Regarding, "Balak son of Tzippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,? (Numbers 22:2) Rashi comments:
On the eve of the Six Day War, our late Prime Minister Levi Eshkol had the wisdom to bring the late Menachem Begin into a unity government. Unified, we had Divine assistance and we beat those who rose up against us. The same should be done in our own day as well, as we seek to deter our enemies and to thwart the tangible danger that threatens our country, from within and without, including the threat of the Iranians and the Arab countries.
We must first establish a national unity government. Once we do, we will have the Divine assistance to ward off the dangers that threaten our existence. Through us will be fulfilled, ?This is a nation that rises like the king of beasts, and lifts itself like a lion.... [Israel] crouches, lies like a lion, like an awesome lion; who will dare rouse him?? (Numbers (23:24; 24:9)
Balak reasoned, "These two kings, Sichon, King of Emori and Og King of Bashan, whom we were certain could beat Israel, could not withstand them. All the more so that we will not be able to." Therefore, "The Moabites became deathly afraid because the Israelites were so numerous. They dreaded the Israelites." (22:3) They so feared Israel that they were disgusted with life. It drove them to make peace with nations that they had always hated. Israel's resounding victory over Sichon and Og brought fear and dread upon Moab and the Canaanites, as Rachav told the spies:In the past, Israel's victory melted the hearts of our enemies, the Moabites and Canaanites, and they lacked the spirit to make a stand against us. In our own day, as well, only if we thoroughly vanquish our enemies will we make the Arabs recognize our right to live in our country, Eretz Yisrael - to which we returned after two thousand years - in peace and quiet. Yet, in order to beat the Arabs, we must first unite as one man, with one heart.Your terror has fallen upon us. All the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. We heard how the L-rd dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan, Sichon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. As soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you. The L-rd your G-d, is G-d in heaven above, and on earth beneath. (Joshua 2:9-11)
On the eve of the Six Day War, our late Prime Minister Levi Eshkol had the wisdom to bring the late Menachem Begin into a unity government. Unified, we had Divine assistance and we beat those who rose up against us. The same should be done in our own day as well, as we seek to deter our enemies and to thwart the tangible danger that threatens our country, from within and without, including the threat of the Iranians and the Arab countries.
We must first establish a national unity government. Once we do, we will have the Divine assistance to ward off the dangers that threaten our existence. Through us will be fulfilled, ?This is a nation that rises like the king of beasts, and lifts itself like a lion.... [Israel] crouches, lies like a lion, like an awesome lion; who will dare rouse him?? (Numbers (23:24; 24:9)