THEY MUST GO, 1981
Rabbi Meir Kahane
More than 1,000 equal citizens of Israel-Arabs-are in the
street facing a small number of police and soldiers. It is “Land Day,” and the crowd grows larger
by the minute. “Falastin, Falastin!”
(Palestine, Palestine!”), the mob roars.
Other chants and shouts are heard:
“The Galilee is Arab!” We will
free the Galilee with blood and spirit!”
Rocks are suddenly thrown in the direction of the soldiers and
police. The small group of security men
stare in disbelief and growing nervousness.
A fiery Molotov cocktail smashes against a wall a few yards away. More and heavier stones, flaming torches,
lighted cans of gasoline, and by now the soldiers are surrounded by a growing
circle of hate-filled faces. “Our
villages do not belong to Israel,” shouts a young Arab. “We belong to the state of Palestine!”
The Israeli papers report what happened:
“The dam, burst. ‘We are all Fatah,’ men and women
shouted in chorus, even as they threw stones and other objects at the
police. The police fired warning shots
into the air which only increased the agitation. The rioters began to move toward the police
and soldiers, threatening to trample them.
Not even the pointing of the rifles at them stopped the mob. ‘They’re overrunning us,’ the police shouted
into their radios” (Maariv, March 31, 1976).
“The mob wandered through the main street, raining stones, torches and firebombs on the military and police vehicles. Some of the excited youth wanted to set up roadblocks. Others moved closer to the security forces-with clear intent to burn the vehicles. In face of the dangerous situation the soldiers fired into the air, but it seemed as if no one in the crowd of burning passions paid any attention.
The mob of demonstrators noticed the Israeli force beginning
to withdraw. The large crowd began close
pursuit of the Israeli forces. Running
hysterically, they threw stones and roared: ‘Charge them-Eleyom!’ Thousands moved toward the soldiers, and at
that critical moment, the commander of the force gave orders to fire…” (Yediot
Aharonot, March 31, 1976).
An Israeli journalist who attempted to get past a roadblock
in the village was attacked by Arabs shouting:
“Get out of here! This is
Palestine!” He later reported: It was terrible there. I do not remember such chaos since 1948. Every Jew was a candidate for murder. I saw them with the lust for murder burning
in their eyes. Slogans such as ‘Eleyhom’
and Itbach Al-Yahud’ [“slaughter the Jews”] are moderate in view of what
I heard. From all sides came the cries
for the liquidation of Israel, to destroy all the Jews, for a jihad [holy
war]. It is difficult to believe that
such a scene could take place in the State of Israel, 1976.
The journalist added:
Such hatred of the state and the Jews is difficult to comprehend. What happened there was not mere rioting or
chaos. It was a revolt. The Arab revolt
of 1976…It was a revolt in the full sense of the word.” Maariv, March 31, 1976)
The pamphlet issued by the Israeli government in 1973 attempted to give the impression that the Arabs of Israel feel themselves part of the state and that the years since 1948, years that have brought them social and economic benefits, have also made them loyal to Israel, have made them see their destiny and that of the Jewish state as mutual. It is a devoutly desired illusion that every Israeli leader and official spreads. It is a persistent delusion that grows louder and more frantic, the more obvious its patent falsehood. It ranks among the hoariest of legends and myths of world Jewry. To look at reality and to think otherwise is imply too unbearably painful.
]Today in year 2010 this delusion and myth continues to
grow, and rocks and Molotov cocktails have turned into guns, missiles and
kassams].
To view previously e-mailed Rabbii Kahane articles go to:
www.barbaraginsberg-barbara.blogspot.com
To view MK Michael ben-Ari a student of Rabbi Kahane go to:
www.mkmichaelben-ari.blogspot.com
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