David Wilder, Hevron David Wilder is a spokesman for the Jewish community of Hevron. He maintains a blog called "The Wilder Way" on Arutz-7's Israel National News website. More from the author ► David Wilder is a spokesman for the Jewish community of Hevron. He maintains a blog called "The Wilder Way" on Arutz-7's Israel National News website.

During the early evening hours of March 19, some eight months ago, Hebron's Jewish community moved into a 35,000 sq. foot building, located on the main road between

Police investigations led to a positive conclusion: the purchase is 100% kosher.

Police investigations led to a positive conclusion: the purchase is 100% kosher.





Initial police investigations led to a positive conclusion: the purchase is 100% kosher. The IDF commander of the Hebron region had no objection to a Jewish presence in the house; to the contrary, he regarded the site as a strategic asset and gave his blessings to the purchase.





However, members of the government, with then-Defense Minister Amir Peretz at the forefront, demanded a solution to the new "Jewish problem" in Hebron. They didn't have long to wait. A recently invented military order, never before implemented, was pulled off the shelves: "An order against bothering usage." Hearings, based on this strange, draconian military order, began before a military appeals panel of three judges.





Twenty-nine days after the Hebron community claimed the building, a Hebron Arab named Rajbi issued a claim in the Israeli Supreme Court, saying that the building belonged to him and that he had not sold it to the Hebron Jewish community. His claim was filed while he was being held in a Palestinian Authority jail in Jericho. His lawyers claimed he was being held for his own protection.





The timing of the complaint must be noted. Squatters can easily be evicted for up to thirty days following their occupancy of a building. After that time period, eviction becomes much more complicated. Rajbi demanded that the Jews be expelled using this "squatters eviction law."





Concurrently, the police, who originally found the purchase documents to be in order, notified the court that they now had a suspicion that some of the documents were forged. Supreme Court president Dorit Beinish ordered the police to conclude their investigation within 45 days and report back to the court. (Justice Beinish, it should be noted, recently met with the American ambassador in Israel and discussed with him "the settlers and the settlements.")





The police were unable to complete their investigation within 45 days; they delayed their report to the court four times.





A week and a half ago the prosecutor's office finally reported back to the Supreme Court:

The documents are all in order, yet Jews still cannot live there. Why?

The documents are all in order, yet Jews still cannot live there. Why?





Yesterday, during another hearing held by the military appeals panel, the judges demanded that the prosecutor explain their findings concerning eviction using the "squatters eviction law." She responded: "[The] position of the State is that the sale was kosher (i.e., legitimate)."





Yet, several hours later, Hebron's attorney received an eviction notice stating that the building would be evacuated within 48 hours based on the "squatters eviction law", during which time the decision could be appealed.





In other words, the sale of the building was legitimate, the documents are all in order, yet Jews still cannot live there. Why? Quite simply: Annapolitics.





Annapolitics has nothing to do with justice, fairness, objectivity or basic human rights. According to various high-level sources, Israel, pre-Annapolis, promised the Arabs and George Bush that the Jewish residents of Beit HaShalom would be expelled from the building in the very near future. The fact that the purchase was legal is irrelevant. The only factor that matters is appeasement: appeasing our enemies on both sides of the line - the Americans and the Arabs.





Make no mistake. The Americans are enemies. Under the leadership of Condoleezza Rice and Bush (in that order), the United States has been transformed into one of Israel's most dangerous foes. The policies being forced down our throats, including abandonment of virtually all of Judea and Samaria, as well as Jerusalem, is only the beginning. The Golan Heights are not far behind.





Why? It is likely that Rice and Bush are placing their historical-legacy hopes on a miraculous Middle East peace accord. However, there's another reason. This is the price America is demanding of Israel to take care of the Iranian nuclear threat. But for Israel, this is like asking: Which do you prefer, to be murdered or assisted suicide?

The linchpin of this entire absurdity is Abu Mazen.

The linchpin of this entire absurdity is Abu Mazen.





Israel's leaders aren't overly righteous either. There is Ehud "the results of 1967 will be changed significantly" Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi "it's no longer Arab against Jew, rather moderate against extremist" Livni. These words leave little doubt as to the direction they are taking and how we, the residents of Judea and Samaria, will be defined (in one breath with Hamas and Hizbullah).





What can we pray for? Also very simple. The linchpin of this entire absurdity is Abu Mazen - Mahmoud Abbas, "President" of the Palestinian Authority.





If Olmert goes, Tzipi, Ehud Barak and Binyamin Netanyahu are waiting in the wings. Bibi's reaction to Annapolis wasn't one of horror, rather one that said we conceded too much without getting anything in return. And when Bush concludes his presidency, who knows who will replace him.



