Homesh: 'A settlement renewal point'

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With the Israeli public's morale at an all-time low, now is the time to launch a new bid for increased settlement activity in Judea and Samaria, with Homesh as a rallying point, Benny Katzover, former chairman of the Samaria Regional Council and a founder of Gush Emunim, said Thursday.

A huge demonstration at Homesh, one of four northern Samaria settlements evacuated during disengagement in August 2005, was being planned for this summer, when high schools and yeshivot are on vacation, said Katzover. He said he was lending his rich experience in settlement activism to the younger generation of settlement leaders.

"It's time to change our political direction and raise the patriotic flag of Greater Israel," Katzover told The Jerusalem Post ahead of the 40th anniversary of Jerusalem Day, which celebrates Israel's victory in the Six Day War and the unification of Jerusalem. "Returning to Homesh is the right move at the right time."

The interview was meant to be a retrospective on four decades of settlement activity in Judea and Samaria, but Katzover quickly turned to his plans for the future.

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