In Israel and America, role models at the highest levels of government are desperately needed. I think back to the time when President John F. Kennedy said: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." JFK was not a perfect man, but the American nation took heart from his outstanding performance as a role model.

Comparatively, I think of men like Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert who said: "I'm tired of fighting; tired of being courageous; tired of winning, tired of defeating our enemies." That's a surprising comment, since Olmert never served in combat.
For a blink of time, many considered Ariel Sharon a valiant role model.

What young person going into Israel's army would rush to model himself after current corrupt, crooked and cowardly leaders, who seem to despise being Jewish, and who hold as worthless the land G-d gave to the Jewish people?

For a blink of time, many considered Ariel Sharon a valiant role model in courage when he creatively fought Israel's enemies. But, that was when he was a military man and focused his genius for combat against the enemy. Then, as he started to swim in the cesspool of Israeli politics as they have deteriorated in these later days, he turned his genius against his Jewish people. Arik was a fighting machine that didn't distinguish between the enemy and friends. So, he became a role model for corruption, like many preceding him and some of his contemporaries.

Every nation needs heroes to look up to and to emulate. The smaller the nation, the greater the need for role models of strong, ethical character.

Regrettably, nations and their peoples think they are choosing the right people to lead them - only to be fooled once they control the seat of power. The people suddenly discover that the pre-election speeches were malicious lies and the control of government rests in the hands of powerful forces who funded the new leader(s). The corrupt elite then run a "shadow government" through the leaders they bought and paid for.

Ehud Olmert and his Kadima union-of-the-most-corrupt has led the nation into a swamp of risk. I wonder how many soldiers or school children would say: "I want to be like Prime Minister Olmert when I grow up."

Prime Minister Sharon picked Menachem Mazuz as his Attorney General. Why? Perhaps (or for sure) he knew the state was likely to catch him in one (or more) of his illegal deals and he needed someone he could twist to cover up for him.(1)

Who is Mazuz? I don't know him personally, but, several of his rulings have been very negative to the state and indicative of his true character.

The Jewish National Fund (JNF), a more than 100-year-old charity, collected money from Jews all over the world to buy land in Eretz Yisrael for Jews. Menachem Mazuz ruled on May 24 that the JNF could not "discriminate" against Arabs in selling Jewish-bought land for them to build on. "Today, the JNF owns 13% of Israel's land, home to 70% of her population. Land owned by the fund is designated as public land and leased by the government to homeowners," JNF's Chairman Yehiel Leket said. "The state is obliged to treat all its citizens equally but, we are not the state." (2)(3)

Just a few of Mazuz's other rulings included: "Attorney General recommends that the barrier route be re-routed... because of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)'s non-binding ruling that parts of the barrier built on Palestinian land were illegal."(4)

Mazuz is in favor of "small" and "modest" Gay parades in Jerusalem.(5)

The Attorney General's emphasis on the democratic character of the state, as opposed to its Jewish character, has opened the way for missionary groups such as Jehovah's Witnesses to operate in Israel, according to former justice minister Ya'akov Ne'eman.(6)

Mazuz ordered the eviction of families from Peace House in Hebron, on Jewish owned land, legally acquired for $700,000, because the settlers still required permission from the Israeli Civil Administration to inhabit it (or so said Amir Peretz, now resigned as incompetent). The IDF assisted them to move in and the Defense Minister said he didn't give permission?(7)

Mazuz is merely another prototype of a party hack, on call by those who hired him and kept him in office. But, that's all these lowlifes want - to be kept in the office, paid money, given perks, and to have friends at high levels to keep them out of jail.

1) "Police rules out Sharon’s bribery case complete before election" at http:english.people.com.cn/200601/04/print200601/04_232873.html

2) "In Watershed, Israel Deems Land-use Rules of Zionist Icon ‘Discriminatory’ " JNF Scored Over ‘Jews-only’ Sales" by Nathaniel Popper, Forward.com, February 4, 2005.

3) "Israel: Land bought for Jews must be shared with Arabs: Despite hundreds of million s of dollars specifically designated by non-profit group" by Aaron Klein, WorldNetDaily.com, May 24, 2007.

4) "Israel court orders barrier reply" at http://news/bbc/co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3583222.stm (August 20, 2004)

5) "Mazuz’s solution : ‘Modest’ Gay parade" by Efrat Weis at http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-33240000,00.html

6) "A-G backs Jehovah’s Witnesses’ equal rights demand" at http://www.creligionnewsblog.com/17447/jehovahs-witnesses-Israel

7) "Mazuz: Settlers have 30 days to challenge Hebron eviction order" by Mazal Mualem, Nadav Shargai and Amos Harel, Ha’aretz, April 12, 2007