22 Sivan 5780
Two and a half weeks from now, Israel plans to take sovereignty over an as-yet-to-be-determined portion of the lands of Judea and Samaria (the map above is from 9 June 2020, and as far as can be determined, it is not final.).
Our representatives don't need to insult the president of the United States, or the leader of any country, or their teams, who are offering their advice, insisting that we not act on this decision over land that has been ours for centuries, and that was won back in the 1967 Six-Day War.
We can simply explain that, no matter who on the earth gives "permission" to the Jewish People to take back our Land, it is G-d who gives the land to us. No leader on earth has the right to place conditions on it because it is not their place to do so, no matter how many changes and versions they may come up with.
(Not to mention that some 400 Israeli rabbis have opposed the Deal of the Century peace plan as a "clear continuation of the Sin of the Spies." Here's an explanation. And what will happen as a result of the secret line the US has made with the "Palestinian" leadership?)
King Cyrus of Persia (Koresh in Hebrew) teaches us how to grant this permission without offending the Almighty. A great skill to have today, unless a leader is among those who is trying to push against Mashiah (h/t to Neshama here).
As Ezra 4:3 puts it:
ויאמר להם זרבבל וישוע ושאר ראשי האבות לישראל לא לכם ולנו לבנות בית לאלהינו כי אנחנו יחד נבנה לה’ אלהי ישראל כאשר צונו המלך כורש מלך פרס:
And Zerubavel and Yeshuah and the rest of the family heads of Israel said to them: It is not for you together with us to build a Temple for our God, we (the Jews) will build (it) for HaShem, the God of Israel as Koresh, the King of Persia, has commanded us.
(The heart of the translation is by R' Nachman Kahana; I finished it according to the passage he quoted in Hebrew. - HDG)
Koresh told us to go home and build the Beit haMiqdash ourselves. It is the same today. As Rav Kahana continues (my emphasis):
Zerubavel evoked the eternal principle that in spiritual matters "three is a crowd." In matters between the Creator of heaven and earth and his chosen nation, Am Yisrael, no gentile hand is to be tolerated...The answer is crystal clear. Reject the American plan so as to remove them from the process, and then declare annexation as Jewish – Israeli right by virtue of our historic and Biblical rights to the land from our sole benefactor, the God of Israel.
Since the nations are offering us free advice on how (or whether) to advance our agenda on "annexation" (extension of sovereignty is the proper legal term for it!...) of land that was ours to begin with, I offer this back to them (I'm looking at you, United Nations, European Union, and most of all, the Israeli Supreme Court[1]):
Leaders of the nations may only command what G-d demands; no more and no less. Beyond that is hubris; this is what Koresh taught Bible-readers. Not to us Jews, but to Him! Even if you are atheist and don't believe in Him, just try leaving us to "our own devices" on this one. Back off, and see what happens.
Perhaps you are hoping that our enemies will devour us once you leave us alone; but it doesn't matter what you think or hope (genuine worry would be nice of you; but I don't expect that, considering your track record.). With G-d's help, we are soon to have the majority of the Jewish population of the world right here in Eretz haQodesh. Only He can decide when that will occur, and this will have major effects on how world events will affect the Jewish Nation, as well as how we observe Jewish Law.
I have a special word for the Israeli Supreme Court. Because of your treasonous actions against the State of Israel and the Jewish People that you have gotten away with until now, especially since the 1995 ruling of then-Chief Justice Aharon Barak that "everything is justiciable," I propose that — instead of limiting the sovereignty plan as our Prime Minister is mulling over — we take sovereignty over ALL of Judea and Samaria. Never mind the Regulation Law that you just nullified, it won't be necessary once this is done. We cannot have a foreign state sitting on our land; we have seen the results of allowing people whose goal it is to rid the world of us to live here among us, to begin with, without it being official.
Banishment of our enemies would be better than war, if at all possible, with or without compensation. But if there is need for war, it should be conducted properly, without our soldiers having to get permission to shoot our enemies dead whether they come after us with weapons, or they plan to do so.
