<BODY><P>Where exactly is plot 425 and 411? and what if any other plots and their locations will be allotted to the dati leumi community?</P>
<P><BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: shalom lerner <lerner8@bezeqint.net> <BR>Date: Friday, April 10, 2009 15:39 <BR>Subject: [RBS] Plot 425 clarification <BR>To: Beit Shemesh List <list@shemesh.co.il>, Ramat Beit Shemesh Alef list <rbs@cs.huji.ac.il> <BR><BR>> Dear Friends, <BR>> <BR>> As many of you might have heard by now, the 425 plot was awarded <BR>> for Bnos Yerushalayim - a girls school which includes many <BR>> extremist families. I and many of our community put a lot of <BR>> effort into trying to block this distribution of the land and want <BR>> to simply share how and why this took place. <BR>> <BR>> 425 is located not far from the dati leumi community and it makes <BR>> no sense for that land to go to Bnos Yerushalayim. Many moderate <BR>> chareidim agreed as well, since the land was more suited to them. <BR>> <BR>
> The issue was brought to the city council for a vote last week. <BR>> Well before the issue came to a vote, I spent extensive time with <BR>> the Mayor demanding that “Bnos Yerushalayim” be moved to plot 411 <BR>> which is more suited to their community. The Mayor claimed that he <BR>> tried for many months to arrange for that change but, in the end, <BR>> he was unsuccessful. <BR>> <BR>> It is true that we could have decided to create obstacles which <BR>> would lead to problems and difficulties for them and their <BR>> official move into 425. However, we realized that, at the end of <BR>> the day, even after the long delays, they would receive the land. <BR>> So, we decided to concentrate on the needs of the dati leumi <BR>> community and securing our needs. We, therefore, reached an <BR>> agreement with the Mayor whereby he met with some of their leaders <BR>
> together with me, and told them that he reached an agreement with <BR>> me that I will abstain with the understanding that the land <BR>> appropriation for our community will go through without any <BR>> protest. In addition the Mayor made it clear that: <BR>> <BR>> 1)The Mayor will not stand for any more violence from their community <BR>> <BR>> 2)Just like he is taking care of their needs, he is going to take <BR>> care of our needs including Orot Banot and other dati leumi <BR>> projects in the neighborhood and the city. <BR>> <BR>> This ensures that if/when they decide to protest the Orot Banot <BR>> and the plot next to it, the Mayor is committed to be fully on <BR>> our side. <BR>> In the end, the misappropriation of plot 425 is basically an <BR>> internal Charedi problem which we did our best that it should not <BR>> be detrimental to our community. <BR>> <BR>
> Please feel free to call me at 050-417-6716 or e-mail me at <BR>> lerner8@bezeqint.net if you have any questions. <BR>> <BR>> Wishing everyone a chag kasher veSameiach, <BR>> <BR>> Shalom Lerner <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- <BR>> ------------- <BR>> Lose weight like TV's Biggest Loser finalists. Start w/ a FREE <BR>> Weight-Loss Plan! </P></BODY>