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The Jewish Leadership
Weekly Newsletter
30 Sivan, 5768 (July
3) Issue 6839
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- It's the Land of
Israel, Stupid
- Manhigut Yehudit
Press Releases
- British Gas: A
Deadly Deal: By Moshe Feiglin
- Swim or Sink
- Announcements
- Join the Team!
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| It's the Land of Israel, Stupid |
"And why did you bring us
up from Egypt to this bad place?" (Numbers, 20:5)
The above complaint, voiced by the Israelites in the desert in
this week's Torah portion, Chukat, highlights a simple fact. For the
Jews, everything begins and ends with the Land of Israel. When the
spies could not detach themselves from life in the desert and the
top positions that they had acquired there, they direct their poison
arrows at the Land of Israel. When Korach challenges the leadership
of Moses for his own leadership aspirations, he points to the Land
of Israel. And when there is a lack of water in the desert – it's
all because of the Land of Israel. The Torah portions of these three
weeks seem to delineate the fundamental issues that distance the
Jewish People from their land: Economics, power and refusal to
connect to the Jewish destiny that the Land of Israel represents.
People often wonder how the debate between Right and Left continues,
when it is plain to see that the Right was right. After all,
everything that the Right predicted has happened – so where are all
the converts to the Right? The answer is that neither the Left nor
the Right has ever told the truth about the Land of Israel. The Left
says 'peace' and really means ridding ourselves of the land. The
Right says 'security' and really means settlement. Neither side
admits that the Land of Israel is a vital tool that the Jewish
people need to fulfill their destiny.
If there is relative calm in Israel and Arafat is rotting in Tunis,
the Left insists on destroying settlements and giving him the Land
of Israel, calling it a 'window of opportunity.' And if there is
war, then obviously the conclusion is that Israel must destroy the
settlements and flee the Land of Israel. It makes no difference what
the current crisis is. The bottom line will always be the Land of
Israel. That is because the Land of Israel is the place on earth
from which Israel heralds its universal message. Those people who
desire to escape their nation, Jewish identity or destiny will
always fight against the Land of Israel. Even if they are religious.
Shabbat Shalom,
Moshe Feiglin
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29 Sivan, 5768 – July 2, '08
In response to the murderous tractor attack in Jerusalem, Moshe Feiglin
says "Don't give them tractors! The only answer to the lethal Arab
nationalism plaguing Israel is a return to our values. We can start by
hiring only Jews."
27 Sivan, 5768 – June 30, '08
In response to the proposed law that would prohibit a person who visited
an enemy country from serving in the Knesset, Moshe Feiglin remarked:
"The elected leaders of the Arab public have proven that their loyalty
is given to the enemies of the State of Israel. Israel must consider if
it is proper to continue to provide this fifth column with all the
rights that it currently employs in its efforts to eliminate the state.
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British Gas: A Deadly Deal: By Moshe Feiglin |
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Translated from Moshe Feiglin's article on Ma'ariv's NRG website.
Sivan, 5768
June, '08
It looks like the Israeli
government is preparing to release approximately 1,000 terrorists in
exchange for Gilad Shalit.
Question: How many Israelis will die as a result of this deal?
Answer: Anything over zero is likely to be right. A conservative
estimate is about 100.
Question: How many soldiers will be abducted as a result of this deal?
And how many parents will find themselves in the shoes of the Shalit
family?
Answer: Anything over zero is likely to be right. A conservative
estimate is about ten.
Question: If the implications of this deal are so clear, why is Israel's
government proceeding with the plan?
Answer: The murdered and abducted of the future have no political
significance at this point. It is the current captives that are shaking
government seats. Due to the fact that Israel suffers from a complete
loss of values and destiny, the politicians have nothing more to do than
to ensure their personal political survival. Gilad Shalit is a threat to
this survival. Future captives are not.
Question: So what should we do? Abandon Gilad Shalit?
Answer: Israel should eliminate the Hamas political leaders one by one
until Gilad Shalit is freed. We will make it clear that if any harm
befalls him, the entire political elite will be eliminated – with no
exceptions. If the head of the Hamas is directing the negotiations for
Shalit's release, that means that he is responsible for the fact that he
is still in captivity. This fact means that he deserves to die.
Question: So why doesn't Israel carry out this plan?
Answer: This is where I have to explain things from my personal
experience.
Most of us remember that Ariel Sharon released 436 terrorists in
exchange for Israeli drug dealer Elchanan Tannenbaum. Sharon applied
heavy pressure tactics to convince the ministers in his government to
approve the deal. At the beginning, most of the ministers opposed the
deal. I personally called some of them and discussed the issue with them
at length. It was clear that the ministers had no answers for the
objections that I brought up. In most cases, the ministers ended the
conversation in embarrassed silence.
Ultimately, Sharon bulldozed the deal through the cabinet. Later,
Tannenbaum was also released from an Israeli prison before he finished
serving his sentence, and started a new career. At that point, I already
felt that the only explanation for Sharon's strange behavior was that
Tannenbaum had something on him. I could not explain to myself how the
government could approve such an insane deal in any other way. Just to
remind you, Tannenbaum was not a soldier captured in the line of duty.
