Saturday, April 16, 2011
Dayenu
mistake him for a bleeding heart leftist. In his commentary this week
on religious matters, he writes about a phrase in the Passover Haggada
song "V'hee she-omda". The phrase in question says "She-lo echad
Amad Aleinu l'chaloteinu." It means, "Not only once do they fall
upon us to annihilate us." The rabbi argues that the opening words,
"She-lo echad" can also be read differently, as referring to a failure
to unite.
He writes the following, inter alia:
(My translation)
"I found another interpretation for the Passover Seder phrase in the
book, 'Making a Seder,' by Dov Goldberger, who argues that the "Lo
Echad" in that phrase refers to the lack of internal unity among Jews.
And it is THAT which stands ready to attack us in each generation and
annihilate us from within, as referred to in the Haggada's phrase.
How relevant and accurate are these words for our times and our
situation! Oh how much better we would be without the radical
treasonous Left, accomplice of our enemies, collaborating with all the
anti-Israel international organizations, serving as a sort of Trojan
Fifth Column. Even Dotan and Aviram, those trouble makers in the book
of Numbers, did not betray their people to the enemy.
"And the Blessed One continues to rescue us from these, who create
internal disunity. All those missiles suddenly landing in Beer Sheba
and Ashkelon one fine day, the mortars landing in the Negev with no
provocation, the constant attrition, the murders in Itamar – I believe
that all these are meant to rescue us from the forces of internal
disunity, the hands of the enemy, to show who they are and shut up
their lying mouths…
"The hatred towards the religiously observant, coming out of the Far
Left and Haaretz, is another facet of the Blessed One rescuing us from
their hands. Their blind hatred is seen as repulsive by the forces of
sanity, from wall to wall; it shows the public their true faces and
leads to these people being placed outside the camp."
2. The Oslo Dayenu
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that Arafat would pursue peace.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the PLO would fight the Hamas and Islamic Jihad "with
no Supreme Court or 'Betselem'" (in Rabin's immortal words).
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that terrorism would decrease.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that hostility to Jews in the Arab and the Western media
would decrease.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that trade between Israel and Arab countries would
flourish.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the Palestinian Authority would be disarmed.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the PLO would cooperate strategically with the Israel
Defense Forces.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that there would be an economic peace dividend.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that Israeli Arabs would demonstrate increasing moderation
due to the "peace process".
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the Hamas and Jihad would be persecuted and suppressed
by the PLO.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that Palestinian arms would never again be used against
Jews.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the PLO leadership would speak in terms of peace with
the Jews.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the PLO would denounce and renounce anti-Semitism.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the PLO would encourage normalization and daily
peaceful commerce between Arabs and Jews.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the Palestinian Authority would be forced to spend all
its energies on resolving domestic social and economic problems.
But they were ever so wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the Palestinian Authority would have so many internal
troubles that it would not have the time or ability to pursue
confrontation with Israel.
Man, but they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the US would back Israel if the PLO reneged on its
obligations or displayed duplicity.
What a joke, they were so wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the US would cease to pressure Israel to endanger its
security and fundamental interests.
But they were mega-wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the Europeans would rush forward to support Israel.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the Japanese and Saudis would pour money into regional
investments, including into Israel.
But they were surprised to find that they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the Egyptians would end all animosity towards Israel,
Zionism and Jews.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the non-Arab Moslem countries would gush friendship
for Israel.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that Arab military expenditure would drop significantly.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that Arab verbal threats against Israel would end.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that Nazi-like propaganda in Arab countries would end.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the Israeli Left would lead the retreat from the Oslo
experiment it if proved to be not working.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the Palestinian Authority would never behave as a tin
cup Third-World kleptocracy if granted power.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that Jews remaining in Moslem countries would see their
treatment dramatically improved.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that liberals and leftists around the world would
congratulate Israel for taking risks for peace and rush forward with
goodwill and support.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that the majority of Palestinians would denounce all
violence and terror.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that Israeli Arabs would exhibit moderation and increasing
loyalty to the state of Israel.
But they were wrong.
When they forced Israel to commit Oslo, the Israeli politicians
assured us that Palestinian chants of "Death to the Jews" and
"Massacre the Jews" would end.
But they were wrong.
Dayenu. Oslo put the "die" back in "Dayenu!"
Any one of these errors in judgment should have been enough to end the
career of a politician in a normal country, possibly even enough to
indict that politician and imprison him or her. But in Israel? The
same politicians prepare for new unilateral withdrawals from Judea and
Samaria.
3. Censorship and Leftwing McCarthyism at the University of Haifa:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143600
Left-Wing 'McCarthy' MK Bans 'Racist' Ben-Ari
Nissan 13, 5771, 17 April 11 09:14
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
(Israelnationalnews.com) Meretz Knesset Member Zahava Gal-On forced
Haifa University to cancel a joint appearance with National Union
Knesset Member Dr. Michael Ben-Ari because she refused to sit down
with him on the same panel.
"I am not prepared participate in any panel with Ben-Ari because he is
a fascist, a racist and a Kahanist [followed of the late Rabi Meir
Kahane] and is not legitimate," said Gal-On.
The two MKs and other public figures were invited to speak at a
discussion on "Religious Faith and the Israeli-Arab Struggle" at Haifa
University. MK Ben-Ari said his letter of invitation from Prof.
Yitzchak Wiseman stated, "I invite you to participate in the
conference and take advantage of the podium because we are interested
that all seams of thought present their views."
Despite the declaration of openness to different ideas, MK Ben-Ari
received another letter that stated his participation was cancelled.
"It is clear that the left exploits Haifa University, which surrenders
to Gal-On's dictates. This is McCarthyism," he said, referring to the
United States in the 1950s, when Sen. Joe McCarthy tried to rid the
government of suspected Communists.
"The McCarthy leftists are working overtime," MK Ben-Ari added. "Her
boycott [of me] is ridiculous. However, I sleep well at night without
sitting down with her at the same forum.
"I have news for her. I am not less legitimate and perhaps even more
legitimate than she is and than are her positions. I am happy she has
unmasked her true face," he declared after the cancellation.
MK Gal-On said, I have positions based on principles." She said that
when she understood that Mk Ben-Ari was to speak at the same panel,
she explained her position. "I then understood that he was to appear
on a different panel instead, and I did not know that his
participation was cancelled altogether. But it does not make any
difference," she added.
