Expulsion from Amona

This week over 40 Jewish families were expelled from their homes in Amona, a community a little north of Jerusalem in the Benjamin region, in what is known as the West Bank. This event drew the attention of the media throughout the world and featured on the front page of national newspapers. It is certainly a great tragedy for Jewish families to be expelled from homes in which the children have lived in since their birth — these truly were their homes. The images on the news look more reminiscent of a pogrom in Russia than something that would happen in Israel — the national home for the Jewish people.