Israel Matzav

Leftists photographed vandalizing Arab village's water pipe

Leftists were photographed vandalizing a water pipe between the Jewish town of Elon Moreh and the Arab village of Dir el-Hattab in northern Samaria this week. And Yediot Aharonot, the Hebrew version of YNet, has refused to cover the story or to look at the evidence, after accusing the Jews of Elon Moreh of harassing the Arabs. I've posted one of the pictures at the top left of this post; you can find the rest of them here.

Residents of the Shomron town of Elon Moreh have accused extreme-left activists of deliberately damaging Arab property in order to create conflict. They also say Ynet (Yediot Acharonot) has refused to correct its libel.

Benny Katzover, a senior founder of Elon Moreh, spoke with Arutz-7 and recounted the events leading up to what he says are attempts by left-wing activists to sully Jewish residents' good names and create conflict with the neighboring Arab village.

The village in question, Dir el-Hattab, was hooked up to the Israeli water utility thanks to Katzover's own initiative as mayor of Elon Moreh. Recently, Jewish youth who refurbished a park area within Elon Moreh's municipal boundaries set up a small pool, connected to the water line leading to the village. The pool did not disrupt the flow of water to the village until somebody began cutting the pipe flowing toward the village.

A resident of the town recently photographed leftists as they damaged a water pipe leading to a nearby Arab village. Elon Moreh residents argue that the leftists were hoping to lead the Arabs to think that their Jewish neighbors were destroying their water supply.

After destroying the pipe, residents said, the leftists reported the incident to Yediot Acharonot, which published an article accusing the Jews of Elon Moreh of harassing local Arabs and stealing their water. "They were more than happy to publish a half-page story on how we abuse our neighbors without an ounce of research," Katzover said. He added that the leftists were led by Kibbutz Movement chief Yoel Marshak, infamous for his involvement in claims that Arab olive trees were destroyed by Jews, when in fact they had been pruned by their owners and left-wing activists.

With 'friends' like this among us, who needs enemies?

As to YNet, they are second only to Israel's Hebrew 'Palestinian' daily in their left wing bias. But hey, if you can't report the news, why not create it?

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:09 AM