Psagot
BH Psagot is an excellent Jewish settlement community in the Binyamin region a few kilometers north of Jerusalem in the so called west bank. This is the land where Samuel the prophet roamed and is sacred to the Jewish world. It is located on a high hill over looking Ramallah. video by Ezra Ridgley
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Kosher Wine Fest Shows Israel's Lead in Field of Wine
More than 80 different wines from dozens of wineries throughout Israel and the entire world were launched during the exhibition, which featured under one roof a collection of hundreds of kosher wines from the best wineries. Over 45 Israeli wineries took part in the exhibition.
In the past year several small vineyards have become kosher and this is the first year that you can taste their wines, said Roi Carmeli, a member of the managing staff of Wine Seven Two.
He added, Lots of wineries here in Israel are becoming kosher due to high demand and because people who eat and drink kosher want better quality wine. This is part of the wine revolution that is ongoing here in Israel.
Among the many Israeli wineries that took part in the exhibition were quite a few wineries from Judea and Samaria, an area known for its many vineyards and award winning wineries. Last summer the Shomron Regional Council launched an alliance between Shomron winemakers and the Italian Winemakers Association.
Menachem Livni, owner of the Livni Winery near Hevron, told Arutz Sheva that the rain that falls in Judea in the winter, combined with the dryness of the Judean Desert in the summer, results in a beautiful wine.
A wine is designated as kosher if, in addition to rabbinical supervision of the ingredients, it has been handled -- from the vine to the wineglass -- only by Sabbath-observant Jews, or has been heated to 185 degrees F, called mevushal. Some claim that the heating affects the taste, but producers have developed flash-pasteurization techniques that minimize this. Kosher wine bottles have the words mevushal or lo mevushal. on them. In the latter case, the wine is kosher only if a Sabbath-observant Jew opens and pours it, a halakha partially based on the use of wine in idol worship.
A Wine-Oasis in the Israeli Negev Desert
Pop open a bottle from one of these Israeli desert wineries and you will taste and feel something truly special. The desert breeze...the warm sun by day and the cool nights and no need for pesticides. Israeli wineries in the heart of the desert are defining a whole new type of wine region - and with it an experience like none other.
WEST BANK: PSAGOT MOST DANGEROUS AREA
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Wedged into the Palestinian town of Ramallah in central West Bank, Psagot has been regularly pummelled by Palestinian gunfire, making it one of the most dangerous spots in the increasingly violent confrontation between
Israelis and Palestinians.
The shooting attacks often begin after dark - the silence of the night is shattered by Palestinian sniper fire returned with interest by the army unit backed by tanks that protect the settlement.
A tank guards the main gate of Psagot, which was a community of 220 families just a fortnight ago.
The Israeli army commander in the region, Colonel Gal Hirsch, said that if the shooting persisted, Palestinians living near Psagot would have to evacuate their homes to get out of the line of fire.
In one recent incident, Israeli gunners in the tank at the main gate of the settlement fired their machine guns at
nearby buildings used as cover by Palestinian paramilitaries.
Since the gunfire began around Psagot, the army and residents have set up a war room, equipped with phone lines, TV sets, maps on the walls and lists of phone numbers, including those of Palestinian liaison officials.
Meanwhile volunteers update lists of roads considered too dangerous for travel and stay in touch with police, army and firefighters.
The recent fighting in the Middle East was sparked by Sharon's visit on September 28 to a disputed holy site in Jerusalem.
Since then, 124 people have been killed, the vast majority of them Palestinians.
With peace receding as clashes intensified, Prime Minister Ehud Barak appealed to opposition leader
Ariel Sharon to join a coalition government.
Barak hopes to form a coalition before Parliament returns from a three-month recess on Sunday.
But Justice Minister Yossi Beilin, a dovish member of Barak's Labor party, warned that Sharon's inclusion in the government would crush the peace process.
Palestinians revile Sharon, who believes that Israel should cling to land captured in the 1967 Mideast war rather than trade it for a peace agreement with the Palestinians.
Barak's decision to withdraw from the peace process, at least temporarily, has put on hold seven years of grinding negotiations with the Palestinians.
