In his motzei Shabbos shiur, HaGaon HaRav Meir Mazuz Shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Kisei Rachamim mentioned the government’s planned eviction of the Shomron community of Amona, condemning the move.

Rav Mazuz stated one must protect Eretz Yisrael, not the opposition. He lamented the process began in Gush Katif, and we are now at Amona and next week it can as easily be Ofra or Beit El. “If the Prime Minister does not stand firm, if he does not have a spine he must nevertheless be strong. There must be leadership”.

The rav continued, speaking of those “who paid with their lives, their status, and their position”, reminding the tzibur “there is one who is above and monitors it all. He sees it all and He is not surprised by anything”.

He calls on the government for settling Eretz Yisrael instead of uprooting people, dismissing the left-wingers who feel they must champion the Arab cause, emphasizing “Eretz Yisrael must be settled and not the opposite”.

Rav Mazuz rejects asking the families to move another location on the hill until a new area is built, quoting Shulchan Aruch – that one may not destroy a shul until a replacement is constructed.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)