"Noar Gvaot" stoned moving bus near Shiloh on West Bank. July 4th 2008.
I was by the windows that shattered on the bus with "Peace Now".
Hagit Ofran of "Peace Now" settlement watch took us on a tour Friday.
As we drove from Jerusalem we were pointed out that apart from many settlements there are many "illegal" outposts. like "Givat Asaf, Azmona, Migron" and many more.
In second picture I took you can see one of the leaders of a small village "kiryot"
telling us about the many problems living on west bank.
The road leading from the village has been blocked making it difficult to go to nearby Ramallah.
I wished them that Inshalah the many Problems can be solved.
We also went by Beit El where many years ago was my Miluim Storage point.
I was at Shiloh twice soon after it was declared "Archeological Dig" in 1977 and with "Peace Now" when Tumarkin set up "Dove Tower" there.
30 years since 1978 and the situation is impossible and is far from stable.
Ynet report:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3564543,00.html
14:16 , 07.06.08
PR in Territories
Bus stoned in West Bank Photo courtesy of Peace Now
Peace Now organizes settlement tours
Poll ordered by left-wing movement reveals 73% of Israelis have not visited West Bank in recent years. Following data, group decides to hold summer tours to settlements, outpost to explain its stance
Efrat Weiss
A poll ordered recently by the Peace Now left-wing movement reveals that some 73% of Israelis have not visited the West Bank over the past few years, and those who have, did it as part of their military service or due to a family event.
Following the data, the movement decided to hold summer tours to settlements and outpost in order to allow people to closely examine the situation there.
A movement official said that one of the most difficult problems is explaining the current state of affairs in the territories, settlements and outposts to the Israeli public – as people find it difficult to understand the impacts of the settlement construction without personally visiting the area.
To tackle this problem, Peace Now ordered a survey from the Maagar Mochot research institution, aimed at examining the patterns of visiting the West Bank area among the wide public.
Asked "how many times have you visited settlements in the Judea and Samaria territories over the past five year?", 73% of the respondents said they have never visited the area, while 22% said they have visited the area once or several times as part of a trip, a visit, a family event, military service and business.
Peace Now bus with shattered windows (Photo courtesy of Peace Now)
According to the poll, the majority of the public have not visited the territories due to lack of interest and for fear of terror attacks, as well as for political reasons.
The survey also revealed that the frequency of visits to settlements among the ultra-Orthodox in particular and the Jewish sector in general is double the frequency among the Arab sector.
In addition, 79% of the Israeli public have never visited West Bank outposts. The percentage of visitors is higher among younger Israelis.
In response to the poll, Peace Now decided to hold a series of tours during the summer, appealing to people who have never visited the territories.
A first tour to settlements and outposts in the Binyamin region was held over the weekend with 80 participants. The buses they traveled in were stoned near the settlement of Shiloh, and the windows were damaged.
Additional tours are planned to the separation fence and roadblocks, as well as to the city of Hebron.
Peace Now Secretary-General Yariv Oppenheimer said, "More people prefer spending the summer holiday in Antalya and Paris than witnessing what is taking place a half-hour car drive away from their homes."
פעילי ימין יידו אבנים לעבר פעילי "שלום עכשיו"
יום שישי, 4 ביולי 2008, 16:04 מאת: מערכת וואלה! חדשות
פעילי ימין יידו היום (שישי) אבנים לעבר שני אוטובוסים של פעילי תנועת "שלום עכשיו", שסיירו באזור שילה ובנימין. בגלי צה"ל דווח, כי איש לא נפגע, אך נזק נגרם לאוטובוסים.
