As A Servant Before His Master

By Moshe Feiglin

20 Iyar 5761
May 13, 2001

Translated from Moshe Feiglin's book, "The War of Dreams."

The Arab positioned on the Abu Sneinah hill overlooking the playground in the Jewish Quarter of Hebron watched the children playing in the sandbox. Every time he managed to set his sites on a child's head, the "target" would jump to another slide or rocking horse. The children were so busy playing that they didn't notice the sand being kicked up every time a bullet would miss its mark.

But then a young mother with a baby in a stroller neared the sandbox. A baby in a stroller doesn't jump around so much. The Arab, already impatient, had found his target.

In the same country and in those same days, a nice, young man started a new and promising job. The man had just finished his term as the official leader of the settlers -- chairman of the Yesha Council. Now he was to take up his new position -- Bureau Chief of the man who had given the Abu Sneinah hills to the Arabs and in whose merit the Arab sniper could now choose his target, unhindered.

A stranger wouldn't understand it. It seems totally mad. The former leader of the settlers hires himself out to the person who betrayed his constituency, abandoned them to murderers and even supplied the murderers with additional weapons. If the former settler leader was a corrupt person, we would at least have a convenient, personal-weakness explanation. But that is not the case. The man is honest, intelligent, cares deeply about the settlements in Yesha and has dedicated his life to the settlement movement.

The question is even more potent when we think about the settlers' approach to this former leader. How can they allow someone who has so shamefully betrayed them to take on his new position as Netanyahu's right-hand-man without so much as a protest? How could it be that we did not hear of demonstrations and sit-ins outside his house? How could it be that we did not hear of petitions and protest letters from Hebron's Jewish residents? Even the Right-wing Makor Rishon newspaper, in a featured interview with the new Bureau Chief, didn't confuse him with this basic question.

A large rally supporting the settlers of Yesha is now being publicized. And who is the guest speaker? It's not hard to guess: former Prime Minster, Binyamin Netanyahu. The rally organizers are well aware of Bibi's character. They know that if Netanyahu becomes Prime Minister again, G-d forbid, he will even be worse than Sharon. But the organizers think that Netanyahu is the only tool that we can use to pressure Sharon.

This type of thinking seems to be pragmatism at its best. But it is this pragmatism that has been clearing the way for destruction for over twenty

years. The Yesha leaders are not taking advantage of Netanyahu. Netanyahu, in his typical cynicism, is taking advantage of them. Neither Sharon nor Netanyahu have a dedicated group of "foot soldiers." The only people who consistently volunteer to help them when they need it are the naïve Religious Zionists. In a nutshell, the Religious Zionists have become political cannon fodder.

Slowly but surely, the Religious Zionist public has lost its sense of honor. And when there is no honor, there is no life. Literally. The settlers' blood is cheap because their honor is cheap. An individual can forgo his own honor, but it is forbidden for a leader to forgo the honor of his constituents. And when the leaders of the Yesha settlements go to work for the man who gave weapons to the murderers and betrayed the Land of Israel, the message is loud and clear. The public who sent them has no honor or values and its blood is less red than anyone else's.

Why doesn't the belief based public stand up on its own two feet? Why doesn't it break the rhythm of the pendulum as it oscillates between two bad options?

The answer is that the Yesha leadership is well aware that Netanyahu surrendered Hebron to the Arabs. But Netanyahu, Sharon, Silvan Shalom, Limor Livnat and the other "Right wing" politicians are the only connection currently available between the Religious Zionist ideology and secular Zionism. If the Religious Zionists reject the current Likud leaders, Religious Zionism will then be disconnected from both the Left arm of Zionism and its Right arm. Religious Zionism draws its legitimacy from secular Zionism. It sees itself as nothing more than a spice for the main course. And if the main course is rejected, there is no reason for the spice.

Religious Zionism teaches that we are in the redemptive "process." A "process" is something that plays itself out on its own. It is not dependant on what we do or do not do and we are not supposed to tamper with historical developments to make them happen. One miraculous day, Religious Zionism teaches, the secular leadership will return to their religious roots and lead the Return to Zion as per Rabbi Kook's teachings. All that we, the Religious Zionist public, have to do is run slightly ahead of the secular leaders. But we must not lead them. So we ran ahead of them, and now, when we look behind us, we discover that we are alone.

