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...wasn't always so. After the Six-Day War in 1967, two groups of then rare (now commonplace) religious nationalists settled one small site each in the Galilee and Efrat. At the time, the Israeli government had no intention of settling seized Arab land and sheepishly described the settlements as military bases. Over the years, though, Israeli governments of all political persuasions have supported colonizing the West Bank - providing money, building permits and water and sewage services, as well as constructing special settlers-only roads. The number of settlers has grown fast in the past 15 years, as Israeli troops...
...hilltop suburb South of Jerusalem called Efrat, Sharon Katz serves a neat plate of sliced cake inside her five-bedroom house, surrounded by pomegranate, olive and citrus trees that she planted herself. She glances out the window at the hills where, she believes, David and Abraham once walked. "We are living in the biblical heartland," she sighs...
...heartland the prophets would not recognize, replete as it is with pizza parlor, jazz nights at the coffee shop, grocery store and yellow electronic gate with machine-gun-wielding guards. Efrat is one of 17 settlements that make up a bloc called Gush Etzion, located not in Israel but in the occupied West Bank. The Katzes (Sharon, husband Israel and five children) consider themselves law-abiding citizens. They publish a small community magazine and take part in civic projects. Sharon raises money for charity by putting on tap-dancing and theater shows. And yet to much of the outside world...
...messiah were coming in the 20th century, he would have shown up at Auschwitz. He is not going to show up at [the West Bank town of] Efrat to save a parking lot,” Hertzberg said...
...Initiative is the brainchild of Efrat Kussell ’02 and Julie S. Wecsler ’03. The two curated a successful exhibition of student work last spring and founded the Initiative to give students more opportunities to show their art. They hope to curate four or five student shows this year, creating a rotating gallery of a consistently high caliber that will “invigorate an interest in the visual arts.” Kussell and Wecsler are working closely with Adams House art tutor Jennifer Mergel ’98 to secure funding...