Security forces’ anti-settler activities in Judea and Samaria continue apace, though without much fanfare. A makeshift school built in memory of terrorism victim Rabbi Meir Avshalom Chai was razed, nine youths were arrested, a caravan and two building starts – all within the past two days.
The destruction of the caravan, however, in the veteran community of Elon Moreh, was done in a particularly “ugly” manner, residents say.
One resident recounted how it happened:
“Two policemen arrived at the guard post at the entrance to the community at 3 a.m., presenting themselves as having come to conduct a routine check of how the community is protected. They were welcomed in, and received explanations as to how security is carried out. They then asked the guard to give them his radio transmitter so they could check it – and suddenly announced that it was confiscated and that he was being detained. He was thus unable to use it to raise an alarm in the town about the impending arrival of the large special-unit Yassam forces that came very shortly afterwards. A large bulldozer/tractor was also brought in – once again, with no way for the guard to inform his neighbors.”
The caravan, a mobile home without wheels, was planned to house a family with many children, residents said.
“The forces came in like thieves in the night and lied their way into destroying a caravan,” town spokesman and founder Benny Katzover told Israel National News, “while neutralizing the town’s security at the same time. For a half-hour, Elon Moreh was open to terrorist infiltration... But even worse was that the force endangered the residents and themselves, because the security coordinator called the guard and received no answer. He was about to alert the town’s emergency force, which could easily have opened fire on the ‘infiltrators.’ Fortunately, he came out and saw that it was an army force before anything dangerous actually developed.”
“This is not the first time this week that they have come in the middle of the night to carry out their dirty work,” he said. “They also destroyed the structure put up outside the town of Einav, near Shavei Shomron, overlooking the site of the recent murder of Rabbi Avshalom Chai… Their cowardly actions, and Barak’s determination to carry out his policy of destruction even in this manner, does not bode well for the future.”
In addition, security forces carried out midnight destructions early Tuesday morning of building foundations that were built after the construction freeze went into effect, in the towns of Kokhav HaShachar and Kokhav Yaakov.
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