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bottling kosher wine in Israel
Odem Mountain Winery/Har Odem Winery, Golan Heights area, Israel
Shot by Carole Terwilliger Meyers on January 24, 2012
They make kosher wine at this family-run boutique winery, but they no longer boil it! The dry Volcanic Chardonnay and light Merlot are favorites, and I loved the rich Cherry Liquor dessert wine made with sour cherries and sweet blackberries. Here they are bottling the 2011 Volcanic Chardonnay.
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WEST BANK: FUNERAL
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Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets on Wednesday for the funeral of a 55-year-old man who was killed after an Israeli tank shell hit his home on Tuesday.
Naim Badarin was killed during an exchange of fire between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen.
The Israeli army reported that Palestinians shot at the nearby Jewish settlement of Psagot, and Israeli forces returned the fire.
Naim Badarin, who had two wives and fifteen children, died instantly in the exchange.
Badarin's 32-year old daughter Muntaha, holding back tears, said that the Palestinian authority is to blame for her father's death.
Meanwhile, Israeli army bulldozers destroyed a Palestinian home in the West Bank village of Rafat.
The army said the building was destroyed because the owner lacked construction permits.
Israel army radio said the home was near the scene of two shooting incidents on Tuesday in which five Israelis were injured, one seriously.
Israeli Chief of Staff, Shaul Mofaz, addressing Jewish Agency representatives in Jerusalem said that more than three thousand attacks had been perpetrated upon Israelis since the start of the Al Asqa Intifada but that Israel would not bow to such intimidation.
The past five months of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians have claimed 411 lives, including 339
Palestinians, a German doctor, 14 Israeli Arabs and 57 Israeli Jews.
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
My father is a martyr but I blame the Palestinian Authority for his death for allowing gunmen to fire at the Israeli base from beside our home.
SUPER CAPTION: Muntaha, Naim Badarin's daughter
SOUNDBITE: (English)
More and more Palestinian policeman and more and more and more people from the security agencies from the Palestinian side are taking part in the terror activity and the circle of violence against Israeli citizens and against idea of soldiers.
SUPER CAPTION: Shaul Mofaz, Israeli Chief of Staff
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Beautiful Givat Harel
BH Givat Harel Jewish outpost settlement community is an excellent example of the success of the religious Zionist spirit based on conviction and great Emunah in Hashem. The struggle to turn this community into a success story comes from Jews who understand their mission and have advanced the cause of G-d here in Judea and Samaria the Land of G-d or as some say the west bank. Givat Harel is home to the Gvaot Winery.
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I AM ISRAEL Clip - Vineyards of Judea and Samaria
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Falic Scholarship Awards Ceremony
Falic Scholarship Awards Ceremony, Psagot, Israel
Around The Sea of Galilee - Jesus Trail with Zahi Shaked an Israeli tour guide
The Sea of Galilee lies on the ancient Via Maris, which linked Egypt with the northern empires. The Greeks, Hasmoneans, and Romans founded flourishing towns and settlements on the land-locked lake including Gadara, Hippos and Tiberias. The first-century historian Flavius Josephus was so impressed by the area that he wrote, One may call this place the ambition of Nature. Josephus also reported a thriving fishing industry at this time, with 230 boats regularly working in the lake.
Much of the ministry of Jesus occurred on the shores of Lake Galilee. In those days, there was a continuous ribbon development of settlements and villages around the lake and plenty of trade and ferrying by boat. The Synoptic gospels of Mark (1:14-20), Matthew (4:18-22), and Luke (5:1-11) describe how Jesus recruited four of his apostles from the shores of Lake Galilee: the fishermen Simon and his brother Andrew and the brothers John and James. His disciples were the ones who caught the boatload of fish. One of Jesus' famous teaching episodes, the Sermon on the Mount, is supposed to have been given on a hill overlooking the lake. Many of his miracles are also said to have occurred here including his walking on water, calming the storm, and his feeding five thousand people (in Tabgha).
In 135 CE the second Jewish revolt against the Romans was put down. The Romans responded by banning all Jews from Jerusalem. The center of Jewish culture and learning shifted to the region of the Kinneret, particularly the city of Tiberias. It was in this region that the so-called Jerusalem Talmud is thought to have been compiled.
