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Washington/JTA — U.S. Jewish groups
for the most part backed Israel's
evacuation of settlers from a Hebron
building and condemned settler vio-
lence.
"The attacks against Palestinians,
their farms, cemeteries and other
Muslim property by Jewish extremists
are deeply troubling and unaccept-
able the Anti-Defamation League
said in a statement Dec. 5, a day
after the evacuation of settlers from
a disputed Hebron building sparked
rioting.
"These attacks and those against
Israeli soldiers and police, who were
there to enforce a Supreme Court
order to evacuate a contested building,
are a direct assault on the rule of law
and only serve to undermine Israel's
democratic institutions."
David Harris, the American Jewish
Committee's executive director, echoed
the stance.
"Israel cannot permit a small
minority to challenge its legitimate
institutions through violence he said.
"We fully support Israel's government
and security forces in their resolve to
maintain order in the West Bank city
of Hebron, whether the protagonists
are Jews or Arabs?"
The American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, the leading pro-Israel
lobby, does not routinely comment
on internal Israeli matters. However,
the top story on its Web site over the
weekend, headlined "Upholding court
order, Israeli troops evict squatters,"
quoted Defense Minister Ehud Barak
as saying "what was tested today was
the ability of the state to enforce its
laws and its essence upon its citizens?'
Dovish pro-Israel groups, including
Americans for Peace Now, Ameinu
and J Street, also backed the evacua-
tion, as did the Reform movement's
Religious Action Center and the
American Jewish Congress.
Some groups, including the
Orthodox Union and the Zionist
Organization of America, were silent
on the matter, although the ZOA had
distributed an appeal last week on
behalf of the settlers occupying the
building.
Only one group, the National
Council of Young Israel, directly criti-
cized Israel's actions.
"Watching Jews forcibly remove
their Jewish brothers and sisters from
their home and their community was
a painful reminder of the Israeli gov-
ernment's lack of understanding and
compassion towards their own," the
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council said in a statement. "Dragging
their fellow Jews through the dirt in
an attempt to evict them from their
home is a deplorable and despicable
act of cowardice
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JerusalemlJT A — Gap is coming to
Israel.
The retail clothing chain has plans
to open its first two stores in Israel in
major malls in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv,
the Israeli news service Ynet reported
Monday.
Gap also is scheduled to open stores
in Jordan and Egypt this year.
Israel's Northern Light
Tel AvivIJTA — A $10 million initia-
tive urging Jews to immigrate to
Israel's North was launched. Nefesh
B'Nefesh, a nonprofit that provides
incentives to Anglo-Jews to make
aliyah, will work with the New Jersey-
based Russell Berrie Foundation to
help more than 1,000 Jews make the
move over the next three years.
According to Nefesh B'Nefesh, the
groups will provide grants of up to
$25,000 to make the move, as well as
subsidies for transportation or car
purchases, employment services and
help with social networking.
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Answering
Israel's Critics
The Charge
During a visit to the European
parliament recently, Israeli Foreign
Minister Tzipi Livni was asked by
a parliamentarian why Palestinian
children on the West Bank have to
wait an hour and a half at road-
blocks each morning on the way to
school, the parliamentarian calling
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the security situation, that Israeli
children in Sderot miss school, too
— rockets are fired by Gaza terror-
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roadblocks are there to stop terror-
ists bent on attacking Israel.
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