Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, links in the chain called Am Yisrael - it's here. The end game. In a few short weeks, the government of Israel will attempt to undo all that we as a people have achieved during the last 57 years. The reasons for this are unclear and also unimportant. The only vital issue is the outcome.
For the first time since 1967, the Israeli government has accepted the arguments of our enemies. We have admitted that our holding the areas of Judea, Samaria and Gaza is a wrongful act that must be undone. For many years, we here in Israel, together with you in the United States, have been combating those same allegations voiced by the Arab world, the United Nations and the rest of the people who liked us better in Auschwitz than in Jerusalem.
We believe that we have returned to our land - the Temple Mount, the Cave of the Patriarchs, our Forefathers' land, where Samson gave his life to free our nation from the Philistines in Gaza. This return is our right.
Some of you might be willing to give parts of our land away with the goal of bringing peace. That could be a basis for giving over lands to the Arabs, but without agreeing to the claims of wrongful occupation. But this is not the current case. Ariel Sharon has admitted that we shouldn't have been in Gaza and Samaria in the first place, and with that, he has whipped the moral carpet out from under our feet. There shall be no reasonable claim to hold on to Jerusalem after this.
Sharon knew that his Disengagement Plan was against the Jewish people's wishes and he did everything in his power to avoid a referendum. His plan only got the budget it needed on the strength of the votes of Arab members of Knesset.
The army has repeatedly warned that this terrible plan of Sharon's will bring grave dangers to the country, and specifically, to the cities surrounding Gaza. The army has started to prepare Ashkelon for future rocket and mortar shell attacks.
I turn to you, overseas readers, because you are the key. This time, we do not need combat-trained soldiers. This time, financial support, though important, is not enough. We need you here! I moved here from New York 13 years ago, and my family and I are leaving our home in the southern hills of Hevron, and we are moving to Gush Katif, to a quiet town called Gadid. This is not easy, but we realize that this indeed is a battle for the justification of the State of Israel on the land of Israel - not in Uganda, as many of our erstwhile leaders would have wished.
While I understand that many of you cannot move to Israel yet for numerous reasons, we still need you here, if only for just a few weeks. Sharon has pulled out the "big guns" and has started to arrest the leaders of the movements against the expulsion, placing them in jail until he carries out his suicidal plan. The Israeli justice system will not be able to arrest you and hold you for long periods of time, as you are foreign citizens. This is the key. You may not be living here today, but you are still part of this nation - and this land was given to you as much as it was given to me. You have a responsibility to yourselves, to your fathers and children to keep this country safe.
Until now, the only action you could take, aside from moving here and serving in the army, was to participate in the financial burden of this nation that returned to its land. Now, it's your turn to take a more active role. Take a vacation from work, leave your soft mattresses, your leather bucket seats, and roll up your sleeves and come save this country! Come and help your brothers and sisters who fought -- some of whom gave their lives -- for this holy soil. We will need each and every one of you here to stop the terrible plan to deport Jews from their homes and uproot graves.
Here's what you can do when you arrive. You can try and get into Gush Katif. You can get involved with the many marches that will bring Jews into the Katif area - making it clear to everyone that the police can either stop the various marches or drag Jews out of their houses; not both. You could just grab a shofar, ascend the Temple Mount and ask HaShem for salvation. You could pour your hearts out at the Kotel.
One thing is certain: every Jew counts, and everything is happening here in Israel.
Please answer our plea and join us in our fight for our land. Help us show the world that the Jewish people belong here by right and not by military victory. Help yourselves look into the eyes of your descendants.
For the first time since 1967, the Israeli government has accepted the arguments of our enemies. We have admitted that our holding the areas of Judea, Samaria and Gaza is a wrongful act that must be undone. For many years, we here in Israel, together with you in the United States, have been combating those same allegations voiced by the Arab world, the United Nations and the rest of the people who liked us better in Auschwitz than in Jerusalem.
We believe that we have returned to our land - the Temple Mount, the Cave of the Patriarchs, our Forefathers' land, where Samson gave his life to free our nation from the Philistines in Gaza. This return is our right.
Some of you might be willing to give parts of our land away with the goal of bringing peace. That could be a basis for giving over lands to the Arabs, but without agreeing to the claims of wrongful occupation. But this is not the current case. Ariel Sharon has admitted that we shouldn't have been in Gaza and Samaria in the first place, and with that, he has whipped the moral carpet out from under our feet. There shall be no reasonable claim to hold on to Jerusalem after this.
Sharon knew that his Disengagement Plan was against the Jewish people's wishes and he did everything in his power to avoid a referendum. His plan only got the budget it needed on the strength of the votes of Arab members of Knesset.
The army has repeatedly warned that this terrible plan of Sharon's will bring grave dangers to the country, and specifically, to the cities surrounding Gaza. The army has started to prepare Ashkelon for future rocket and mortar shell attacks.
I turn to you, overseas readers, because you are the key. This time, we do not need combat-trained soldiers. This time, financial support, though important, is not enough. We need you here! I moved here from New York 13 years ago, and my family and I are leaving our home in the southern hills of Hevron, and we are moving to Gush Katif, to a quiet town called Gadid. This is not easy, but we realize that this indeed is a battle for the justification of the State of Israel on the land of Israel - not in Uganda, as many of our erstwhile leaders would have wished.
While I understand that many of you cannot move to Israel yet for numerous reasons, we still need you here, if only for just a few weeks. Sharon has pulled out the "big guns" and has started to arrest the leaders of the movements against the expulsion, placing them in jail until he carries out his suicidal plan. The Israeli justice system will not be able to arrest you and hold you for long periods of time, as you are foreign citizens. This is the key. You may not be living here today, but you are still part of this nation - and this land was given to you as much as it was given to me. You have a responsibility to yourselves, to your fathers and children to keep this country safe.
Until now, the only action you could take, aside from moving here and serving in the army, was to participate in the financial burden of this nation that returned to its land. Now, it's your turn to take a more active role. Take a vacation from work, leave your soft mattresses, your leather bucket seats, and roll up your sleeves and come save this country! Come and help your brothers and sisters who fought -- some of whom gave their lives -- for this holy soil. We will need each and every one of you here to stop the terrible plan to deport Jews from their homes and uproot graves.
Here's what you can do when you arrive. You can try and get into Gush Katif. You can get involved with the many marches that will bring Jews into the Katif area - making it clear to everyone that the police can either stop the various marches or drag Jews out of their houses; not both. You could just grab a shofar, ascend the Temple Mount and ask HaShem for salvation. You could pour your hearts out at the Kotel.
One thing is certain: every Jew counts, and everything is happening here in Israel.
Please answer our plea and join us in our fight for our land. Help us show the world that the Jewish people belong here by right and not by military victory. Help yourselves look into the eyes of your descendants.