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Ketzaleh: Government agreed to destroy eight communities near Shchem (Nablus) as part of 'interim agreement'

Former National Religious Party MK Yaakov Ketzaleh Katz is calling upon the Jewish Home party (the successor to the National Religious Party) to depose party chairman Naftali Bennett on the grounds that Bennett has agreed to an interim agreement with the 'Palestinians' that would see eight established Jewish communities around Shchem (Nablus) destroyed and their inhabitants expelled at the end of the current round of 'talks' eight months from now (Hat Tip: Shy Guy).

Katz says Bennett knows that the current “peace talks” are rigged to lead to the eviction and demolition of eight Jewish communities around Shechem.

Katz says Bennett is complicit in the impending demolition because he is staying in the Coalition, rather than leaving it now.

"I call on the Knesset members of Bayit Yehudi to convene immediately and depose Naftali Bennett from all of his functions in the leadership of the party, because of the impending destruction of the Torah world and demolition of the settlement enterprise that we are facing,” the former leader of the religious Zionist party wrote on his Facebook page.

"Bennett knows, just as I do, that Bibi-Livni-Kerry-Abu Mazen have already agreed on an interim agreement in which, 8 months from now, the Jewish communities around Shechem will be razed.

"Just as Bennett knew about the harsh cut in funding for yeshivas and Torah educational institutes, and told his faction and the heads of the institutions that nothing would happen, just to keep them quiet, so today, Bennett is hiding the great threat to the settlement enterprise from everyone today.

"Everyone now knows that Bennett's messages of calm were baseless. 66% of the funding for the Torah world was cut, and the same thing will happen now if the Bayit Yehudi postpones Bennett's dismissal until the presentation of the agreement for destruction of communities.

"By then it will be too late, and our public will again have to face the same horrific sights that it experienced only 8 years ago in Gaza and northern Samaria," he said, referring to the forced deportation of 9,000 Jews from Gaza and four communities in Samaria during the 2005 "Disengagement."

Katz called on the party to "fix what has been twisted and immediately conduct negotiations with its natural partners in the hareidi parties, for their entry into the government instead of Lapid.”

Katz was referring to Yair Lapid, the head of the Yesh Atid party, currently the second largest Knesset faction with 19 seats. He envisions a coalition in which the hareidi parties, which number 18 MKs together, would take Lapid's place.

Unfortunately, this is way too believable. The difference between now and eight years ago is that the slogan this time isn't going to be "we have love and it will win" as it was in Gaza. This time, everyone will know it's for real. And some of the Jewish towns around Shchem have some of the toughest people around.

What could go wrong?

Labels: Gaza expulsion, Jewish Home party, Middle East peace process, Naftali Bennett, Yaakov Katz

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:04 PM