'Taking back abandoned territory': Family with 10 children settles thousands of dunams

Eitan and Raya Rabinovitz recently moved with their 10 children from Ahiya to Givat Sde Yonatan. In an interview with Channel 7, Eitan spoke about their sense of mission, their connection to the land, and the vision behind the move.

The Rabinovitz family, Eitan and Raya and their 10 children, recently moved to Givat Sde Yonatan in Binyamin. In an interview with Channel 7, Rabinovitz said the family arrived after 15 years in the settlement of Ahiya, following a desire to find “our next mission.”

“We are fortunate to join the great movement of all the farms and hilltops that are making a historic change throughout the area. This is a move that is creating an enormous hold over all the territory that was abandoned over the years between the settlements and near the settlements,” he said.

Rabinovitz also referred to the area where the hilltop is located. “Right behind us is the Alon Road, the main road leading to the settlements of eastern Binyamin and the Jordan Valley. This whole area, from the village of Deir Dibwan, which is north of us, to the road, was no-man’s land. There were stone-throwings, explosive devices, and everything was prevented, thank God, thanks to our presence and the whole chain of farms extending from the mountain ridge eastward. We are fortunate to be the first emissaries, thank God, at the forefront.”

Later, Rabinovitz called on the public to take part in the activity there. “We call on all the people of Israel to join us, everyone is also welcome to come and visit,” he said.

According to him, the site hosts “talks about settling the land, all the matter of pioneering and connection to the Land of Israel.” “In the end, we are at the tip of the spear, but the thicker the spear is behind it, the thicker the ranks, the more we succeed in breaking through forward,” he concluded.