Over 10,000 right-wing protesters gathered on Wednesday in Paris Square in Jerusalem near the Prime Minister’s residence to demonstrate against the temporary settlement freeze. “When Netanyahu speaks of a settlement freeze he means a disengagement,” National Union MK Aryeh Eldad told the protesters.
IOA Editor: MK Eldad is among Israel’s most extreme right-wing politicians. It would be fair to surmise that he believes ALL Jews have all the rights over Israel/Palestine, and Palestinian Arabs have no rights at all. It is also safe to assume that he’d be entirely in favor of the transfer of all Palestinians out of their homeland – this is an assumption only because such speech is both politically-unwise and illegal in Israel.
By Liel Kyzer, Haaretz -9 Dec 2009
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1133919.html
Over 10,000 right-wing protesters gathered on Wednesday in Paris Square in Jerusalem near the Prime Minister’s residence to demonstrate against the temporary settlement freeze.
“When Netanyahu speaks of a settlement freeze he means a disengagement,” National Union MK Aryeh Eldad told the protesters.
Directly addressing Netanyahu, Eldad added: “Jews are not popsicles; you don’t freeze us so fast.”
“The people of Israel are telling you today,” Eldad continued, “we are not frozen so fast and we are not beaten so fast.”
Amongst the protestors are several Knesset members and West Bank settlement mayors.
Shomron Regional Council head Gershon Mesika said to demonstrators that the prime minister must cancel the “Anti-Zionist” order to freeze settlement construction.
“Bibi, remember that Israel has not forgiven those who have harmed us, as proven by looking at the near and the distant history,” Mesika said.
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