The Answer - Opinion - Israel National News

I was sitting in the synagogue today with my grandchildren. It's a small congregation, which holds services in a school building. There were so many beautiful little kids. So many babies. So many pregnant women. And no one looked over thirty-five.

And I thought: "The Nazis lost. Here we are, young, thriving, growing, in our own country."

And I thought: "This should bring happiness to the heart of every good person in the world, knowing that the Jews are doing well. That this race, that was supposed to be wiped out, is thriving. All these beautiful children, and their parents. If I wasn't a Jew, the story of the Jews, and the land of Israel, would fill my heart with joy."

And yet, the opposite is true. People all over the world hate Israel and the Jews. They insist that she allow her cities to be bombed, her children to be blown up; insist she, once again, give up any chance at securing a stable future for herself and her people by giving in to the terrorist demands of people who want to wipe her off the map, and have said so publicly.

There are those who believe Israel is bringing this hatred upon herself. They have many reasons and explanations and solutions on how to solve this, all of them, more or less, with an implicit acceptance of blame. "They hate you because...." And there follows a long list of crimes for which Jews are guilty and must atone. Among these people are many Jews who themselves feel threatened in their cushy Diaspora-cocoons of privilege, who treat Israel like a sports team. Beer cans in hand, they follow the plays and give armchair advice, as our sons risk their lives in the army to protect us; as our cities are destroyed by terrorist bombs.

Some of these Jews are Israelis. They are the politicians and generals who led the country to a situation where her southern border is now a war zone. They are the ones who made a porous sieve of weapons-smuggling tunnels in

If I wasn't a Jew, the story of the Jews, and the land of Israel, would fill my heart with joy.

the south possible with their wrong-headed decisions, bulldozing communities that kept the rocket launchers from moving closer to her borders, and pulling soldiers out of the Philadelphi Corridor.

I would like to say this to the people who don't love Israel, who don't wish to see her children, the miraculous post-Holocaust generation of beautiful young people, flourish. You can sing any tune you like. You can find any excuse you want. But you are transparent. I see through you to your ugly heart, which beats with hatred. I see your stupid, clogged brains filled with racist propaganda and filthy prejudice. You are the opposite of the people you hate and are trying to destroy. You are G-dless pieces of human waste and you will never win.

You will never win.

As for my own people who have joined hands with them, you have forgotten your past. You have abandoned your G-d. You have been bribed and corrupted into participating in your own demise by the hope of escaping the fate of your people. You will not escape. You are one with us whether you like it or not.

However small in number, those of us who oppose you will win. Not because we are particularly smart, or courageous, or lucky. But because this is G-d's will. Those who bless us will be blessed, and those who curse us will be cursed. And our children, and our country, the beautiful, young, vibrant, growing land of the Jews, the Land of Israel, will flourish. And you, all of you, who are against us, will not. I have no idea how this is going to come about. But save this. Give it to your grandchildren. Tell them to give it to their grandchildren; and when they read it, they will have the answer.

Opinion	Kislev 5, 5770 / November 22, '09