Back to my readers: The best way to understand why we need to do this all at once, and take such pains, is to expose how the Russians advised Yasser Arafat back in the 1960s how to keep us low, small and dependent, and how to turn the world against us seemingly forever. Read this history and let's stop being freierim, being submissive to the demands of our would-be murderers for political correctness' sake!
A question that has recently come up is whether the rest of the Arab world really has given up on the "Palestinians." Are they just saying that in order to fool us, or do they mean it? They shouldn't blame us for asking, given all the times they have indeed said things opposite to what they intend. And, in any case, we should not make any decisions on the basis of how the rest of the world, even the Arab world, feels about us or the non-Jews who live among us.
If they didn't have an issue with Iran, would they tire of the "Palestinians"? Would they need us? Personally, I would rather have friends and associates who don't need "issues" with others in order to cooperate with me, let me live in peace and give me space, in a place where everyone else has more than adequate room for their needs.
Another thing to remember is that other countries who have "Palestinians" living among them don't give them so much as the time of day, let alone cooperation, space, peace and enough to eat. But the world leaves them alone. It's not that they care about these Arabs; rather, they hate us, the Jews. I have a hard time believing that the rest of the Arab world really wants us around for any reason while they neglect the needs of "their" "Palestinian" siblings.
There is plenty of room to go around for all of us, even if we had all the land the San Remo Conference decision "gave" us in 1920.
Please, try not to worry too much about us offending the world. The world has offended us more than long enough. Standing up for ourselves and taking sovereignty from the river to the sea is the least we can do. The sowing of alarm among the nations should not stop us.
Only HaShem can give us the Land of Israel, and make it stick. We just have to gratefully receive it from His loving and holy hand alone!
[1] To the article linked to, I would only add that Israeli government officials who promote the negation of Jewish rights in our homeland, and to our homeland as delineated in the Bible, in favor of others should be tried and sentenced to an appropriate punishment, which I am not qualified to decide. After all, many have perished due to their decisions, overriding Knesset decisions against, to take bulldozers to Jewish towns and villages, leaving us vulnerable to every predation by our enemies who live too close to us! It is against their role as fellow citizens of the land, lacks common sense, and is the opposite of what is practiced in any other country for their citizens, let alone what G-d wants of us. And if the entire government is guilty, then so be it. Bring on Mashiah and the Jewish Law-based government!
In a whisper I say: We have to “EARN" the right to all of Eretz Yisrael, and the Arei Miklot will be given after (the war or after Mashiach MBY conquers it). Hashem G–D GAVE US an “inheritance”, as long as we earn the right to live here. IY”H
ReplyDeleteU know how the PM buckles when the “nations” scream and holler at us; there is no courage therein (he reminds me of the Straw Man of Wizard of Oz fame)
Did he really say “justiciable” which means "subject to trial in a court of law” is usually with a ‘defense atty and prosecuting atty”. Maybe he meant “judiciable” = "capable of being decided by legal principles or by a court of justice” which probably includes the Supreme Court. As the former is in front of a Judge. Just saying.
You notice that this time the meeting includes Friedman, Levin and (boo) Ashkenazi-notice the last 4 letters of his name :-(
Did you see this: Elhayani v. Netanyahu: 'He's probably afraid of something’ (wow, that is spot on)
What do you base “extension of sovereignty” on? Curious, didn’t come across this before. Were we given “sovereignty” early on? by the British??
I hear you, Neshama, whisper and all. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'll address your important concerns one at a time, as best I can.
A lot of the Jewish men in the book of Ezra who returned here were MARRIED TO GOYOT, and yet they had more merit to live here than the Levi'im and Cohanim (not to mention the rest of the tribes) who stayed in Bavel, just because they obeyed Ezra's call. Of course, they were commanded to divorce their goyot, and so they did.
We, too, have a lot to do teshuva for. But we who manage to be here and "have lives" have a lot of merit too, B"H. Where is Mashiah going to get his beachhead if we don't keep the land we have, and keep trying to add as much back as possible?
