Most of the posters here, people who are obsessed with Palestine, view the settlers in Judea and Samaria, as the most evil people on the planet. However, alot of them are brave people, striving to maintain a Jewish presence in the birthplace of the Jewish people. Except for Beersheba, every important Biblical city, can be found "davka" in the West Bank. There is Hebron, where Abraham lived and was buried; Bethlehem, where the shepherd, warrior and poet David was born, and first crowned King of Israel; Shiloh, where the Tabernacle stood; Jericho, where the walls fell down for Joshua; Bethel, where Jacob dreamt of a staircase to Heaven; and Shechem, where Joseph, who wore a technicolor dreamcoat, was laid to rest. It's ironic that a Jew can live in Amsterdam, Berlin or New York, but not where Judaism was born. Let's remember that the Jews were driven out of Hebron in 1927, after a horrific massacre. These settlers live among a multitude of hostile and bloodthirsty Arabs, in order to preserve their history and heritage. They carry guns in order to survive. Even if a 23rd backward Arab nation should arise over there, shouldn't Jews still be able to live there? I, for one, think so. And Jerusalem, at least, should remain the united capital of Israel; otherwise, the miraculous Six-Day War would have meant nothing at all.
People talk shame and filth about the settlers, yet after htey die you really learn how brave and righteous they really were.
Yana'i Vaisman, a settler who was killed a few days ago by Palestinian terrorist, die in attempt of saving another Israeli who was attacked from behind by the stabber.
Dafna Meir, who died a month ago, was killed in front of her children while trying to protect them. She worked on projects trying to improve women's status, improving relations between religious and secular Israelis. She took four orphans into her home.
Above the bed of Yo'av Fogel, 10, he wrote, "May G-d give me the strength of loving every person in Israel like my own soul and spirit, and be good and kind to my parents." Yo'av was murdered in his sleep. His sister, Tamar, suceeded in saving two of her remaining siblings, risking her own life in the process.
These are the settlers. A true exampe for us all.