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Judea, Samaria and Gaza problems discussed in
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of residents is religious and only some of
them are part of the Gush Emunim.

wo Israelis with differing
Security Concerns
opinions brought up the
Tayar, 45, who made aliyah from
issue of the Jewish settle-
Chicago with her family in the late
ments during separate visits
1960s, spoke of agreements made with
to Detroit last week.
the Arabs.
A spokesperson representing Jewish
"A document is nice, but even , [for-
residents from Judea, Samaria and Gaza
mer
U.S. Secretary of State] Henry
said the biggest challenge lies in ensur-
Kissinger
is saying that you have to
ing the safety of children who live in a
know you can implement
region where thousands of
it, and none of these docu-
illegal weapons are held by
ments are worth the paper
the Palestinians.
they're written on," she
Meanwhile, a brigadier
said. "At the end of the
general appointed corn-
day, it has to be accepted
mander of the Israel
by the millions of Arabs in
Defense Forces in Judea
the region that we're here
and Samaria told a crowd
to stay. It's not the
of 40 that he is up to the
Crusader period, we're not
challenge.
going to live in a fortress
Yehudit Tayar of
and disappear like the
YESHA, the Council of
Yehudit Taya r
Crusaders."
Jewish Communities in
She complained about
Judea, Samaria and Gaza,
the
thousands
of
illegal weapons held b
said the region's residents (they don't
Arabs
in
regions
under municipal con-
want to be called Jewish settlers in the
trol
by
Israel
—
weapons
she says are
West Bank) returned to the "heartland
being used against Israeli military per-
of Israel" after decades of not being
sonnel and civilians.
allowed to live there.
"Since the Oslo Agreement, we've
"This is where we became a nation.
had to change the windows to shatter-
We returned to Hebron, we returned to
proof Plexiglas, and teach our kids sui
the old city of Jerusalem, to Shilo, all the
vival techniques," Tayar said matter-
areas that really created the nation of
of-factly, "but you worry just as much
during
a
Israel," she told the Jewish News
when
your kid goes to Dizengoff
fund-raising stop last week. "We did so
[Street] in Tel Aviv."
with the realization and desire that the
She has four children and lives 10
Arabs will live side by side with us. From
minutes from Ramallah, where Israeli
the first day, we accepted the partition
troops traded gunfire with Palestinian
plan in 1947, and the Arabs didn't."
Authority
security forces last May.
The character of the state of Israel has
"There's
something not normal, nol
to remain Jewish, she said. "It's the one
acceptable
in the fact that every place
safe shore for every Jew, no matter
in
the
world
that talks about peace,
where they live.
the walls come down; there's normal
"This is our land," she said strongly.
relationships," she said. "In Israel, the
"There's room for Arabs to live there,
more they talk about peace, you have
Christians to live there, Druze and
to send in the army because [Arabs
Bedouins to live there, but it has to
get] hysterical, because they know
remain a Jewish state."
we're
going to get half."
The Council of Jewish Communities
is an advisory board for 250,000 Jewish
residents living in 144 communities.
Headed Evacuation
Earlier, in the mid-1930s, Gush
Brig. Gen. Beni Gantz, the man respor
Emunim was the ideological, religious
sible for the safety of the YESHA
movement that settled Jews in Judea,
Council members, explained his situa-
Samaria and Gaza. Today, only one-third