In the time of the Byzantine Empire, the lake's significance in Jesus' life made it a major destination for Christian pilgrims. This led to the growth of a full-fledged tourist industry, complete with package tours and plenty of comfortable inns.
The lake's importance declined when the Byzantines lost control and area came under the control of the Umayyad Caliphate and subsequent Islamic empires. Apart from Tiberias, the major towns and cities in the area were gradually abandoned.[citation needed] The palace Khirbat al-Minya was built by the lake during the reign of the Umayyad caliph al-Walid I (705-715 CE). In 1187, Saladin defeated the armies of the Crusades at the Battle of Hattin, largely because he was able to cut the Crusaders off from the valuable fresh water of the Sea of Galilee
WEST BANK: ISRAELI SETTLERS
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For Israeli settlers living in the West Bank the recent violence has meant even greater tension than usual.
Psagot is close to Ramallah, which has been the scene of some of the worst violence of the past fortnight.
For Ramallah's Palestinian residents the settlers represent all that they hate about the Israelis.
The settlement came under heavy fire from Palestinians in Ramallah when the violence was at its height.
Security is tight but at present the inhabitants are still going about their daily business.
However the parents of these children are worried that their families are facing growing danger.
And they are in no doubt as to who is to blame.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
The people have been unable at certain times of the day and night to enter or to leave the community. But this is really a part of the problem when the Prime Minister does not give the green light to the army to respond we depend on the Israeli army to protect us. The army is able to protect us if they are given the green light. And now we hope that finally the Prime Minister has real;ised that the situation is serious and the Israeli army has to be able to protect the citizens of Israel.
SUPER CAPTION: Judith Tayar, Psagot settler
Security remains tight, with Israeli army tanks patrolling the area.
Checkpoints control access to outsiders.
But in spite of the official precautions the settlers themselves believe the threat to their safety so great that many of them are arming themselves.
This woman openly carries a handgun.
And until the violence in the region abates, its unlikely that she will feel confident enough to venture out without its.
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Dr. David P. Livingston: Khirbet Nisya Tour - Psagot, Israel
Tour of Psagot and Khirbet Nisya. Kh. Nisya is the proposed location of the ancient Biblical city of Ai, (Ha'Ai) where the battle of Joshua took place after the battle of Jericho. Dr. David Livingston excavated the site for over 25 years and discovered all the appropriate pottery, buildings, remains, etc for all the appropriate periods that the Bible mentions Ai was settled, including the key Bronze and Israelite ages. The local topography and geography matches perfectly with all Biblical descriptions of the area, the mountain between Bethel and Ai, the valleys where they should be, etc, and the descriptions of the Battle of Ai in ancient documents. Dr. Livingston also located a site for Bethel, nearby, on the other side of the mountain, that perfectly matches Biblical and ancient descriptions of it. They are the only proposed sites for these two cities that line up with Biblical descriptions of them. In this video, done in 1993, a partial tour of the site is given. Original video was filmed by Robert Poole, a digger at the excavation who worked closely with Dr. Livingston for many years. Dr. Livingston and Dr. Bryant Wood (who for a time worked with Dr. Livingston) are featured in the video. Quality is not the best, for which we apologize; it was done some years ago and at a time when high definition cameras were not yet in use. For more information you can check out our website at or purchase and read his book, which is also available at Amazon.com - Khirbet Nisya: the Search for Biblical Ai.
