Our rights to our land are engraved in the covenant of Abraham and the lives of our people in all generations. Now the Cave of Machpelah, as all of Abraham's possessions is destined to serve a Divine purpose. In this way, the Cave of Machpelah unites the spiritual and physical elements of Jewish life, being elevated to the service of G-d. Our sages say that the Cave of Machpelah is the focal point connecting this world to the eternal life of the next world, therefore serving as the point of transition of every Jewish soul from one world to the other. The Jewish people have a Divine obligation to reveal the holiness of the Land by possessing it, and establishing a Jewish life of Torah values.
Jewish leaders have the responsibility to bring the Jewish people to fulfill their destiny.
They must possess the courage and strength to stand up to evil and destructive powers, never to negotiate with them. The goal of our enemies is to destroy the Jewish State and the ideal for which it was created. It seeks to extinguish the light which we are destined to bring to all of Mankind. The children at Katif were on their way to school to be imbued with these ideals. No PLO hatred nor Jewish weakness can deter us from fulfilling this responsibility.