Likud Knesset Member Danny Danon said Tuesday that he has been informed that the state will not raze 12 homes in the HaYovel neighborhood of Eli, which include the home of the family of Major Roi Klein of blessed memory, a hero of the Second Lebanon War. Israel's High Court recently demanded that the state provide a timetable for demolition of the homes as well as six houses in Haresha in the Binyamin region, north of Jerusalem. The court decision was given despite a statement by the state's representative that it was “examining alternatives” to demolition of the homes “in order to resolve the issue." In recent weeks MK Danon has been in touch with various officials whose name he did not specify, in order to prevent the demolition of the homes in HaYovel neighborhood. These contacts have made progress, he said, and he can give his word that Klein's home is safe. The state, he said, will find a way to grant legal status to the homes at HaYovel. "I am glad that the demolition of homes that were legally built on state land, in accordance with government-approved plans, has been averted,” he said. “I cannot even imagine a situation in which the home of a man who fights for the land of Israel and was killed in the line of duty, while performing an act of supreme courage, is destroyed because of state bungling. I call on the state to legalize the status of all national lands in Judea and Samaria in order to avert such cases in the future.” Roi Klein died when he jumped on a live hand grenade that was lobbed at a group of soldiers under his command. His last words were the "Shema Yisrael" prayer call -- "Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is One" -- which Jews are required to say twice daily, and traditionally utter as last words before death.
