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Right-wing activists taking part in a march to the ruins of the former West Bank settlement of Homesh in June. (Tomer Neuberg / Jini)
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Settlers plan to set up 5 new West Bank outposts during Sukkot
By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent

Right-wing activists are planning to set up five new settlement nuclei throughout the West Bank this Sunday, during the interim days of Sukkot.

The operation, details of which were announced Tuesday, will include taking possession of the land at the following locations: Givat Ha'eitam near Efrat, Hill 1013 near Halhoul in the Hebron region, Nofei Hashmonaim near Hashmonaim, "Harhivi" outpost near Elon Moreh, and "Shvut Ami" outpost in Samaria.

The extra-parliamentary right-wing movements participating in the operation are also planning a major march to Homesh, a northern West Bank settlement vacated in 2005 as part of the disengagement from Gaza.

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"This is the only way to get out of the alleyways and back to the main road, through the Land of Israel," one movement leader, Arye Yitzhaki, told Haaretz. "We will keep building communities and redeeming territory in the land of the Patriarchs."

Various rabbis have voiced their support for the operation. The rabbi of Efrat, Shlomo Riskin, who is known as a moderate, called on Efrat residents to take part at Givat Ha'eitam. Riskin's call was seconded by other Gush Etzion rabbis.

In Hebron-Kiryat Arba, local rabbis, led by Moshe Levinger and Eliezer Waldman, issued calls for the public to accompany the operation at Hill 1013.

