Vowing to return, the settlers left the Avyatar outpost

Residents of the West Bank Avyatar outpost stuck to their deal with the government and voluntarily left their small mountain community at 4 p.m. Friday, nearly two months after they first arrived.

“We left the mountain, but our hearts remain there,” said Amichai Ben-David, a resident of Aviatar.

“The heart of the country is with the Avyatar community, who are standing in wait, with houses, trees, gardens and paths,” he said, adding that “with God’s help we will soon return in a stately and legal manner.”

He said, “The aviator’s settlement is a testament to the country’s love for the country. Thanks to that love and devotion and with God’s help, there will still be many more “ivyatars”.

Based on an agreement reached this week, an army base would be placed on top of a rocky hill, with only a dirt road and sandy lots, when 53 families and several workers entered.

By the time they moved in, they had managed to have a synagogue, a nursery and a small playground, along with small modular homes on the site.

He also erected a large Star of David on the site and raised large Israeli flags. One main minor road was paved, as were some minor sidewalks with road signs.

All those structures will now remain on the site while the civil administration assesses whether the hilltop, whose ownership status is unclear and thus considered survey land, can be classified as state land.

The Palestinians in the villages of Beta and Yatma claim that it is theirs. But the Samaria Regional Council and the Nahala Movement, which spearheaded the Avyatar Initiative, denied that claim and argued that it could be classified as state land.

It is rare for so many families and activists to rally so quickly for the construction of an outpost. It is also unusual for such a community to receive support from the government so quickly.

He also believes that grassroots action is needed to build new communities in Judea and Samaria, as he believes the government fails to pursue such a project.

Among those who were inspired to head to the Avyatar outpost was Sera Nisson, an architect and mother of six, who packed all her kids into the car with sandwiches and a tent, the moment she sent a text message. Saw in which the workers were asked to lead the Avyatara.

She barely discussed it with her husband, who called from work to ask if they should leave. Nissan said it assumed the two were aligned.

While she thought they should visit and consider the possibility, she had already taken the family there.

When her husband came back to the Rehelim settlement after working at night, he found the house empty and called to see where it was.

“Pack your things and join us,” she said.

Nisan said it takes to heart an imperative that the entire nation of Israel must raise to create Judea and Samaria.

She was talking with Post when she was talking with Post in the tiny two-room modular home in Ivyatar, which already had a stove, a refrigerator, a sink, a small table and air conditioning, but not enough room for a sofa that were installed outside. Under a canopy.

A Parisian immigrant who moved first to the Kiryat Arba settlement 20 years ago, and then to the Rehelim settlement, when it was just an outpost, she was no stranger to the call for the creation of Judea and Samaria.

She said, from Paris to Israel, each step was a setback, but she has been driven to the fulfillment of a larger and higher purpose at each point.

“Paris is the French City of Light and the Land of Israel is the Jewish Land of Light. It doesn’t matter where one lives, the City of Light is everywhere in Israel,” Nissen said.

A small modest woman, with an easy smile, Nissen was sitting with her youngest child in her lap.

“We hope the state will authorize it, even if it takes time,” she said.

“I have a dream that has been the dream of the Jews for 2000 years … that we will be able to settle all the land in Israel, not only in Judea and Samaria, but everywhere in Galilee and the Negev,” Nissen said.