A child’s toy, turned into a weapon, a firebomb burns away a year of love - by Marcia Forest Rains

...Their juice should now be bursting in the mouths of the people they were destined to nourish, their sweetness sliding down throats of people who appreciate this produce of the land. Instead they lie, burned in ruin. The land that gave them life is now a grave instead of a mother. The farmer that loved them, raised them to be all that they could be, counted on them for the sweet life they would give him is left with bitter tears.

Marcia Forest Rains..
Elder of Ziyon..
05 July '18..

Have you ever imagined what it is like to be a farmer?

Any farmer is connected to their land in ways city-folk have a hard time understanding. You feel the rhythm of the land, when it needs to rest and when it is ready to bring forth new life.

There is something magical about communing with the land, being in partnership so that through your sweat and her nourishment you give birth to new growth that will give life to others.
The Jewish farmer in Zion has an even deeper union with the land.

It’s a 3000 year old love story consummated every time he or she goes to work, plants new seeds, waters the lands. It is biblical prophecy fulfilled when he or she walks the land, making it bloom once more.

The land (particularly that in the Gaza area) was dormant, empty. Waiting. When her lover come back she burst into bloom, producing rich fruit, vegetables, anything and everything that could be desired, in thanks, in gratitude for, once again being loved.

The Jewish farmer doesn’t have to consciously think about how the relationship with the land makes him (or her) a more complete Jew. It happens with every breath, with every effort, with the glorious harvest after a year’s labor of love.

And then, in an instant, it’s all ruined.

One kite, such an innocuous thing, a child’s toy, turned into a weapon, a firebomb burns away a year of love. You aren’t hearing about these attacks on the news. To others this is a non-story – Jews under fire, literally, day after day after day.

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Medad - Vineyards Will Nevertheless Be Planted and Not Plucked Up

Yisrael Medad..
My Right Word..
15 April '12..





Have you ever read Amos' prophecy? This one, 9:13-15 -

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD...And I will turn the captivity of My people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.

Some Arabs near us don't take too kindly to those words because on Saturday, our Shabbat, some four dunams of saplings were damaged (pictures here in this Hebrew site) at the vineyards of Achiyah. Up to a thousand were uprooted and a large section of the sophisticated irrigation system was destroyed. It will take some three years to restore the damage.

But it will be restored. For we have decided to replant ourselves in our land and with help, all will be restored: Jewish agriculture, Jewish sovereignty, Jewish morality.

Link: http://www.myrightword.blogspot.com/2012/04/vineyards-will-nevertheless-be-planted.html

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(Video) Jewish Family Makes Jordan Valley Desert Bloom

Yishai Fleisher..
JewishPressTV..
24 February '12..




Yishai Fleisher (Managing Editor of JewishPress.com) goes with Marc Prowisor (Director of Security Projects for The One Israel Fund) to a young Jewish family's farm in the Jordan Valley. Marc and One Israel Fund deliver special equipment to the farm to improve security.



To learn more about the One Israel Fund and it's many projects, click here.

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This Never Happened: Real West Bank Water Theft

Victor Shikhman: Stories
22 February '11

For years, we've been told that Israel is stealing Palestinian water resources. This slogan, much promoted, particularly in Europe, was then disproven, conclusively and authoritatively, by Israel's Water Authority, which described clearly the rational, fair and, most importantly, mutually agreed upon management and distribution of water resources to both Israel and territories under Palestinian administration.

Since then, the narrative has shifted slightly. It is no longer the government of Israel which is stealing water, but Jewish settlers who are accused of the dastardly deed. The following video was taken at a well outside the Jewish community of Sussya, in the South Hebron Hills. It depicts a situation which, depending on your level of blind commitment to ending Israeli "occupation" either never happened, isn't supposed to be happening, simply doesn't fit the media narrative of Jewish theft of Arab resources or, if all sense of justice fails you, is perfectly defensible - Israeli leftist radicals helping Palestinians steal water from wells which supply Jewish communities.



Haaretz did not report this story, if you can call it a story. It's as if it never happened. Just another day of anonymous Jewish life in the Hebron Hills. This well did not go dry, not that time, not that day, and hundreds of animals - at least the ones Arab thieves didn't steal the other night - did not go thirsty. You can see the distances involved, and the constant vigilance necessary on the part of the residents to protect their rights and property.

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They Stole His Life—Twice

Written by 5TJT Staff
Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:15

http://www.5tjt.com/featured-news/9639-they-stole-his-lifetwice

Violent storms, like those that pounded Israel on the night of December 12, present real issues for security personnel, especially those defending the Jewish communities throughout Judea and Samaria. Storms present a perfect cover for Arab theft and attacks on civilians.

