At the time of the 1967 war , Levinger was the rabbi of the Nehalim religious moshav near Petah Tikva . Together with the Movement for Greater Israel , he organized the resettlement by Jews of the Etzion Bloc evacuated in 1948 following the Kfar Etzion massacre . There was disagreement on whether to wait for government approval , with Levinger taking the position that settlement should go ahead regardless . In the event , the government approved a Nahal military outpost at the site and kept secret that it was not military at all . Levinger himself was not one of the settlers
Kfar Etzion massacre
Kfar Etzion massacre
Moshe Levinger