Announcements and Upcoming Events, Women in Green

Dear Friends,

Following last week's brutal arrests and acts of police violence
against us and other participants of the vigil calling for the release
of the hikers who protected the group of hikers from and Arab assault,
we sent a letter to Minister of Internal Affairs Yitzhak Aharonovitch
asking him to personally intervene and investigate what happened.

In addition, we are publishing here the translation into English of
Rabbi Medan's strong words at the vigil last week. Rabbi Medan is the
Rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Gush Etzion. Rabbi Medan does
not mince his words and talks about the bad winds that blow from the
triangle "Police-State Attorney's Office and Media."

Following his words, please find details about our upcoming exciting
Friday morning tour in Hebron-
not to be missed!

With love for israel,

Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar

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Rabbi Medan's Words at the Demonstration in front of the Court on
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 demanding the release of the four hikers
who had been arrested the Friday before while defending the group from
an Arab attack:


"Bad winds blow in the triangle Police, State Attorney's office and Media"

Bringing those arrested following the hike in Gush Etzion to the
Hebron police station, after being under arrest for five days, and
possibly tin order to keep them under arrest, attests to the very bad
winds that blow from the direction of the Hebron police, especially,
and of the Israel Police, in general.

The police did not see a body, and no one knows who died and what was
the cause of death. Those arrested had weapons, but it's doubtful
whether they fired, while the police in its statement to the media
immediately accused them of intentional murder, without checking
anything. None of the Arab rioters, who deliberately endangered the
lives of the hikers, was arrested. No one who has never seen heavy
rocks fired from slingshots from the top of a hill at hikers in an
inferior position, many of whom were elderly, can understand the
concrete meaning of such danger. Firing in the air in these
circumstances was a reasonable solution, while if the danger would
have continued (and perhaps it would have), even more than that would
have been needed.

But the police weren't interested in the Arab rioters, nor in the
danger to the Jews. It wasted no time in arresting whoever it could
from among the Jews, and without checking anything, it accused them in
the media of first-degree murder. In consequence, innocent people
spent five days in jail, and this was not enough for the police! This
wasn't the first time that the Hebron police automatically, and
without bothering to investigate, have exonerated the Arab rioters and
their Jewish supporters, while harassing settlers who work for their
livelihood and innocent hikers, and I know of many such instances.

These bad winds in the police come from the top. It's easier to accuse
the Jews in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. This doesn't require confronting
the violence of the Arabs and their Jewish supporters. This doesn't
require confronting the media, that is sympathetic to the violent
side, specifically. This is how an unholy alliance has been working
for some time between the State Attorney's Office, that hates the
Jewish settlers of Judea, Samaria, and Gaza for no reason, the press,
that fans the fires of contention as much as it can for the sake of
sensation, and the police, that wants an easy life for itself, without
confronting the strong and the violent, and without confronting the
State Attorney's Office and the media. This is the spirit of the
current Police Inspector-General and the minister above him.

It should be recalled that things were a bit different in the past. In
the time of Uzi Landau as Police Minister, the police acted mainly
against the Arab rioters. It worked hard, but it had not
inconsiderable successes in this. And this means that tomorrow this
could be different. The question is what will be the spirit at the
top. Today the police wants an easy life, and to accuse innocent
hikers of first-degree murder is more convenient for it.
Unfortunately, today I don't expect anything from the police. I came
here to call upon the young and energetic Knesset Members from the
Likud - Danny Danon, Tzipi Hotovely, Yariv Levin, and others among
those who are capable of putting some color back in the pale face of
Zionism, not to let this harassment pass silently, and to put the
police in its place.


To watch Rav Medan speak (in Hebrew) at the vigil:
http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/215180

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This FRIDAY - TOUR IN HEBRON

Three places the nations of the world cannot say to Israel "you have
stolen them" and they are: The tomb of the Machpela, the burial place
of Joseph and the Temple Mount" (Bereishit rabba)

A month ago we visited Joseph's Tomb.

This coming Friday, February 11th,2011 at 9:00 am we will please G-d
visit the Tomb of the Machpela with Arieh Klein as our tour guide (in
Hebrew), Arieh being an expert in the topic of Hebron.

We will also visit the "Stakes in Hebron' exhibition at the Machpela
Visitors Center and see all the historical pictures of Gershon
Ellinson who documented the Jewish return to Hebron after 1967.

In addition, we asked to be allowed to walk in the "small Kasbah"- the
"Crusaders neighborhood" close to the Meara, area renovated by the
Palestinian Authority with the help of international organizations. We
still have not received a final ok to enter the neighborhood.

For transportation to this very special morning, please reserve your
seat by Thursday early morning.

From Jerusalem Inbal hotel at 8:00am, Gush Etzion intersection 8:30,
Kiryat Arba 8:50

Approximate end of tour: 11:15am

Our next trip will please G-d be to the Temple Mount on Friday March
9th. A flyer detailing all halachic rulings will be sent to all those
who register.

For details and registration:
Yehudit Katsover 050-7161818  Nadia Matar 050-5500834

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