"Such a thing is unacceptable," said the Chairman of the Professors for a Strong Israel, Dr. Ron Breiman, "even when talking about Jews."
"Their silence in the face of this unethical transfer law will cause tremendous harm to the rule of law in Israel," Breiman told INN's Ruti Avraham, "especially at this time, when democracy [here] is being trampled. If the Supreme Court gives its stamp of approval to the expulsion of Jews from their homes in their land just because they are Jews, this will also pave the way for the expulsion of Arabs."
Breiman said he foresees that "thousands of people" will be willing to go to jail, as Pinchas Wallerstein wrote this week, "as a way of putting the brakes on the dangerous policies of the new Sharon-Peres leftist government."
"It is a warped democracy in which a Prime Minister is elected on a particular platform, and then survives politically only with the help of the opposition, which props him up on condition that he carries out its dangerous policies," Breiman said.
"Even the economic plan of Finance Minister Netanyahu, which has started showing its first fruits after major efforts, was sacrificed on the altar of the disengagement," he added. "Sharon has caved in to the blackmail of Peres and his gang, and the first billion shekels have already gone up in the smoke of the disengagement."
Dr. Breiman said he does not think the public is aware of the economic sacrifices it will have to make on behalf of the disengagement: "If the government estimates are right and it will cost 'only' six billion shekels ($1.6 billion) – half for the transfer of Jews and half for the IDF's retreat – this comes out to 1,000 shekels for each Israeli citizen. Is the public, which is presented as being pro-disengagement, aware of the taxes it will have to pay and the services it will have to give up, merely to implement Sharon's escapade?"
"Even if this plan is technically and legally kosher, it is invalid from every other standpoint," Breiman said. "How would we react if another country would decide to forbid Jews from living in a particular area, and would even send in the army to expel them?"
"Their silence in the face of this unethical transfer law will cause tremendous harm to the rule of law in Israel," Breiman told INN's Ruti Avraham, "especially at this time, when democracy [here] is being trampled. If the Supreme Court gives its stamp of approval to the expulsion of Jews from their homes in their land just because they are Jews, this will also pave the way for the expulsion of Arabs."
Breiman said he foresees that "thousands of people" will be willing to go to jail, as Pinchas Wallerstein wrote this week, "as a way of putting the brakes on the dangerous policies of the new Sharon-Peres leftist government."
"It is a warped democracy in which a Prime Minister is elected on a particular platform, and then survives politically only with the help of the opposition, which props him up on condition that he carries out its dangerous policies," Breiman said.
"Even the economic plan of Finance Minister Netanyahu, which has started showing its first fruits after major efforts, was sacrificed on the altar of the disengagement," he added. "Sharon has caved in to the blackmail of Peres and his gang, and the first billion shekels have already gone up in the smoke of the disengagement."
Dr. Breiman said he does not think the public is aware of the economic sacrifices it will have to make on behalf of the disengagement: "If the government estimates are right and it will cost 'only' six billion shekels ($1.6 billion) – half for the transfer of Jews and half for the IDF's retreat – this comes out to 1,000 shekels for each Israeli citizen. Is the public, which is presented as being pro-disengagement, aware of the taxes it will have to pay and the services it will have to give up, merely to implement Sharon's escapade?"
"Even if this plan is technically and legally kosher, it is invalid from every other standpoint," Breiman said. "How would we react if another country would decide to forbid Jews from living in a particular area, and would even send in the army to expel them?"