With every passing day, the image of Jews as G-d's chosen people and Eretz Yisrael as the chosen land - which He, the Creator of the world, deeded to us in perpetuity - is becoming a source of mockery in the eyes of Israel's manifold enemies.
As the Bible clearly indicates, the Jewish claim to the entire land of Israel is based on the Promise of the Almighty to our forefather, Abraham: "Unto thy seed and thy seed after thee will I give this land." (Genesis l7) Ergo, how can any Jew, much less a prime minister of the Jewish State that was reborn, with G-d's help, after two millennia of unparalleled gentile persecution, willingly consent to give up parts of our sacred promised land for the worthless promises of implacable Arab enemies?
One cringes with shame in remembering how successive Israeli 'leaders', of both right-wing and left-wing governments, have fallen all over themselves in a frenzy to cede to the sons of Ishmael our hallowed soil, consecrated by the sacrifice of thousands of martyred IDF soldiers and victims of nefarious terror attacks. One must don sackcloth and ashes when repeatedly hearing about the 'generous offer' (sic) that was made by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak to give up most of Judea and Samaria, including Judaism's holiest site, the Temple Mount, to Yasser Arafat and his murderous cohorts.
Would any Arab leader give up Mecca for peace? Would the Pope give up the Vatican for peace?
Lest we forget, not to be outdone, it was Binyamin 'Bibi' Netanyanu (who reportedly now once again has aspirations to become prime minister) who.ceded 80 percent of Hebron, the holy city of our patriarchs, to the Palestinian Authority.
Fast forward to the present.
The disgraceful, undemocratic and un-Jewish decision by the 'brave warrior' and former general, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, to transfer Jews from their homes in Gaza as a precursor to a "Palestinian State" - with an advance 'eviction notice' warning that if they do not leave willingly they will be forcibly expelled - has reached a new level of official Jewish masochism.
Is it any wonder that the nations of the world once again mockingly ask, "Where is your G-d, oh Israel?" as they increasingly condemn us, despite the continuous capitulation to their demands by lemming-like prime ministers of the Jewish State?
Ironically, it is they, the very leaders of Israel who have been given the unique opportunity to raise high the banner of Judaism and Jewish pride, who instead desecrate our sacred heritage by their shameful actions.
For some unknown reason, G-d, in His infinite wisdom, granted our generation the State of Israel - the culmination of two thousand years of Jewish wandering, longing and prayerful petitioning "May we be worthy to see Your return to Zion..." It was, in effect, His gift to us. Yet, due to a paucity of Torah-true leadership, Israel stands in danger of losing its spiritual raison d'etre and is becoming increasingly vulnerable to devastating physical enemy attacks.
I cannot help but recall the sage observation of an anonymous philosopher: "What we are is G-d's gift to us. What we become is our gift to G-d."
As the Bible clearly indicates, the Jewish claim to the entire land of Israel is based on the Promise of the Almighty to our forefather, Abraham: "Unto thy seed and thy seed after thee will I give this land." (Genesis l7) Ergo, how can any Jew, much less a prime minister of the Jewish State that was reborn, with G-d's help, after two millennia of unparalleled gentile persecution, willingly consent to give up parts of our sacred promised land for the worthless promises of implacable Arab enemies?
One cringes with shame in remembering how successive Israeli 'leaders', of both right-wing and left-wing governments, have fallen all over themselves in a frenzy to cede to the sons of Ishmael our hallowed soil, consecrated by the sacrifice of thousands of martyred IDF soldiers and victims of nefarious terror attacks. One must don sackcloth and ashes when repeatedly hearing about the 'generous offer' (sic) that was made by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak to give up most of Judea and Samaria, including Judaism's holiest site, the Temple Mount, to Yasser Arafat and his murderous cohorts.
Would any Arab leader give up Mecca for peace? Would the Pope give up the Vatican for peace?
Lest we forget, not to be outdone, it was Binyamin 'Bibi' Netanyanu (who reportedly now once again has aspirations to become prime minister) who.ceded 80 percent of Hebron, the holy city of our patriarchs, to the Palestinian Authority.
Fast forward to the present.
The disgraceful, undemocratic and un-Jewish decision by the 'brave warrior' and former general, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, to transfer Jews from their homes in Gaza as a precursor to a "Palestinian State" - with an advance 'eviction notice' warning that if they do not leave willingly they will be forcibly expelled - has reached a new level of official Jewish masochism.
Is it any wonder that the nations of the world once again mockingly ask, "Where is your G-d, oh Israel?" as they increasingly condemn us, despite the continuous capitulation to their demands by lemming-like prime ministers of the Jewish State?
Ironically, it is they, the very leaders of Israel who have been given the unique opportunity to raise high the banner of Judaism and Jewish pride, who instead desecrate our sacred heritage by their shameful actions.
For some unknown reason, G-d, in His infinite wisdom, granted our generation the State of Israel - the culmination of two thousand years of Jewish wandering, longing and prayerful petitioning "May we be worthy to see Your return to Zion..." It was, in effect, His gift to us. Yet, due to a paucity of Torah-true leadership, Israel stands in danger of losing its spiritual raison d'etre and is becoming increasingly vulnerable to devastating physical enemy attacks.
I cannot help but recall the sage observation of an anonymous philosopher: "What we are is G-d's gift to us. What we become is our gift to G-d."