Once again, the Days of Awe are upon us. Traditionally this period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is a time of introspective soul-searching in which Jews are admonished to reflect upon our misdeeds of the past and resolve not to repeat them in the future. Although the intent to do so is honorable, since we are only mortal beings who experience the trials and tribulations of life, these resolutions are all too often forgotten and fall by the wayside.



Knowing well our human failings, perhaps this was the reason the Torah sages, of blessed memory, decreed that Yom Kippur services should include the recitation of an entire litany known as ?al chait? (?for the sin of...?), which enumerates transgressions committed against G-d and our fellow man.



Living here in Eretz Yisrael, in the Jewish State, for which so much blood has been shed (most recently, that of a 7-month old baby, Shaked Avraham , who was brutally murdered together with a friend of her family, Eyal Yeberbaum, as they were celebrating Rosh Hashanah in a caravan near Hebron), I pondered the fact that there are no ?prayers for forgiveness? for successive Israeli governments whose implementation of the Oslo ?peace process? (sic) resulted in the murder of l,473 Israelis and the wounding of more than 5,000 other victims.



It occurred to me, therefore, to compose the following mea culpa for some of Israel?s ?leaders?, as well as our sundry leftists, to recite on the Day of Atonement, asking forgiveness from the Al-mighty for prolonging the disaster of Oslo and its equally dangerous successor, "the road map", which is bringing untold tragedy to the people of Israel.



Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: ?For the sin of negating the promise to ?never? support the establishment of a ?Palestinian state? or the evacuation of Jewish settlement.?



Bibi Netanyahu: ?For the sin of giving to the implacable Arab enemies 80% of the holy city of Hebron and releasing the venerable terror instigator Sheik Yassin.?



Ehud Olmert: ?For the sin of placing political interests above principle by not voting against the release of Arab prisoners.?



Shimon Peres (here one hardly knows where to begin): ?For the sin of secretly initiating and then supporting the suicidal Oslo Accords, in which Israel elevated chief PLO terrorist Yasser Arafat to prominence on the world arena, provided him with weapons - which are used to murder countless IDF soldiers and civilians - and transferred millions of shekels to the coffers of his so-called Palestinian Authority - which foments, rather than fights, terror.?



Die-hard, renegade leftists Uri Avnery, Yossi Sarid, Shulamit Aloni and their soul-sick compatriots: ?For the sin of constantly giving aid and comfort to Israel's Arab enemies, while turning a blind eye to the murder and wounding of thousands of our own Jewish brethren.?



This Yom Kippur, as Jews gather in synagogues throughout the world to pray for G-d's merciful judgement, may the New Year bring the demise of all Israel?s enemies and true peace for Eretz Yisrael and the Jewish people.