Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Ofra in southern Samaria on Sunday to mark the community’s 50th anniversary.

During the event, Netanyahu and Binyamin Regional Council head and Yesha Council chairman Israel Gantz unveiled a plaque for a cedar tree the premier planted 25 years ago.

“It is very, very moving to be here. I came here 25 years ago, for the half-jubilee, to plant roots in a place where we already have roots thousands of years old. I said that I would return, if you invited me, for the jubilee celebrations of the community of Ofra ,” said Netanyahu.

“I also told you in that conversation that we would do everything to ensure our continued hold on the Land of Israel, to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state , to prevent the attempts that were made—

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