New Colonial Oupost
A new Israeli colonial outpost appeared near the colonies of Nokdim, Tekoa and El-David in the past few weeks. The new outpost consists of several caravans and semi-permanent structures in a valley to the east of the El-David colonial settlement. It sits on land belonging to people from Jib Atheib, Zaatara, and Dawahra. We toured the site October 1, 2010 with Hassan Breijiya and Mubarak Zawahra and two international observers from EAPPI. This video summarizes the situation in the area. Mazin Qumsiyeh
Record breaking year for Israeli wine
Near Rehovot, central Israel - June 13 2006
1. Vines on hillside
2. Closer view of row of vines
3. Grapes ripening in the sun
4. Wide of vineyard
Tel Aviv - June 14 2006
5. Hotel ballroom during prize giving ceremony of Terra Vino 2006 wine competition
6. Participants raising their glasses for toasts
7. Man drinking wine
8. Couple chatting at table
Tel Aviv - June 13 2006
9. Exterior of Tel Aviv convention centre
10. Uncorking bottle of wine - label has been hidden from wine judges
11. Wine being poured
12. Orna Chillag - winery owner and judge, tasting wine
13. Judges conferring
14. Tasting wine
15. Pouring wine for judge who checks its colour
16. Judge marking score card
17. Judges tasting a white wine
18. Scores being marked up
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Orna Chillag, winery owner and judge:
You know, after thirteen wines that we tasted my tongue is ngngngn (making sound) and I need something to eat, that's all.
20. Judges snacking on cheese and crackers during break
21. Orna Chillag taking some cheese UPSOUND (English) A little bit of cheese always makes a difference.
22. Master of Wine John Salvi talking to a judge
23. SOUNDBITE (English) John Salvi, judge:
You mean you think I'm drinking it? Why do I look drunk already at this time in the morning? No I think I'm performing well at the moment, we've had some very powerful wines, real black colours, powerful wines, lot's of alcohol, it colours the teeth.
24. Israeli wine expert Haim Gan (bald, grey shirt) chatting with others
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Hain Gan, Israeli wine expert:
The last ten years we have (seen) lots of boutique wineries (opening up) - as much as 200 boutique wineries that actually produce excellent wines. We came to a conclusion that we have to show the world the quality of the Israeli wine. Ancient Israel was one of the most important wine growers or wine producers in the ancient times and it's time we bring it back to the world.
26. Wine being poured for judges
27. Japanese judge contemplating the taste of a wine
28. Alicia Diaz, judge from Panama, tasting wine
Barkan Winery, Israel - June 14 2006
29. Large automated machine washing wine bottles
30. Wine bottles being filled
31. Wine bottles moving on conveyor
32. Machine wrapping cases of wine
Tel Aviv - June 15 2006
33. Exterior of wine shop store
34. Various of wines in shop
Tel Aviv - June 13 2006
35. SOUNDBITE (English) Orna Chillag, winery owner:
We are now in a new area for the Israeli wine, which is very important. We doing magnificent wine and now we have just passed to another area that we are judging as well and countries very famous for their wines are sending their wines to Israel to be judged in Israel so I think it's very important.
Tel Aviv - June 14 2006
36. Hotel ballroom where prize giving ceremony of Terra Vino 2006 wine competition is taking place
37. Prizes waiting to be awarded
38. Girls moving between tables to hand out prizes UPSOUND, And another Israeli wine
39 Unnamed MC announcing winner UPSOUND (English) The winery is, Oded Mountain winery 2003.
40 Wide of ballroom
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Cheers... Sante... Salut... or as they say in Hebrew, l'haim - to life - and that's what many people have been saying this week in Tel Aviv.
Recently released figures show 2005 was a record breaking year for Israeli wine.
And Israeli vintners have just hosted their first ever international wine competition which has some people in the industry claiming that Israeli wine is back on the world map after 3,000 years.
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Israel has a 3,000 year history of viticulture which is mentioned dozens of times throughout both the old and new testaments of the Bible.
These new wineries number around 200.
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The Other Side: The Jews of Judea and Samaria, part 6
Yaakov Berg is the owner of the Psagot Winery, five kilometers north of Jerusalem.
The media invariably portrays the Jewish citizens of communities in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) as fanatics and intolerant bigots. Yet no one really talks to them to see how they really are and what they really think.
This series intends to find out who these settlers are, why they choose to live there, and what their aspirations and fears are.
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WEST BANK: PALESTINIAN INJURED DURING CLASHES WITH ISRAELIS
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A Palestinian was injured on Wednesday during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank settlement of Psagot, near Ramallah.
The scuffles follow disturbances on Tuesday caused by the erection of several shacks by Jewish settlers in Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter.
The new settlement was quiet on Wednesday morning, following police orders that settlers evacuate the area until the evening.