Upon learning of one such incident, Marc Prowisor, director of security projects for the One Israel Fund, set out to assess the damage. This particular incident felt different than a standard theft.

The Har Sinai Farm is located in the town of Sussiya Southern Hebron Hills, approximately 20 minutes south of Hebron. On the night of December 12, all 170 sheep were stolen during the storms, 130 of them pregnant. Though hundreds of sheep were stolen that night throughout the region, the targeting of Dalia Har Sinai and her particular farm was nothing short of a terrorist attack.

The year was 1984, and Yair and Dalia Har Sinai moved to the town of Sussiya with their four children. Though today Sussiya boasts over 120 families, back then the Har Sinais were one of just ten families in the community. It was truly a pioneering spirit which drew Yair, Dalia, and their four children to these hills.

Yair had come from a kibbutz near Netanya and served in an elite unit in the IDF. After becoming religious, he wanted to work as a farmer and be close to the land of his forefathers.

Yair decided to become a shepherd, akin to our Avot. The local Arab shepherds grew to respect Yair and engaged him in their trade. Yair learned how to build a flock and by the end of that first year had purchased his first ten sheep from local Arabs. Always maintaining friendly and respectful relations with his Arab counterparts, Yair embarked on a mission and a career. Though small in the beginning, Yair’s flock grew to 80 head of sheep in a short time. It was then that he applied and received licenses for 800 dunams of land (approximately 200 acres). As Yair’s business and family (they had nine children) flourished, so did Sussiya. Yair eschewed violence and, as a matter of principle, refused to graze his herd while armed.

On July 2, 2001, Yair Har Sinai left his home to tend to his flock. He took them out to graze in the fields, and he never returned home. His body was found the next day; he had been shot in the head and chest by Arab terrorists who ambushed him. The sheep found their own way home in the evening.

Despite the hardships, and with G-d’s help, Dalia was determined to keep the family business open and till today the farm produced cheese, milk, wool, and meat. Dalia maintains the farm with the help of many volunteer youth and members of her family. The flock flourished over the years and, prior to December 12, numbered 170 head. She continued to apply for and obtain licenses for additional grazing lands, which today total 10,000 dunams (approximately 2,500 acres). Her main reason for working round the clock to keep the farm going is hityashvut—to maintain a presence in the South Hebron Hills that fills a very important purpose.

On the stormy night of December 12, Arab marauders entered the Har Sinai family’s property and stole the entire flock of sheep—taking with it the family’s livelihood and legacy.

Yoel Zilberman Speaks Out

HaShomer HaChadash
The New Israel Guardians


Founder and Director of HaShomer HaHadash was invited to speak to the annual Jerusalem Conference this year. He told his personal story and that of his father and other ranchers in the Galilee - stories of the struggle to maintain the vigilant protection of Jewish lands in the face of constant agricultural vandalism and under the threat of physical violence and financial ruin.



Stories of bravery and commitment on a daily basis, year in and year out.

Stories which led Yoel to create HaShomer HaHadash, stepping in to stand side by side with the older generation and discovering the inspirational enthusiasm of hundreds of young people - the facebook generation - to share the load and rejuvenate the Zionist dream.

To learn more, go to http://www.shomer-israel.org

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See What the Settlers do to the Olive Trees

wejew.com
Arutz Sheva
01 December '10


See What the Settlers do to the Olive Trees


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What about Jewish farmers?

Op-ed: Police protect Arab olive harvesters, but do almost nothing for Jewish farmers

Orit Struck
Israel Opinion/Ynet
06 October '10

The headlines informed us that the IDF, Civil Administration, and Israel Police are preparing for the olive harvesting season in Judea and Samaria. “This mission is of the highest priority,” and hence, in the midst of a period replete with terror attacks, major manpower and great operational effort will be dedicated in order to allow the harvest to go “to the last olive.”

The media also prepares and places itself at the service of the “harvest coalition” – dozens of subsidiaries of the New Israel Fund and European Union that shall accompany the harvesters in order to turn a simple, popular agricultural effort into a raging, media-covered global event. We can assume that Mitchell, Clinton, and maybe even Obama shall make time in their busy schedules to ensure that each one of the farmers known as “Palestinians” will get to enjoy the fruit of their labor.

On the other hand, in a sort of mirror image, Jewish farmers who work their land by law in the very same area suffer daily abuse at the hands of their Arab neighbors, who are backed and incited by the very same leftist human-farmer rights champions. The damages sustained by these Jewish farmers are estimated at hundreds of thousands of shekels, and who could estimate the heartache of a farmer whose corps were damaged?

Yet the State of Israel’s law enforcement authorities do almost nothing to protect them, and the media barely covers them or their pain.

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