: Soldiers guard the disputed house (Flash90)

Public Security Minister Avi Dichter said Thursday that the Peace House in Hebron would be evacuated within a month. In a conversation with a Ynet reporter, he said that “Within 30 days, this house will be cleared out and turned over to the state until the court issues its verdict.” Dichter had just met with top police officials, IDF officers and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) agents and ordered them to remove the Jews from the home “exactly as written” in the High Court eviction order. “The rule of law is not a suggestion, but rather an operation to be accomplished completely,” he said.

Dichter said Implementation of the eviction order will constitute “a test for the rule of law in Israel,” and expressed the hope that the eviction would proceed peacefully. “There are some who understand that the High Court's order is binding, and I hope there will be dialogue and there will be no need to use force.” However, law enforcement agents are prepared to use force if necessary, he added. Hebron's Jewish community contends the house was legally purchased from a local Arab, and has presented audio and video recordings that show him acknowledging the sale.

The High Court, however, has ruled that the 24 Jewish families who live there must be removed while a lower court determines who is the rightful owner of the property. In addition, the court ruled that groups representing Hebron's Jews must pay the governmet NIS 15,000 ($3750), and another 15,000 shekels to the Arab who now denies having made the sale. The previous owner says the sale never went through, and claims Jewish families took the building by force. However, such denials are commonplace: were he to admit selling the building, he could be tried and sentenced to death under Palestinian Authority law which forbids selling property to Jews.

Jewish residents of Hebron have called on supporters to resist the planned expulsion, claiming that the court's decision to force Jews out was made for political reasons, to prevent Jewish growth in the disputed city. At least one Member of Knesset has also opened an office in the home.

[Robert Bernier]

When High Court of Justice is an instrument used by politicians...
Cowardly people who are prepared to give away the heart of Israel to our sworn enemies feel threatened by fellow countrymen who represent bravery and a will to survive. For post-Zionists like Peres, the woman who happily raises her kids in Judea and Samaria is a constant reminder of his own gutlessness, leading him to develop a burning hate for the pioneering and strong 'Jew'. Nowaday, the religious settler is the emancipated Israeli, bedecked with side locks and tzitzit, and armed with the classic fundamentals of Zionist ideology : to ingather, to build, and to settle the land of Israel. More at : http://israelagainstterror.blogspot.com/2008/03/on-rights-of-settlers.html

[Sharbano]

But what have OUR LAW & Prophets/Torah to say about this very certain issue

Do you REALLY think they care on whit about Torah. As Peres once said, "Let's Forget about history". Without Jewish History there would be NO Jews.

[RonaldH]

Secular Jews have lost their way. Avi Dichter says Israel will obey the rule of law regarding housing for Jews in Hebron. That sounds wonderful and would make sense if it were not for the fact that the Arabs of Palestine subscribe to the principle that Jews have NO rights in Hebron. That's right. Not only do the Palestinians claim sovereignty over Hebron (which is the ancient burial place of the Jewish Patriarchs) for their future state, but they say Jews have no right to live there, even if Jews were to buy property and assume Palestinian citizenship. But Palestinians own property and live in Israel. How then, is anyone calling Israel apartheid and what drugs are they taking? The Israeli courts and government should realize that Jews should have rights equal to the Palestinians' in Hebron - not less - and defend Jews. If the kind of blatant discrimination against Jews that motivates Palestinians existed in the US, lawyers and judges and public opinion would be outraged over Palestinian bigotry. No one likes bigotry - except if it is practiced by Palestinians against Jews in Israel. Then the Israeli courts, media, and left wing applaud. What a country.

[Sharbano]

Would this be a "trial run" in the first step to evict Jews from Judea, Samaria and Golan. The government may well be sealing their Own fate if they continue in these matters. Can they Not realize how Racist the Phillistines are, that They can live where they choose, but a Jew Cannot live in any land 'claimed' by an Arab. Do they Not realize that Eventually they will 'Claim' All the land of Israel as being Arab lands and thus No Jew can live there.