About thirty Palestinians hurled stones towards Israeli soldiers in the West Bank settlement of Psagot, near Ramallah.
Soldiers retaliated; firing rubber bullets at the stone throwers, and injuring one Palestinian man.
The scuffles follow disturbances on Tuesday after the building of a new settlement in Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter by Jewish settlers.
Seven tin shacks were built by the Ateret Cohanim group, and a mass Palestinian protest against the project erupted into violence.
A Palestinian government minister was one of those injured in the fracas.
Jerusalem city authorities halted the building project as a result of Tuesday's unrest, and police issued an evacuation order to the group amid fears of further disturbances.
The settlers who erected the shacks were ordered to vacate the area until Wednesday evening.
Yossi Kaufman, General Director of Ateret Cohanim, said the group was trying to reach a compromise with the Jerusalem municipality on the building of settlements.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
We know to negotiate, we know to speak with the people where the goal of the mayor is also to build in Jerusalem, so we will find the way to come (to) an understanding how the people that sitting here will continue and we will do everything like the rule.
SUPER CAPTION: Yossi Kaufman, General Director of Ateret Cohanim
But Palestinians say the group is trying to create tension between the Arabs and Jews.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
This Arab area and Muslim area. They're coming to do very bad things here. They want to make problem between the people.
SUPER CAPTION: Mohammed Syam, Palestinian citizen
The status of Jerusalem is at the heart of the Arab-Israeli deadlock.
Both Israel and the Palestinians claim it as their capital.
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Hayovel in Judea and Samaria on a jesus restoration mission
In a recent HaYovel promotion and plea for funding and volunteers, which has since gone private, Luke Hilton cites Christian scripture and prophecy and relays that Hayovel volunteers are to be jesus’ witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. They are to connect to the land in anticipation of the time when they believe jesus, their lord, will restore the kingdom of Israel. JewishIsrael urges Jewish leadership to be aware of Hayovel’s theologically fueled mission and the pitfalls it presents, and to use foresight and wisdom in their dealings with zealous Christian volunteers
Noe, las Viñas y el vino
Lejaim !
Anoche vivimos en casa una noche magica, llena de hijos y sus novios. Por si fuera poco nos acompaño en la mesa del Shabbat una perla y su familia que llegaron desde lejos, mi amiga de toda la vida que todavia vive fisicamente en Argentina.
Como en todo acontecimiento alegre Judio, el vino estuvo presente y nos hizo compañia. Antes de cenar, nos congregamos todos alredededor de la mesa y le prestamos atencion al (quizas) momento mas emotivo de la semana, el Kidush, la bendicion del vino del cual probaron luego de decir amen todos los presentes y no importa la edad. Hay tambien vinos (jugo de uvas) para niños.
Eso si, el vino debe ser kosher. Que significa vino kosher? un vino hecho y manipulado exclusivamente por Judios practicantes de los preceptos. Si el vino estuviera hecho por gentiles, o manipulado por gentiles, ya no seria kosher. La botella cerrada si puede ser tocada por un gentil pero no se les permite abrirla. Muchas veces en fiestas o restaurantes, los mozos Arabes no las abren si saben que uno cuida kosher y le piden a un Judio. El Judaismo quizo que el vino y las alegrias sean algo exclusivo nuestro y que no lo compartamos con otros pueblos o otras religiones, asi evitamos asimilacion, confusiones y cuidamos la permanencia en vida de nuestro pueblo.
Si bien Noé empezo con el pie izquierdo cuando planto su primer viñedo como les relato en el video, a sus descendientes de la actualidad les esta yendo muy bien y sobre ellos quiero escribirles ya que el resto lo dije hoy mientras paseaba.
El clima que tenemos en Israel es muy amigable para esta industria; tenemos una generacion de jovenes que aprendieron la profesion en el exterior y estos fabrican vinos de nuevas y destacadas variedades. Son muy habiles productores, lo que los llevo a revolucionar el mercado. El vino israeli ya no es solo para el kidush.
