Dozens of residents of Yishuv Amona, which is home to some forty families, visited Har Habayis on the morning of Thursday, Rosh Chodesh Kislev to be mispallel to save their community from destruction.

The residents have been informed that in line with a High Court of Justice ruling, they will be removed by force and the community destroyed no later than 25 December 2016. All efforts to relocate the community were rejected by residents, who insist they will not permit Amona to fall again.

The Regulation Bill, which some hope will legalize Amona and prevent the destruction, was not voted on in Knesset on Wednesday as there is much disagreement surrounding the bill among coalition members.

Gedolei Yisrael over the generations and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel prohibit visiting Har Habayis

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)