This year, in what was seen as an unprecedented surprise departure from its usual format, TIME Magazine's recent edition chose to by-pass a famous or infamous personality. Instead the publication dedicated its popular 'Person of the Year' Award to: You.



By way of explanation, the editors decided to bestow this honor upon the average American citizen whose contribution to society was thus far overlooked, and now, could be duly recognized.



Reading the article here, in Israel, it occurred to me that such a choice would never be made by any of the Israeli media who fall all over themselves in their frenzy to spotlight, ad nauseum, the myriad of politicians whose contributions to the welfare of Israeli society at this critical juncture are, at best minimal, and at worst, truly disastrous.



Ironically, the countless devoted and courageous Jews who selflessly dedicate themselves to Israel's survival without seeking financial gain or self-aggrandizement, are not only never singled out for recognition, but, indeed, are reviled as enemies of " peace" It is a sure bet that not one of the thousands of courageous Jews known as 'settlers' who have been demonized for choosing to live in the liberated, (not occupied) territories, will ever merit the positive coverage and outright adulation showered upon so-called 'peace makers' by the Israeli press.



Never mind that the wiley Condalezza Rice and her obtuse Jewish counter-part Tzippy Livni both advocate a two-state [FINAL?] solution, with the establishment of a 'palestinian' state on Israel's border.



Under the leadership of Fatah's moderate [sic] Holocaust denier, Mohammed Abbas, who exhorts his people to fight Israel, not each other, the already innumerable Arab terrorist attacks which have claimed thousands of Israeli victims, can then continue with impunity.



No Matter.



Rice and Livni are the Israeli media's 'Persons of the Year' as it were, for supporting the road map to peace. However, there is no peace, just pieces of exploded Kassams lobbed into Israel, and pieces of our sacred land being given up to the implacable Arab enemies.



What will it take to awaken the Jewish people to this imminent danger?



The Arab-Israeli conflict is a religious war. It cannot be solved by weak and power hungry Israeli politicians whose inane solutions of concessions and appeasement are truly the core of the problem.



The only hope for the survival of the Jewish people and our homeland is Teshuva and SHUVA?a return to Torah Judaism?and a mass imigration of Diaspora Jewry to Eretz israel.



Although time is running out, such a leap of Jewish faith is urgently needed which hopefully, will merit G-D'S beneficent mercy that Am Yisrael will not awaken too late.