En Israel hay 260 bodegas dispersas a lo largo y ancho del territorio, incluso en el desierto del Neguev. La mayoria son bodegas boutique que fabrican vinos de alta calidad. Israel se unio a los productores de vino de alta calidad a nivel mundial haciendo uso de la historia en este area y aplicando tecnologias modernas, llegando a producir variedades de vino dotados de un muy buen equilibrio entre sus elementos, taninos suaves, y una armonia perfecta entre la fruta y la madera.
Una vez, el dueño de la bodega Carmel, llamado Montefiore dijo que el vino es como la musica: cada persona tiene su gusto; a unos les gusta la simple y a otros la clasica, otros gustan del rock y otros del hip hop. Basicamente, un vino que es sabroso para alguien, es un buen vino, y es la variedad lo que los hace tan interesantes.
Desde la revolucion en la produccion en la epoca del Baron de Rotchild, quien aplico la misma ideologia de Noe y asi obligo a los nuevos Sionistas a trabajar la tierra para amarla y valorarla aun mas, Israel esta vivio un proceso de constante transformacion y desarrollo que lo ha hecho acceder a grandes premios: en 2013 uno de los vinos Carmel Riesling gano el Trofeo Internacional Decanter, premio considerado el Oscar de los galardones de vino a nivel mundial. En Israel no paramos de recibir elogios de las mejores revistas como Wine Advocate, Wine Enthusiast o de la mismísima Decanter quien califico a mas de 15 vinos made in Israel con 90-92 puntos (100 es el maximo).
Bodegas israelies se llevaron medallas de oro y de plata en competencias como AWC Vienna (Austria), Sipirit Compteition (España), Les citadelles du vin (Francia), Vinitaly (Italia) y otras.
Este respeto lo ganaron principalmente las bodegas:
Ramat Hagolan
Carmel
Recanati
Binyamina
Bravdo
Tulip
Montefiore
Trio
Galil Mountain y
Nachmani Winery
El critico numero uno del mundo, Robert Parker, fue quien al visitar Israel por primera vez 10 años atras, califico a los vinos israelies como magnificos y sus criticas dieron a conocer al mundo esta industria tan especial. Para los interesados, hay Turismo Viñedo Israeli que consisten en visitas y paseos de 10 dias basadas solo en el tema.
Lejaim ! Shabbat shalom
Settlers' reactions after Israeli girl wounded in attack in West Bank
Local residents of an Israeli settlement in the West Bank said on Sunday they were coming to terms with an attack the day before on a nine-year-old girl outside her home, and were reassured by the presence of reinforced Israeli security forces in the area.
Initial reports indicated that Saturday's attack was carried out by a sniper, but police said they were investigating all options, including the possibility that the Psagot settlement was infiltrated by a Palestinian militant.
We found a little girl who told us while she was fully conscious that she saw in front of her, a masked man and he had shot her from a distance of two metres. Several bullets. We could see bullet holes which had penetrated through the throat and went out through the back, said Israel Ganz, Deputy Head of the Binyamin Regional Council.
A surgeon at Shaarei Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem, where the girl was taken, told Channel 2 TV that she was fully conscious when she was rushed in.
He said it was not yet clear if the girl had sustained a bullet wound or been attacked by a knife.
Residents and local officials at the settlement believe the attacker came over, cut a hole in the fence and climbed up near the house where the girl was attacked.
Throughout the whole night we were searching the settlement to find the terrorist and right now we believe he is no longer in the settlement, said Ganz.
According to Aviva Winter, a resident of the Psagot settlement, it was decided to open schools, nurseries and kindergartens on Sunday after the army searched the area.
The whole night, they did a thorough search in all the houses, and around the houses, and even in the different open areas, and the army is still everywhere. So we feel quite secure. We hope that he is not hiding anywhere. But obviously it's not easy for us, said Winter.
She added that psychologists were at hand to help frightened children.
Tensions are high between Israelis and Palestinians in the area.
An Israeli soldier was recently shot and killed by a sniper in the West Bank city of Hebron.
The increase in violence adds to the mistrust between Israel and the Palestinians as the two sides hold negotiations which restarted after a hiatus of nearly five years.
Talks collapsed in 2008, and US Secretary of State John Kerry spent months earlier this year persuading the sides to get talks back on track again.
Israel says security concerns are a top priority in negotiations.
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