The Goat and the Building Freeze

First, a quick synopsis of the story of the goat: Once there was a pious Jew, who lived in dire poverty with his wife and ten children in a small, dilapidated shack. The Jew's life was difficult and crowded in their tiny shack. He decided to go to his rabbi to ask his advice.

"How do you make a living?" asked the rabbi.
"We have a small goat in our yard, which just barely provides us with milk for our children," the Jew answered.
"Take the goat and bring her into your house," the rabbi ruled.

Now the Jew's life was even harder than before. When he could bear it no longer he returned to his rabbi and woefully said, "I did as you said, and now things are worse than before!"
"Now, take the goat back out to the yard and you will see how much better your life will be," the rabbi answered.
The Jew did as his rabbi said and - wonder of wonders - life really did improve!

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The building freeze was another blow in an already difficult situation in Judea and Samaria. Now, maybe the goat will be removed and maybe not. Maybe they will take it out the door and put it back through the window. It really does not make much of a difference. The Right is focused on the goat as if that was the source of the problem. We at Manhigut Yehudit do not busy ourselves with goats and you will not hear our reaction to this situation.

Since the Oslo Accords and the recognition of the Movement to Liberate the Land of Israel from the Jews (a.k.a. the PLO) the notion of Jewish sovereignty in the (entire) Land of Israel has lost its legitimacy in the eyes of the nations of the world. The world, justifiably, does not accept our presence as robbers in the Land of Israel. Time and again, the puppet that we created so that we could give it the Land declares that it does not recognize us. The world sees this as a legitimate position and we continue to negotiate with the puppet. The real significance of this is that we have lost the fortitude to protect our lives from the Iranian threat - or from any other threat.

The only alternative that we have is to completely change our mentality and our political direction. Manhigut Yehudit has already begun to lead the political change and with G-d's help, we will tirelessly continue to foster true political change. Now the time has come to work for a change in mentality. We have chosen to start with a newspaper that will soon be ready for distribution.

Many goats will still go in and out of our tiny shack. We will continue to focus on the strategic goal that we have taken upon ourselves. And when the time comes, we will be ready, with G-d's help, with real solutions for Israel.