For years, the Religious Zionists have deluded themselves into thinking that Zionism is beginning to flow in their direction. True, they admit, the Zionists do not fulfill the commandments, but their hearts are in the right place. In the end the Messiah will come and somehow everything will work out. In this way, Religious Zionism adopted an ultra-Orthodox approach and made no attempt to lead the State with its own ideology.

Religious Zionism is now stuck at the banks of the Israeli Rubicon. It does not want to retreat into ultra-Orthodoxy but it cannot progress into Israeli-ness.

The only real attempt to break out of the Reservation and enter Zionist history was during the first settlement efforts in Samaria. The settlement movement had the potential to create a true revolution that would lead to the establishment of a Jewish State. That is why they drove the Left and the entire world crazy. But instead, the settlement movement turned into the irritating sector of the State of the Jews. The settlers did not attempt to develop a microcosm of a just society in their settlements. They did not proudly display this new model for all the country and world to see. They continued to draw their legitimacy from secular Zionism -- first from the Zionist Left, and later from the Zionist Right.

That's how it goes. A servant that is constantly the victim of the whip and humiliation of his master will always be happy to be dependant on him. He

will even see it as a great honor. The leaders of the settlers have betrayed no one. They are simply servants of secular Zionism.

Six years have passed since this article was written, and the situation has deteriorated even further. Israel needs Jewish leadership for its very survival. Those who claim that all that is needed is more nationalistic, "Right wing" leadership, have missed the point. If G-d is left out of the equation, the State of Israel will continue to flounder -- no matter how right wing its elected leaders may be. Without G-d, they will be forced to be pragmatic, as their predecessors have proven time and again. Manhigut Yehudit is the only movement that has made genuine, Jewish leadership for Israel its goal. Now more than ever, Israel needs Manhigut Yehudit.

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Harming The Right Wing?

In an article publicized on the Arutz 7 website, Attorney Yossi Fuchs urged Moshe Feiglin to remove his candidacy and to "save the Right." The

following is Manhigut Yehudit member Yeshayahu Solomon's answer to Fuchs and to all those who prefer to be led instead of leading:

"Many good people like Yossi have spent years leading Opposition struggles. They do a fine job and have achieved important gains for the Right. But they have not stopped the train from plummeting into the abyss. They are so pleased with their achievements, though, that they seem perfectly satisfied to remain in the Opposition.

I will never forget the victory party for Netanyahu that was held in the Karnei Shomron yeshiva. A famous Yesha leader described how he had fervently hoped for the day that Netanyahu would be Prime Minister so that he could demonstrate against him instead of the leftist Prime Minister. Unfortunately, his dream came true.

Yossi Fuchs submits to all the dictates of the Left. He accepts the definition (extreme Right), the unchallenged sovereign (the media) that determines the borders of the public debate and submissively accepts his own place on the margin.

If Fuchs has lowered his head and accepted the dictates that define him as "radical," what can we expect from Netanyahu? He will certainly not hesitate to sell the Jewish majority down the river for a small sprinkling of "consensus." Not because he is a bad person. Simply because he accepts the politically correct claims that the sovereign is not the nation , but the opinion makers. "Furthermore," he will claim, "we must be realistic and pragmatic, this is the lesser of the two evils, we must minimize damages as much as possible etc., etc."

The Left never asked even its most radical elements to disappear so as not to tarnish its image. It believes in itself. It is time for the Jewish majority to believe in itself, as well. And as Moshe Feiglin says, "He who has faith triumphs."

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Straw Candidate

Chairman of the World Likud, Danny Danon, has also entered the Likud primaries race. After MK Silvan Shalom quit the race last week, MKs who support Netanyahu told The Jerusalem Post they hoped "a straw candidate" would enter the race, so he would not have to face Feiglin one-on-one.

It seems that Netanyahu prefers to hide behind the back of a straw candidate rather than to take on Moshe Feiglin in a serious and honorable manner.