He was a drug dealer who put his own life in danger so that he could
make some criminal money. According to reports from the Foreign Affairs
Committee of the Knesset, 29 Israeli citizens have been murdered by
terrorists released in exchange for this lowlife. The Tannenbaum deal
also created motivation to abduct additional soldiers. Clearly, the
motivation to kidnap Gilad Shalit was triggered in part by the
inordinately high price paid in the Tannenbaum deal and previous
prisoner exchanges.
At this point, I must ask another question – only seemingly unrelated to
the abduction of soldiers. Why did Sharon insist on making Ehud Olmert
the number 2 man in his government? Olmert was in 33rd place on the
Likud list at the time – a most unlikely candidate for the number 2
spot. Why did Sharon make him Deputy Prime Minister - the position that
eventually afforded him the premiership of the State of Israel?
I have recently read a 60 page report titled 'The British Gas
Government.' The document is based almost completely on public sources.
It ties Tannenbaum, Sharon and many other currently serving Israeli
leaders to the British Gas Company and its owner, billionaire Martin
Schlaf. It seems that Schlaf buys politicians like houses in a Monopoly
game and then uses them for his business needs. Arafat was one of
Schlaf's first 'acquisitions.' Schlaf received a hefty portion of the
Jericho casino profits in exchange for his favors. Arafat's private jet
was owned by Martin Schlaf.
This document explains the source of the surprising wealth of some very
prominent politicians in Israel who have never worked a day in their
lives. It explains why Israel did not develop the natural gas field off
the Haifa coast, and preferred to sign a dubious contract with the
British Gas company, which is drilling – you guessed it – off the coast
of Gaza.
Yes, it seems that Tannenbaum has some very unpleasant information about
a number of Israeli politicians who are snugly in the pocket of Martin
Schlaf. Lucky for us, Schlaf is not interested in an Israeli military
strike on Gaza that could endanger his business interests off the coast.
I often explain that Israel is in limbo because it has lost its Jewish
vision. On the tactical plane, that essential loss of vision finds its
expression in nearly incomprehensible levels of personal corruption.
If you have been asking yourself why Israel does not eliminate the
terror leaders responsible for Shalit's abduction or other questions
such as: Why are we stuck with this despicable character for a prime
minister? Why can't Israel beat the Kassams? What is the tactical reason
that always stops Israel's leadership from taking action? Just remember
the name Martin Schlaf.
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Swim or Sink |
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According to this week's
Knesset Channel poll, Tzippy Livni is currently the leading candidate in
Israel for prime minister. According to the poll, Livni gets 38% of the
vote, Netanyahu 27% and Barak 13%.
Once again we see that a policy based on just sitting back quietly while
the competition makes mistakes will not bring the Likud back to power.
True, the public is disgusted with Olmert. Barak is not a particularly
attractive candidate, either. But when the opposition leader does not
clearly delineate how he is different than Barak and Olmert, it is
enough to switch the name of the current leader and public opinion will
fall in line with the cosmetic change.
The 'just don't say anything' strategy is good for Sharon, for Bark and
for Tzippy Livni. But it is decidedly not good for a rightist candidate.
The Israeli 'river' flows naturally to the Left. The media, 'justice'
system, academia and other elites all push society leftward. If you are
a leftist candidate, all that you have to do is float. The current will
pick you up and bring you where you want to go. Don't talk, don't make
mistakes, don't drown in an unsuppressed scandal and just like Dalia
Itzik, Tzippy Livni and Ruchama Avraham – the current will take you to
the most prominent jobs.
But if you are a candidate of the national camp, the natural current
distances you from your goals. You have to swim in earnest. The Likud's
path back to power requires a strategic change. Instead of wooing
candidates like leftists Uzi Dayan and Dan Meridor, Netanyahu should be
wooing Moshe Feiglin, who came in second place in the last Likud
primaries.
When Netanyahu refused to shake Feiglin's hand, the message that he sent
to the third of Israel's citizens who define themselves as being 'Right
of the Likud' was that they cannot be included in the party. Moshe
Feiglin will open the gate for this significant sector to return to the
Likud and to restore it to power. If he wants the Likud to win,
Netanyahu must see to it that those people who have shown loyalty to the
Land of Israel and our national values are included at the top of the
Likud list. Netanyahu must present a true alternative to Oslo. If
Netanyahu restores the Likud's ideology to its rightful, formative place
in the party, the Likud will return to power.
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| Announcements |
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Sunday, 3 Tamuz (July 6)
Jerusalem (Hebrew)
Meet with Moshe Feiglin
Place: Likud Jerusalem branch
Info: 052 60 -0117
Tuesday, 5 Tamuz (July 8)
Yad Binyamin (Hebrew)
Meet with Moshe Feiglin
Place: Home of Yisrael Family
Yad Binyamin
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Info: 052 660 6618
Wednesday, 13 Tamuz (July 16)
Petach Tikvah (Hebrew)
Meet with Moshe Feiglin, Michael Fuah, Sagiv Asulin and Asya Anatov
Topic: The State of Israel:
Where are we Headed?
Place: Hall at 24 Menachem Begin St.
Hadar Ganim, opposite Hadar Ganim mall. The hall is below the
Tehillat Hashem Synagogue.
Time: 7:45 p.m.
Tuesday, 19 Tamuz
(July 22) Herzliyah
(Hebrew)
Meeting with Moshe Feiglin
Time: 7 p.m.
Info: 050 875 0895
Thursday, 21 Tamuz
(July 24) Nesher (Hebrew)
Meeting with Moshe Feiglin
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