Peace House expulsions show need for sensitivity
This is Judaism\’s second holiest site, being that Jacob is the Jewish forefather and as his 12 sons became the 12 tribes of Israel.
This is Judaism\’s second holiest site, being that Jacob is the Jewish forefather and as his 12 sons became the 12 tribes of Israel.
The violent settler response to the evacuation of the building, dubbed the House of Contention by Israeli media and called the Peace House by settlers, was symptomatic of a relatively new phenomenon: growing numbers of radical settlers who feel alienated from the state, don\’t accept its authority and are ready to use violence to prevent it from taking action against settler interests.