[Part one of this article can be read at http://www.israelnationalnews.com/article.php3?id=4983.]
Recently, a senior Hamas official, Ahmed Al-Bahar, made it blatantly clear that the pullout from Gaza is just another step closer to the destruction of Israel (G-d forbid). He was quoted as saying:
"The painful and qualitative blows which the Palestinian resistance dealt to the Jews and their soldiers over the past four and a half years led to the decision to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. All indications show that since its establishment, Israel has never been in such a state of retreat and weakness as it is today, following more than four years of the intifada. Hamas' heroic attacks exposed the weakness and volatility of the impotent Zionist security establishment. The withdrawal marks the end of the Zionist dream and is a sign of the moral and psychological decline of the Jewish state. We believe that the resistance is the only way to pressure the Jews."
The very sad thing about this is that he actually makes some good points, and is mocking the fact that he is able to admit this publicly, and the representatives of the victims of his terror organizations' actions, the Israeli government, will still turn a blind eye to it. It is true that Israel is caving into the many acts of terror committed against her, and is in a dire state of retreat and weakness. However, instead of bringing these criminals to justice, Israel will create a situation in which they will roam freely, maximizing their ability to commit further crimes against humanity.
After reading about the new "disengagement ward" built in Ramle's Ma'asiyahu prison, I couldn't help but wonder how the government could have so much chutzpah. They have actually used the taxpayer's money to build it and, at the same time, they released 500 Arab terrorists. Releasing terrorists, even for a supposed "peace", is unjust and immoral. What kind of state is Ariel Sharon helping to create if it necessitates releasing terrorists? Additionally, after committing such an act, which is essentially a crime, they have the moral turpitude to waste public money on building a new detainment facility to lock up the very protesters who are acting against the government's immoral crimes. They are really confusing the arsonist with the firefighter.
We, the Israeli public, should take a good look at the act of moral hypocrisy being committed by the Sharon-led government. The government is losing its moral standing and is mocking its own moral right to enforce the laws, as it blatantly shows no regard for human life by releasing terrorists. How could one then argue that the government still has the moral right to imprison someone who murders after it just released Arab murderers? If a government's responsibility is to protect its citizens from violent death, and therefore is meant to lock away those who have committed such crimes, then by releasing Arab murderers, the Israeli government is showing that it is not fulfilling its duties properly. Instead of wasting the money on a "disengagement ward", maybe they should pump the money back into the security budget, for eventual expenses in having to recapture all those 500 released terrorists. I am sure, just as we have seen time and time again, they will go back to a life of terrorism and may, G-d forbid, take more lives.
Another problem is that the government and the media are making it look like the Disengagement Plan is ensuring a safe future for Israel at the settler's expense. The settlers may be getting the short end of the stick now, but in the long run, the plan is being implemented at the expense of the entire Jewish people. By allowing our homeland to be continuously threatened by a hostile enemy, Sharon and Disengagement supporters are trampling the very foundations of Zionism and exacerbating Israel's unremitting existential threat.
What is needed now is a leader with a clear and moral vision. Israel needs a leader who has integrity, and who has shown that the needs of the Land of Israel come before his own. We need someone who will stand up for G-d's truth, no matter who is against it, because in the end, that is all that matters.
Such a person is gravely needed in order to ensure a safe future for the Jewish people. Unfortunately, as it stands now, with the continuation of political manipulations and the lack of political integrity, I do not see the redemption coming from the Knesset.
[Part 2 of 2]
Recently, a senior Hamas official, Ahmed Al-Bahar, made it blatantly clear that the pullout from Gaza is just another step closer to the destruction of Israel (G-d forbid). He was quoted as saying:
"The painful and qualitative blows which the Palestinian resistance dealt to the Jews and their soldiers over the past four and a half years led to the decision to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. All indications show that since its establishment, Israel has never been in such a state of retreat and weakness as it is today, following more than four years of the intifada. Hamas' heroic attacks exposed the weakness and volatility of the impotent Zionist security establishment. The withdrawal marks the end of the Zionist dream and is a sign of the moral and psychological decline of the Jewish state. We believe that the resistance is the only way to pressure the Jews."
The very sad thing about this is that he actually makes some good points, and is mocking the fact that he is able to admit this publicly, and the representatives of the victims of his terror organizations' actions, the Israeli government, will still turn a blind eye to it. It is true that Israel is caving into the many acts of terror committed against her, and is in a dire state of retreat and weakness. However, instead of bringing these criminals to justice, Israel will create a situation in which they will roam freely, maximizing their ability to commit further crimes against humanity.
After reading about the new "disengagement ward" built in Ramle's Ma'asiyahu prison, I couldn't help but wonder how the government could have so much chutzpah. They have actually used the taxpayer's money to build it and, at the same time, they released 500 Arab terrorists. Releasing terrorists, even for a supposed "peace", is unjust and immoral. What kind of state is Ariel Sharon helping to create if it necessitates releasing terrorists? Additionally, after committing such an act, which is essentially a crime, they have the moral turpitude to waste public money on building a new detainment facility to lock up the very protesters who are acting against the government's immoral crimes. They are really confusing the arsonist with the firefighter.
We, the Israeli public, should take a good look at the act of moral hypocrisy being committed by the Sharon-led government. The government is losing its moral standing and is mocking its own moral right to enforce the laws, as it blatantly shows no regard for human life by releasing terrorists. How could one then argue that the government still has the moral right to imprison someone who murders after it just released Arab murderers? If a government's responsibility is to protect its citizens from violent death, and therefore is meant to lock away those who have committed such crimes, then by releasing Arab murderers, the Israeli government is showing that it is not fulfilling its duties properly. Instead of wasting the money on a "disengagement ward", maybe they should pump the money back into the security budget, for eventual expenses in having to recapture all those 500 released terrorists. I am sure, just as we have seen time and time again, they will go back to a life of terrorism and may, G-d forbid, take more lives.
Another problem is that the government and the media are making it look like the Disengagement Plan is ensuring a safe future for Israel at the settler's expense. The settlers may be getting the short end of the stick now, but in the long run, the plan is being implemented at the expense of the entire Jewish people. By allowing our homeland to be continuously threatened by a hostile enemy, Sharon and Disengagement supporters are trampling the very foundations of Zionism and exacerbating Israel's unremitting existential threat.
What is needed now is a leader with a clear and moral vision. Israel needs a leader who has integrity, and who has shown that the needs of the Land of Israel come before his own. We need someone who will stand up for G-d's truth, no matter who is against it, because in the end, that is all that matters.
Such a person is gravely needed in order to ensure a safe future for the Jewish people. Unfortunately, as it stands now, with the continuation of political manipulations and the lack of political integrity, I do not see the redemption coming from the Knesset.
[Part 2 of 2]