Moshe Feiglin: One Honest Man

March 11, 2010... The following article was written by the prominent Israel commentator Emanuel A. Winston. Mr. Winston released this article in today's issue of WINSTON MID EAST ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY. Mr. Winston has given permission for this article to be reposted. He may be reached at winston@winstonglobal.org.

Moshe Feiglin: One Honest Man

Last night, March 8th, we attended a dinner honoring Bradley Jacobs, z’l - a great champion for the Jewish Nation and Jewish State of Israel. The guest speaker was...Moshe Feiglin of Manhigut Yehudit, the Jewish Leadership Movement. Years ago I had met Moshe Feiglin at our home in Mevasseret Zion. I accorded him every courtesy in his solicitation for political assistance. However, at that time I had hopes that my friend, Arik Sharon, would rise to political prominence. Well, he did and, to my bitter disillusionment, he adopted a Leftist path, in coordination with U.S. State Department policy to re-partition Israel for the benefit of the Muslim Arab Palestinians. Arik was a great general but, sadly, a failure as a politician in protecting Israel as a sovereign nation. Which brings me today to Moshe Feiglin. Over the years I have read his statements, interviews and generally agree with his views. Last night as he spoke to a small, intimate crowd, I concluded that I should have paid more attention. As a professional observer of politicians and the problems that Israel has faced since and before 1948, I saw a man of determination and steel in his spine. I saw in him flashes of Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Theodore Herzl and even bits of Arik Sharon when he was a straight forward military man who understood the maliciousness of our enemies as he protected the State. These were all subliminal cues for me in evaluating the man, Moshe Feiglin. I was left with the sense that Moshe was a man of many parts and all good for a nation which is mired in political scams and weakness. I saw a man of high intellect, a former officer in the first Lebanon War of 1982 and, therefore, experienced in battle. I saw a man of conviction as a proud, observant Jew who could not be swayed by corrupt politics, bribery or interests which were weighted by Arab oil. But, could Israel actually stand "One Honest Man" after being acclimated to dishonesty by most past Prime Ministers and political parties who preceded Feiglin? They all showed weakness and lack of pride in their own Jewishness when pressed by the world’s greatest Super Power to surrender and abandon our own Land to please the Muslim world. Do the Jewish people really want a Jewish State or will they settle for one that accommodates her most dedicated enemies, including the nations of the world who also are craven in the face of demands by the 56 Muslim states? The people of Israel are no longer surprised when their politicians are caught using their official status to cut illegal deals. When we see the Arabist U.S. State Department easily manipulate such people as Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin, Ehud Barak, Arik Sharon, Ehud Olmert and, regrettably, Bibi Netanyahu, there is no shock or surprise because that is what the people of Israel have grown accustomed to. I concluded that Moshe Feiglin would put a proud Jewish Israel back on the map as a democratic sovereign country - not to be manipulated or used as a political door mat. He wouldn’t wait to deliver a killing blow to an existential nuclear threat that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatens. It’s possible that secular Jews or Leftists might find it hard to accept a truly honest, proud Jewish man as Israel’s Prime Minister. Although many Jews of that description have joined his efforts. Once they believe that Israel can be governed as an honest nation, with courts and Media that are no longer able to conduct legal affairs of State as if they were a political party; no longer siphoning public funds to bribe party hacks; no longer recruiting and training military units (like the Yassam) whose sole mission is to attack Jews and drive them out of their homes - only then will the people of Israel (and the world) understand that honesty and integrity governs. Only when the now officially sanctioned spiral of government corruption is broken that put the world’s demands over the needs of our own people - only then will the Israeli people feel pride in their Government, their nation and, therefore, themselves. Feiglin’s stated goal is to first win the Israeli primaries for Chairman of Likud. Next, he aims for a re-invigorated Likud to win the election. Then, he plans to "Unite the Right" - form a Jewish Israel bloc with all the parties who identify with Israel as a strong and proud Jewish State - achieving a minimum of 65 seats to lead the State of Israel!! Feiglin can honestly run under the title of "One Honest Man". While he is a quiet, confident man who has no need to shout or use clever word-games to trick the people, his presence sends a powerful message to those who are willing to listen. That same message sends shivers through the vested Mafia of the corrupt who will fight with every dirty trick possible to keep Feiglin away from their coveted seats of power. Good luck, Moshe. We believe in you.