The army and police are readying to block the activists from carrying out their plan.
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  1.   Well, no surprise here, but what a disappointment 05:22  |  Silvienne 26/09/07
  2.   No one in Israel has the guts to stop this 05:26  |  spyguy 26/09/07
  3.   Let Palestinian Police handle them 06:11  |  steve 26/09/07
  4.   #2, spyguy... 06:49  |  Silvienne 26/09/07
  5.   To Spyguy and Sylviene 06:58  |  Leah 26/09/07
  6.   pioneers. #1..&2 07:00  |  colin 26/09/07
  7.   Settlers .. Pawn Power in the 21st century 07:47  |  Natallie Durson 26/09/07
  8.   Spyguy?? and Silvienne 07:59  |  Miriam 26/09/07
  9.   Durson.. again Today you are oviously ..... 08:12  |  Miriam Israel 26/09/07
  10.   Yes, Leah I am safe in CA, USA, but 08:41  |  spyguy 26/09/07
  11.   "Still Calling the Shots" 08:41  |  JW 26/09/07
  12.   Nat #7 08:43  |  Esther 26/09/07
  13.   Leah 09:04  |  M 26/09/07
  14.   Squatters 09:05  |  Anti-squatter 26/09/07
  15.   IDF? 09:07  |  Sarah Gold 26/09/07
  16.   try and live there 09:11  |  Roberto 26/09/07
  17.   We Will Build Wherever We Want To 09:13  |  Yishai Kohen 26/09/07
  18.   "..freedom of residence..Art13 Human Rights "signed by Govt. 09:15  |  sam 26/09/07
  19.   God bless them...having the betzeem to reclaim what belongs to us 09:30  |  SLAVO 26/09/07
  20.   #5 Leah, making a rather ODD challenge... 09:38  |  Johnboy 26/09/07
  21.   Perhaps the IDF can loan Abbas some D9 bulldozers 09:41  |  Johnboy 26/09/07
  22.   Stop Playing Around 09:52  |  Anonymous 26/09/07
  23.   #2 spyguy the prophet of gloom rides again 10:07  |  victor hardman 26/09/07
  24.   RE: Let Palestinian Police handle them 10:17  |  dialect 26/09/07
  25.   Leah. 5 Calm yourself. 10:18  |  Hubal 26/09/07
  26.   colin the pioneer 10:20  |  dialect 26/09/07
  27.   Then leave Leah 10:21  |  kiwi girl 26/09/07
  28.   Slavo: having the betzeem to reclaim what belongs to us 10:23  |  dialect 26/09/07
  29.   Stop playing around 10:29  |  dialect 26/09/07
  30.   victor hardman 10:32  |  dialect 26/09/07
  31.   #11 johnboy enters the abo dream state !1 10:32  |  victor hardman 26/09/07
  32.   What a country! 10:38  |  Axel 26/09/07
  33.   Miriam: safe and sound in Ashkelon 10:40  |  dialect 26/09/07
  34.   5- Leah. Calm down. 10:41  |  Hubal 26/09/07
  35.   Two headlines 10:42  |  Guido 26/09/07
  36.   #19dialect challenges history and its record 10:55  |  victor hardman 26/09/07
  37.   marvellous news. 11:00  |  disraeli 26/09/07
  38.   leah 5 11:00  |  realism 26/09/07
  39.   the hills of the region belong to israel 11:02  |  disraeli 26/09/07
  40.   New Jewish settlements 11:03  |  Choni Davidowitz 26/09/07
  41.   MAY G-D `S OUTSTRETCHED ARM BE UPON THE FAITHFUL SETTLERS : 11:07  |  Bill 26/09/07
  42.   OK, follow it through 11:09  |  Jurist 26/09/07
  43.   #28 Choni the Hostile 11:37  |  Ari ben Yisrael 26/09/07
  44.   there are 275000 jews living in judea and samaria 11:39  |  lord byron 26/09/07
  45.   cede umm al fahm to the palestinians 11:42  |  yaheskel 26/09/07
  46.   Get Rid of Those Idiots 11:46  |  Jane 26/09/07
  47.   18Sam,the Geneva Convention forbids civilian settlement in 12:03  |  lakshmi 26/09/07
  48.   Those darn settlers 12:07  |  mark 26/09/07
  49.   Keep building communities and redeeming the Land 12:09  |  Sol 26/09/07
  50.   #36 Hardhead uses the criminals defense 12:12  |  Labhras 26/09/07
  51.   Ah, the rabbis partaking taking to great big Tschuva!!!!! 12:20  |  Karl 26/09/07
  52.   peace loving israelis 12:26  |  ravi 26/09/07
  53.   lakshmi "the deluge will come" 12:29  |  punjabwallah 26/09/07
  54.   Yes Victor (23), you are right. But the greatness 12:32  |  Karl 26/09/07
  55.   lakshmi kfar etzion and kashmir 12:32  |  sonia gandhi 26/09/07
  56.   lakshm "fooling around" 12:34  |  sonia gandhi 26/09/07
  57.   jewish terrorists on the march again 12:42  |  Mark B. 26/09/07
  58.   ravi "israelis want palestinian land" 13:00  |  bolan pass 26/09/07
  59.   Zero tolerance called for urgently ! 13:01  |  Esther 26/09/07
  60.   a criminal irish prime minister bertie ahern 13:02  |  papal bull 26/09/07
  61.   27 kiwi girl & the "sanctimonious" down under crowd 13:22  |  curious 26/09/07
  62.   Excellent. Hopefully many more will join... 13:28  |  bat yam 26/09/07
  63.   # 12 Esther 13:28  |  Natallie Durson 26/09/07
  64.   "redeeming the land" is great 13:37  |  judah 26/09/07
  65.   Hardman 23 seems to misunderstand history 13:48  |  spyguy 26/09/07
  66.   Davidowitz 40 So Just how bloodthirsty are you? 13:59  |  spyguy 26/09/07
  67.   Byron 44 there is zero chance that will happen 14:05  |  spyguy 26/09/07
  68.   #5Olabarse you are not from eire ! who are you 14:13  |  victor hardman 26/09/07
  69.   For Bill in New Zealand, an alternative prayer # 41 14:15  |  Clickfool 26/09/07
  70.   #57 morality is a two edged sword mark 14:24  |  victor hardman 26/09/07
  71.   Modern Israel has no rights to ancestral lands 14:39  |  Ivar 26/09/07
  72.   #62 spyguy does not understand history either 14:40  |  victor hardman 26/09/07
  73.   Spyguy (Post No. 2) 15:03  |  Johnny Weintraub 26/09/07
  74.   ONLY Modern Israel Has Rights To Our Ancestral Lands 16:09  |  Yishai Kohen 26/09/07
  75.   The Future 16:13  |  Mikesailor 26/09/07
  76.   To clickful #69 16:24  |  Choni Davidowitz 26/09/07
  77.   Nip it in the Bud 16:35  |  Tzfonit 26/09/07
  78.   #69 the yellow streak has a prayer for darfur 16:36  |  victor hardman 26/09/07
  79.   71 Ivar,in the 21st century the notion of ancient title is not 16:36  |  lakshmi 26/09/07
  80.   Indrajaya is right about the ideal of the Ummah.Today we still 16:40  |  lakshmi 26/09/07
  81.   Does Abbas have a peace partner? 16:41  |  Rick 26/09/07
  82.   lakshmi what has your reading of history got to do with anything