Kahane on the Parsha
Rabbi Meir Kahane- Parshat Ki Tisa
THE TORAH SOLUTION: EXPULSION!!!
For many years I have pointed out the clear halachic status of a
non-Jew in the Land of Israel, which is in total contradiction to Western
democracy, which postulates complete equality of all peoples regardless of
ethnic, national, or religious background. I have pointed out that he has, at
best, the status of a ger toshav, assuming that status is still applicable
nowadays when yovel is not in force.
I have also pointed out that a non-Jew who wishes to live in the
Land of Israel MUST ACCEPT upon himself the obligations of misim and shibud
(tribute and servitude) under which he cannot ever hold sway over any Jew in
Israel and cannot hold any position of authority (see Hilchot Melachim 6:11).
In a word, I have pointed out the clear halacha of a non-Jew with absolutely no
NATIONAL (as opposed to personal) rights in the Land of Israel that was given
to the Jew as a Holy Land in which he must live alone and in isolation,
creating his own unique and holy Torah state.
Today, after deep contemplation and study of the situation, I
believe all this applies to every non-Jew--except for the Arabs who call
themselves "Palestinians." They, unlike any other people, have the
halachic status of the ancient Canaanites. Let us consider my point.
We clearly find in halacha a difference in status between
ordinary non-Jews and non-Jews from the seven Canaanite nations--a difference
that is expressed only in part by the fact that refusal to surrender on the part
of ordinary nations leads to the killing of all their male adults (not their
women and children), whereas similar refusal by the Canaanites leads to TOTAL
extermination. Why this halachic distinction? Because there is a FUNDAMENTAL
DIFFERENCE between non-Jews who have origin in the Land of Israel (but wish to
live there now) and those who stem from it--i.e., those who were there before
the Jews arrived or came during the absence of Jewish sovereignty in the land.
To understand the nature of this difference, consider the words
of the great Biblical commentator, the Abarbanel, on the following verses,
"Behold, I drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the
Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Be vigilant lest you
make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you come, lest it be
a snare in your midst" (Exodus 34:11-12). The Abarbanel writes:
"Since the Almighty drives out His enemies, it is unseemly
that we should make a covenant with them because this would be a desecration of
His honor. [Furthermore], a treaty with them will not succeed since there is no
doubt that they will ALWAYS seek evil for Israel considering that the
Israelites took their land from them. And this is the meaning of the words 'the
land to which you come'--i.e., since you, Israel, went into that land and took
it from its inhabitants, and since they feel oppressed and robbed of it, how
will they preserve a treaty of friendship? Rather it will be the opposite; they
will be 'a snare in your midst'--i.e., when war breaks out they will join your
enemies and fight you."
What a stupendously true and incisive comment by the great
Abarbanel and how much it understands the reality of human nature. And how
different from that of the sad Moderdox of our time, who not only prattle about
equal rights for the inhabitants of the land under the Jews who took the land
from them but who ignore--because they lack the courage to face up to it--the
reality of human feelings and the unwillingness to accept crumbs rather than
the sovereignty that was.
The Abarbanel lays down the clear fundamental reality that
non-Jews who were in the Land of Israel before the Jews arrived will never
accept their defeat. They will always dream of revanche and the day when they
will take the land back. They will never see themselves as equals in a land
that was once theirs and now belongs to the Jews who "graciously"
consent to give them "rights." And herein is the fundamental
difference in feeling between nations who were in the Land of Israel first,
before the Jews arrived to take it for themselves, and other non-Jews who have
no sovereign claim to the land but wish to live there now.
And, indeed, this postulate--which equates ALL peoples who were
in the land before the Jews with the Canaanites--is also advanced by the holy
Ohr HaChaim in his commentary to Numbers 33:52, which instructs the Jewish
people to "drive out all the inhabitants of the land." He writes:
"It's true that the [Torah says] concerning the seven nations, 'You shall
utterly destroy them,' but this verse refers to nations OTHER THAN the seven
nations found there. And that is why the Torah specifically states 'ALL the inhabitants
of the land'--i.e., even those who are not of the seven nations."
And so we see: The seven nations do not have their special
status alone, but rather all people who were in the Land of Israel before the
Jews arrived, and who see the Jews as robbers who stole the land from them,
have the same kind of attitude and approach of hate and revenge--and thus, the
same legal status.
The Jewish Press, 1990
Editor's note: This Dvar Torah derives from the very last
article Rabbi Meir Kahane wrote for The Jewish Press. The article was published
in two installments. Rabbi Kahane submitted the second half to The Jewish Press
on November 5th, just hours before his assassination.
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