RE: the Straw Man: I recently watched the Lion sing his song, and maybe all our PMs resemble him as much as the Straw Man, and even the Tin Man. Remember that all three denizens of Oz were afraid except for Dorothy!
Not only Bibi, but all our PMs, from whatever party, on some level have been afraid of the goyim.
RE: justiciable vs. judiciable: Could you give me a link, or is it one of mine? I don't recall seeing that. I assume that Bibi would know the difference (unlike Gantz and most candidates for PM), but who knows, maybe I shouldn't. It would be a good point to ponder.
RE: Gabi Ashkenazi:
1) He's a Sepharadi, and believe it or not, Ashkenazi is a very common Sepharadi name. Don't ask me why! Even though his dad is a Holocaust survivor from Bulgaria (Wikipedia), apparently he's Sepharadi on both sides.
2) The last four letters should be translated back to Hebrew prior to analysis. What you alluded to above is spelled נאצי, with a tzadik, and is pronounced just as we would pronounce Nazi (the German way) in English. The -nazi at the end of Ashkenazi is spelled נזי, with a zayin, and has nothing to do with the Jew-murderers, Yemah Shemam.
Originally (Bereshith 10:2-3) Ashkenaz was the first son of Gomer, who in turn was the first son of Yefet (Japheth); someone from his land was called an Ashkenazi.
Gabi needs all the merit he can get. Maybe he can still do teshuva. Gabriel ben Freda, as far as I can tell.
RE: Elhayani v. Netanyahu: I haven't seen that. Link?
RE: sovereignty to extend: It's what we have now over the lands west of the "Green Line" and the Golan Heights (which we annexed from Syria some time after we won that land fair and square - different from what's happening now, because Yehuda and Shomron are ours to begin with, so we seek to extend sovereignty over them.). Now, the lands east of this imaginary line are under military rule, whether the residents are Jews or not. We need to take them under the same umbrella that the lands west of the line enjoy.
Please let me know if any of what I've been able to explain here is not clear. Many thanks for your comment!
Hi Hava,
ReplyDeleteBut of course we have to declare sovereignty over all of Eretz Yisrael. Nashim Beyarok - Nadia Matar and Yudit Katzover, and all their group - are working very hard towards it. I went to their sovereignty demonstration before the lockdown. Yes, we all agree, that is what we need.
Believe it or not, as a resident of Yesha, and a great lover of the Land, I am opposed to this kakameime deal. It will only cause us trouble. Better leave things as they are until B"H we can settle the whole Land, with or without the state's approval , with the help of Mashiach Tzidkeinu. Until then.... agreeing to this feels very threatening to me, something is totally off and stinks to the high heavens. I have a feeling they have a covert agenda there, having to do with 5G roll-out, Billy Goat the WHO stooge, etc. Something is very, very dirty with this proposal, can't put my fingers on it, just a deep sense that we have to avoid it at all cost. As you say, let Hashem give it to us, not these corrupt, double-dealing politicians. They say one thing, mean another, and then all hell breaks loose!
Hi DS,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for reading! I'm working on a post on our attitude toward the Land. I hope this will help add to the numbers of Jews who love this Land as you and I do.
Meanwhile, you and other readers might want to take a look at this: Jordanian Sheikh: 'There is no "Palestine" in the Koran, Allah gave Israel to the Jews'. HQB"H blesses only those who tell the truth concerning the Land and her People!
I asked above (in the article) whether the Arabs are tired of dealing with the "Palestinians"; and I meant to also clearly ask whether they really want to have a closer relationship with Israel instead.
ReplyDeleteWell, I have an answer and a way to track it: a Google search says that most of them disapprove of unilateral Israeli extension of sovereignty as of today. Using the link below, we can track the headlines as they change one way or the other (or stay the same) in tone.
Responses to Israeli Sovereignty
Bs''d
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comments Havale!
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Shavuah tov l kol Amo Yisrael im Shalom ve nachat ve Simcha ve Emuna.
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