K A H A N E”
The magazine of the
authentic Jewish Idea
May 1977 – Sivan 5737
WHAT WILL BE?
[Written in 1977 and problem still exists today]bg
There is, generally, a gap of three
weeks between the writing of this magazine and its
publication. Because of that, when these words are read two events
will have already taken place. The elections for the Knesset will be
over and the results already known. And the effort to have a
groundbreaking ceremony for the first Jewish settlement in ancient Shchem since
the Exile began, will have been made.
At the moment of
writing, however, neither event has taken place and I do not know whether on
May 18, after the two events have occurred, I will sit in the Knesset or in an
Israeli prison. What is clear, however, is that the two events are
intrinsically bound, one to the other.
The trip to Shchem is
part of the drive to – once and for all – establish the principle of Torah law
over contradictory secular law, when the latter attempts to prevent Jews from
obeying their obligation to the former. It is part of the drive –
once and for all – to do away with the humiliation and desecration of huge
parts of the Land of Israel that are nominally under Israeli control, but in
fact dominated and arrogantly possessed by Arabs. It is an effort to
stop the Washington plan to force Israel into suicidal concessions and
the Israeli preparation to give in to at least a large part of the American
demands. It is part of the hope that a tempest will be planted in
the hearts of enough Jews so that they will join the call to the Israeli
government: We will not allow you to give up the land and we will
refuse to obey orders to retreat if we are soldiers and join a campaign of
civil disobedience if we are civilians.
That is why I plan NOT
to ask the government for permission to go to Shchem, for no permission is
needed for a Jew to go anywhere in his country. That is why I plan
to ignore the order barring me (sic) from the liberated lands that has been
issued by the army. That is why I plan to call upon the troops, if
stopped, to refuse to violate Jewish law by barring a Jew from the Land of
Israel and to disobey the illegal orders given them.
That is why I do not
know where I will be listening to the Knesset election results. And
as to what the people of Israel will do – who can say? There are
many things I might not have said that would have gained me
votes. But doing that would be turning into a politician and making
the Knesset more important than the reason for wanting to be in
it. The Knesset, for me, is nothing more than a forum, an
opportunity to have my voice heard – and that is vital. But
the voice itself and what it says is even more vital and when one begins to
compromise and rationalize that compromise by thinking that the end of entering
the Knesset justifies the means of compromising – then there is never an end
to the
deceit. Then one does the same once he is in the Knesset so that he
be re-elected or become a cabinet minister. No, the truth is not a
thing you play with.
The truth has been
said in this campaign: That the Jewish people is the Chosen people of G-d and
that “what will be” depends on their cleaving to the concepts and the mtizvot
of Torah; that the fundamental concept is the faith and belief and trust in G-d
that is measured in terms of the difficult sacrifices and dangers embodied in
such yardsticks as rushing to the aid of a Jew, refusing to violate Torah by
giving up sacred Jewish land, refusing to place one’s trust in allies and
Washington, leaving the exile with its impurity and prohibition to live there
and coming home to the Jewish land, removing the specter of the Arabs who, by
their refusal to recognize the Jewish right to Israel, desecrate the name of
G-d.
The truth has been
said and I have preached and practiced. That I will sit either in
the Knesset or prison is clear. Which one, what will be – only the
Jews of Israel can decide. By the time you read this they will have
decided and you and I will both know.
MAPS
The pressure on Israel
to withdraw totally from the liberated lands will mount with every passing week
following the elections. The demand will be that, in return for a
spurious and nebulous “peace” Israel accept a fraudulent and non-existent
people and state known as “Palestine”. It is important to know
exactly what the map will look like in case such as state should ever come into
being next to Israel.
Along the coastal
strip, Arab guns and troops will be 22 kilometers (some 15 miles) from Tel
Aviv; 15 kilometers (11 miles) from Netanya; 14 kilometers at the narrowest
point between Netanya and Herzeliya. They will naturally be right
next to Jerusalem which will return to being the border and will return to 10
kilometers (some 6 miles) from Beersheva and 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Afula.
Not a plane will get
up into the air over the costal strip without facing the withering fire of the
SAM missiles that Arafat and his people will set up all along the
border. The Israeli cities on the coastal plan (Tel Aviv, Holon, Bat
Yam, Ramat Gan, Benei Brak, Givatayim, Petach Tikva, Herzeliya, Netanya) will
become prey to ceaseless bombardment in any “war of attrition” begun by the
“Palestinians” and their Communist block, Cuban, Asian and African allies they
care to invite in as “volunteers.” One who knows what happened to
the Egyptian cities along the Canal during the 1970 War of Attrition knows,
too, exactly how Jewish cities may look, G-d forbid, should the front lines be
shifted from the Canal, the Golan and the Jordan to the heartland of Israel.
The prohibition
against giving up Jewish land will either be obeyed or not. We will
either trust in G-d or in man. If we prove to be faithless Jews,
divine punishment will come in its most natural form. We will suffer
the natural consequences of our actions – the scenario I have described, above. “Not
one inch” is more than a theological point. It is tragically
practical.
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