Danon is considered a hard liner on national issues. He claims that his candidacy will allow Likudniks displeased with Bibi to vote for someone other than Feiglin, who, in his opinion, is too radical and places too much emphasis on G-d and Judaism.

We actually agree with Danon. While he is nothing more than a slightly more nationalistic version of Bibi, there is a genuine difference between him

and Moshe Feiglin.

Danon and Netanyahu stand for the same thing -- nationalism/pragmatism without G-d. Moshe Feiglin stands for bringing G-d back into the Israeli equation. We have already seen all of Israel's nationalist/pragmatic leaders collapse under pressure. Danon, clearly less talented than Netanyahu, is not a better prospect than any of the others.

Moshe Feiglin is the ONLY candidate offering Israel true, Jewish leadership that will successfully deal with Israel's problems specifically because G-d is in the picture. And actually, taking G-d into account is the most pragmatic thing

for Jews to do!

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The Only Hope

Moshe Feiglin does not represent the classical Right. He does not play on the Left's arena as the eternal loser and prophet of doom. The fact that Moshe Feiglin openly and fearlessly proclaims his faith in G-d creates a new arena. No more pragmatic questions of present chances to succeed and no more desire to find favor in the eyes of the leftist elites. Moshe Feiglin presents the voters with the true values of the Jewish Nation and Israel's unique destiny.

The majority of the Jewish public wants a state that will express its values. It longs for education based on Jewish ethics and for non-coerced Jewish identity. The Jewish majority wants a leader who will put an end to the rebelliousness of Israel's Arabs and will have the power and faith to defeat our external enemies as well.

Moshe Feiglin had the prescience to define the leadership vacuum ten years ago, before anybody else had identified it at all. He is the person who established an ideological movement that has swept tens of thousands after it, gaining political power targeted to this very moment. Get the word out. Manhigut Yehudit is Israel's only hope on the political horizon.

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Is The Jewish Majority Ready To Lead?

There are moments when one feels that he is at the threshold of a deeply significant change -- of a momentous juncture that will transform his world. That is how we felt just before the referendum on Gush Katif. All the polls predicted that Sharon's scheme to destroy Gush Katif would merit the support of the Likud members. But we believed, worked hard -- and won. (The immense referendum victory was not translated into triumph in the struggle for Gush Katif because there was no political leader who was loyal to the will of his constituents).

The Likud primaries have presented us with a historic opportunity to actualize the basic desire of the Jewish majority. The Likud voters will have to make a choice. They can choose the continued estrangement from their basic values. They can choose Oslo, the Hebron Accords, the Wye Accords and the Disengagement. They can choose to take the final plunge off the Oslo precipice.

Or they can choose a completely new path. They can choose a leader who has a G-d and understands that he answers to Him. They can choose a candidate who knows how to explain to his children why he is in Israel. They can choose a candidate who has a vision for a good and rectified world. A candidate whose platform is Jewish education and family values. A candidate who knows how to deal with the Leftist elites that have overtaken the country. A leader who genuinely represents Israel's Jewish majority.

We have to win to save our children. We have to win to save Israel. And we need your help. This Wednesday, 10 Av, 5767 (July 25) we will all gather at the Renaissance hotel in Jerusalem to volunteer for Manhigut Yehudit's election campaign. We'll be starting at 6:30 p.m. Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Recycling Israel: Garbage In, Garbage Out

By Jason Gold

The world is going green. Notwithstanding Al Gore's hysterical blathering and his part in helping the environment by sponsoring rock concerts that few watched but were responsible for much burning of jet fuel as jaded musicians hopped from continent to continent, recycling waste is becoming a priority. The idea is to take biodegradable waste and recycle it into something useful. Garbage in, recycled product out is the paradigm.

Ah, but leave it to Israel to change the paradigm. For in what other country are washed-up, corrupt politicians bereft of any vision save to blame the settlers for all the country's problems and prostrate prone in front of the Arabs, Europeans and the United States State Department, are returned to positions of power again and again ad nauseum. Hence the biodegradable Israeli leaders recycle themselves and redefine the paradigm as garbage in, garbage out.

