A gesture of good will is supposed to represent the best in us. A gesture of good will is supposed to represent an act of kindness or consideration to another.


In Israel today we are constantly hearing of gestures of good will to our enemy. Yes, our enemy, Abu Mazen. The

We are told, "a gesture of good will." I ask: To whom?

release of terrorists who are murderers is, we are told, a gesture of good will. I ask: To whom? To the families of the innocents who were murdered by them? Or perhaps to those of us who in the future, may G-d forbid it, become either the victims or the families of the innocents murdered following the release of these terrorists?


Aside from the insanity of the release of terrorists, there are more gestures of good will given to the enemy. Millions of dollars are handed over to Hamas, along with fuel and "humanitarian aid". Who exactly receives this humanitarian aid?


Millions have been poured into the Kerem Shalom passage in order to ease the suffering of the Muslims living in Gaza. Does the government remember at all that it was at the Kerem Shalom passage that our nation's son, Gilad Shalit, was abducted? Does it remember that he is still being held in Gaza?


Do not misunderstand me, I am all for being humane and being generous with gestures of good will. I simply believe that there should be an order in prioritizing such gestures. I believe that any government first owes the citizens of Israel the basic consideration of protecting their rights and not willingly allowing its citizens to be placed in danger.


It is common knowledge that terrorists, once released, return to terror. It is common knowledge that in order to be humane, our sons are endangered while going in on the ground to capture terrorists; sometimes, our sons are injured or killed while capturing terrorists and then these terrorists are released. Where is the gesture of good will to our soldiers and their families?


Recently we learned that we, the tax payers of Israel, are going to pay tens of thousands of shekels in order to cover the costs of the investigation of the war in Lebanon two years ago. We are supposed to give our tax money in order to pay for the criminally inept way the government made decisions that cost the lives of our loved ones, strengthened the Hizbullah and Hamas, and left the situation even more dangerous than before the war.


Where is the good will gesture of carrying out the "solution for each resident " following the disastrous uprooting of families from Gush Katif and northern Samaria? Why are our families still with no solution for their permanent homes, for their agricultural land?


Why is it so easy for the government of Israel to cause law-abiding patriotic citizens to suffer, and nothing is done to prevent more suffering from happening time after time? How is it that these horrific Oslo Agreements, despite the one-sided implementation by Israel and the continued terror by the Arabs, continue to have Israel give gestures of good will to those who openly call for the destruction of Israel?

Why is it so easy for the government of Israel to cause law-abiding patriotic citizens to suffer?



Where is the most basic protection for the citizens of Israel? Where are the courts? Where is the media? Where is the public to make an outcry and declare that first of all the good will gestures must be implemented for the good of the people of Israel, and not to strengthen our enemies?


It is time to make gestures of good will that will ensure the survival of our people in our Land. It is time for the citizens of Israel to stop taking for granted the fact that we will survive at any cost - even with the self-destructing gestures of good will by weak, corrupt, pathetic governments run by politicians who suffer from "chairology", who are blind and indifferent to the realities of the results of the gestures of good will that they continue to make.


It is time for real gestures of good will to protect our land and our people. I pray that somehow we, the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, will finally see this happen.