Kibbutzim in Jordan Valley Furious – DM Barak destroys foundations to
placate Obama

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 25 April 2010

Maariv correspondent Daliya Mazori reports in today’s edition that members
of Kibbutz Almog and Beit Ha’arava in the Jordan Valley say that they are
abandoning the Labor Party in protest of the demolition on Thursday of
foundations for homes for the sons of Kibbutz members at the instruction of
Defense Minister Ehud Barak.

The foundations were almost completed prior to the construction freeze and
the kibbutzim promised not to continue construction until the freeze ended –
and to date honored their word.

DM Obama ordered that the foundations be demolished because they were not
completed before the freeze.

“He insisted that they be demolished. We met with Barak several times. I
told him, we honor the law and won’t play around, but please leave the
foundations alone. He stood his ground. The claim we heard from him was
that Obama wanted to see that construction is being demolished everywhere it
takes place and not just in the settlements.” Mordechai Dahman, the head of
the Megilot Dead Sea Regional Council said.

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