How does Shimon Peres, a man who has done more to damage Israel's deterrent position by helping to propagate the Oslo holocaust vision, a man who so virulently anti-Jewish that he virtually defines the self-hating Jew, end up as President of Israel? How does a so-called religious party vault him into this position based on the rationale that he will free Jewish prisoners? The man who handed the United States evidence against Jonathan Pollard? No, the only prisoners Mr. Peres will free are Arabs "without blood on their hands" (translation: we tried to kill Jews but failed) while making sure he does everything possible to keep Jonathan Pollard buried in prison.

How does Ehud Barak, the man singularly responsible for thousands of Katyushas landing on the North get put back into the head of Labor and then head of the defense ministry? You would think he would be anxious to prove his military toughness and fortitude by going after the terrorists launching rockets at Sderot and Ashkelon. But no, he is pursuing a completely different track. He is far too busy implementing Ehud Olmert's newest vision of propping up the myth of the "moderate" terrorist Abbas by agreeing to the latest amnesty insanity for at-large terrorists in addition to freeing 250 terrorists already in prison. I can see it now. Terrorist walks in, signs his worthless declaration, hands over his terrorist firearm at desk number one and picks up his Fatah "preventative" security force sidearm at desk number two. This is obviously a novel military strategy as Barak and Olmert have hit on a new fighting formula. They will defeat the terrorists by having them laugh themselves to death.

So depending on whether one counts Olmert in this mess and borrowing some Christian imagery, we are either waiting for the fourth horseman of the apocalypse or the completion of the unholy trinity as we await to see whether the Likud membership is short-sighted and amnesic enough to give Bibi another turn at leading the country to the precipice of disaster. Another alleged right-wing leader who is determined to make more painful concessions for peace and morph into Peres' little brother, Bibi is hell-bent on bringing Jordanian troops into Yesha to maintain peace, as the first step in the eviction process. Lest we forget, this should probably work about as well as his plan in Hebron during Bibi I.

Israel has a choice, a very stark choice. A choice between the old and failed versus the new and faithful. A chance to begin to correct the root cause of Israel's myriad of problems and select faith-based leadership for the Likud and eventually the country. Nearly 60 years of secular stewardship have resulted in incompetent, faithless, and morally bankrupt leaders that have put its citizens in danger and rendered the country little more than a banana republic. The time for Manhigut Yehudit and Moshe Feiglin has arrived. For the survival of the state, it is a necessary condition. Israel must have faith-based leadership and begin to fulfill its destiny as a Jewish state. If not, we can always start funneling those pardoned terrorists into the British health care system.

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Primaries At The Threshold and Whining By Livnat And Katz

Primaries At The Threshold


We are at the threshold of the most important test that Manhigut Yehudit and its message of Jewish leadership has ever encountered. Ever since the Oslo Accords (and actually even before them) the belief based public in Israel has been concerned only with survival -- extinguishing whatever fires have been set by the government and Left. These efforts are worthy and important -- but they vividly express the proportions of the tragedy. The only public that has the faith, self-sacrifice and connection to the Nation of Israel that can save the country and lead it -- has steered itself into a pathetic rearguard war.

But now, the Creator has presented us with a truly wondrous opportunity to achieve the leadership position of the Likud, to unite all the National and Religious parties into one bloc under the leadership of the Likud ("One Israel") to defeat the corrupt Left in general elections and to lead the nation to its historic destiny.

The future and very existence of the State of Israel is at stake. G-d has given us a golden opportunity. Now is the time to unite all of our forces, stage a vibrant and convincing campaign, pray to G-d that we do only His will -- and win!

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Whining By Livnat And Katz

Today's Jerusalem Post reports that the "Likud fears that Moshe Feiglin may get thirty percent of the primary vote." Although the JPost presents this

prospect as a threat, it does not conceal the fact that Feiglin is a serious contender.

