The Youth Want Sovereignty!
Hundreds of youth from all over the country took part in the 2nd Youth Conference held at the Wohl Center at Bar-Ilan University. Politicians, intellectuals, media people, activists and especially youth imbued with a mission of faith and vision filled the hall decorated with national flags and signs of sovereignty.
The event began with the words of the leaders of the Sovereignty movement, Yehudit Katzover and Nadia Matar, who emphasized the importance of choosing Bar-Ilan University for the making of the conference, which is a response to Prime Minister Netanyahu's Bar-Ilan speech.
The task is to deepen our lives here and apply sovereignty that will bring a better future for everyone. We were fed up with the scenes of displacement and disengagement. We sobered up. We will not wait for the tractors, but avoid destructive actions in advance, and we will do so by establishing the consciousness that the Land of Israel is ours" Katzover declared to the applause of the youth.
They also stated that the reality in which the sovereignty of Israel has not been applied for 52 years in the heart of the country, which has created a political question mark that allows the world to view the State of Israel as an occupier "even though a nation can't occupy its own land." They stated that the imposition of sovereignty would stop the Arab hope of establishing a state on the ruins of Israel.
"The demographic threat is the sin of the spies of our day, and the few who still support a Palestinian state are threatening the Jewish majority, which will bring millions of hostile Arabs to turn the Jewish majority into a minority." The Arabs of Judea and Samaria will receive residency status under Israeli sovereignty and will be able to apply for citizenship status in accordance with the conditions of loyalty. "
After the words of Katzover and Matar, publicist and journalist Shimon Riklin led a short conversation with some of the youth who were called to the stage and briefly described what sovereignty was for them. Riklin expressed his astonishment at the audience, who also gathered in the auditorium and also in light of the clear and present words of the youth. "You have a generation that continues," he said, turning to Katzover and Matar.
Later in the event, MKs Tzipi Hotovely and Bezalel Smotrich, one after the other, rose and spoke about the commitment to sovereignty and the aspiration to unite the right-wing camp ahead of the upcoming elections. Bassam Eid, a human rights activist from Shchem who views the PA as controlling the Arabs of Judea and Samaria a a recipe for disaster, said that it is only from the terror of the Abu Mazen regime that PA residents afraid to openly declare their desire to live under Israeli sovereignty that will grant them prosperity and dignity.
In another chapter of the Sovereignty Conference, a panel was held under the leadership of Shimon Riklin, with MK Yoav Kish of the Likud, former Knesset Member Orit Struck and Knesset Member Gilead Lewis of the Bnei Akiva movement. During the panel, Struck warned against the possibility that behind the Prime Minister's statements on sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, there was a plan to transfer the rest of the territory to the control of the PA. Yoav Kish expressed reservations about Struk's brilliant commentary and stated that had Israel not embarked on another election campaign, woul be already in the middle of first steps in the application of sovereignty.
In his speech, Rabbi Lewis emphasized the power of the youthful spirit to move historic moves, and remarked that if the call for sovereignty remains the exclusive religious Zionist public, it will not occur.
Knesset Member Idit Silman (United Right Wing) also spoke about the vision of sovereignty, calling on the youth to take advantage of the summer vacation to spread the message of sovereignty and commitment to the Land of Israel. In her speech she mentioned the ongoing struggle for the return of Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul Z"L, a struggle in which she is a central partner.
Following this, Silman led a panel of young people who described their activities as members of the movement for sovereignty over the past year. The boys and girls talked about meetings, seminars, distribution of information materials, activity with Knesset members and more.
The entire event was signed by the rabbi of the city of Safed, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, who praised the hundreds of youth who came to the conference and stated that the progress of the vision of sovereignty is another step and another floor on the way to the redemption of Israel.