In the article, two Likud MKs, Limor Livnat and Yisrael Katz cast doubts on Moshe Feiglin's relevance to the Likud. But in last year's primary, the

Likudniks thought that Moshe was much more relevant than both Livnat and Katz together. Livnat quit the primary race after polls showed that she had only one percent support among Likudniks. Katz stayed in the race, eventually getting 8.7% of the vote, well behind Moshe Feiglin. (Two other would-be contenders, Shaul Mofaz and Uzi Landau, quit after polls showed them trailing behind Feiglin).

Would the relevant Likudnik please stand up and stop whining?

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Terror Release Psychosis

By Moshe Feiglin

Tamuz, 5767
July, 2007

Translated from the Yisraeli newspaper

Yehudit Dasberg was one of the first victims of Oslo. Her daughter and son in law were murdered in a drive-by shooting near Gush Ezion. Yehudit and her husband Uri adopted their two babies and have raised them ever since. When Israel began to release terrorists, Yehudit appealed to the Supreme Court. Time and again, the court rejected her appeals. After a number of years and terrorist releases, Yehudit tried a new tactic. She came to the court equipped with a large poster onto which she had pasted pictures of more than one hundred men, women and children. "Do you know who these people are?" Yehudit asked Justice Mishael Cheshin. "These are the Jews murdered by the terrorists that you insisted on releasing."

The release of the murderers of Jews has become a fact of life. At first, they explained that it would bring peace. Today, they tell us that it will strengthen the good terrorists in their fight against the bad terrorists and that it will help get negotiations started. Nobody buys it but nevertheless, as if it were some sort of heavenly decree -- we continue to release them.

Why?

The answer to that is hidden in the realm of our denial of our Jewish identity.

We have rejected our Jewish identity and have enlisted the cruelest of our enemies to help us be rid of it. We called it a peace agreement, or Separation, or Disengagement or who knows what -- but it is all one and the same. It is the drive to purge ourselves of the Land of the Bible and the people faithful to it -- the people who interfere with our denial of our Jewish identity.

And it works. We have denied our Jewish identity so much that we tolerate the murderers of Jews. We release them time and again to preserve our illusion of normalcy.

Return to Jewish values, Jewish identity and the Land of Israel means return to Divine morals. Our sages expressed Divine security morals in the

adage, "If someone plans to attack you, be sure to attack him first." (Sanhedrin 72).

It is imperative that we return to the life-giving values of the Torah. Our security culture must be motivated by the principle that potential aggressors will be attacked before they have any chance to cause us harm. The battle must move from within our cities to enemy territory. An aggressive security stance is not only necessary, but also Jewishly moral. When this principle is applied in our security culture, it will, with G-d's help, bring Israel genuine and long lasting security.

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Feiglin Speaks Out

Maariv political correspondent Ben Caspit, guest-hosting Army Radio's Ma Boer morning talk-show interviewed Moshe Feiglin on Tuesday. "We are

back to the 90s - with Netanyahu, Barak and Olmert competing for the top spot," Caspit said. "Israeli politics is stuck with the same ideas, same

concepts and same people. We are about to talk with someone who says he is a fresh change to the old cast of characters."

[Excerpts from the interview:]

Feiglin: "The question is not about primaries but about who will lead this nation...I am running to win and not to make a show or increase influence."

Caspit: "So Netanyahu is just another leftist?"

Feiglin: Netanyahu is a very worthy person and he should certainly be active in the government, but there is no choice - the leader must

be a man of faith. We are talking about a basic element of leadership - we took G-d out of the equation."

Caspit: "But the Likud is not a religious party - for that there are religious parties. "

Feiglin: "Ben, you are mistaken. The Likud is not a secular party, but a national party. A majority of its members are traditional.

Caspit: "But you are making it religious! The Likud believes in Democracy!"

Feiglin: "I am not talking about a religious party - I am against the existence of religious parties. I am talking about restoring national pride, about

why we returned to this land in the first place. What are we if we are not Jews?"

Caspit: "Democracy overrules Jewish law and the rabbis!"

Feiglin: "It is the nation that wants a more traditional society. We are the biggest democrats. What has happened here? A tiny minority took control

of the courts, took control of the press, a group that doesn't believe in anything Jewish and dragged our society to the fringes of the Left. When a

normal person comes along - a simple, proud Jew who wants to represent what the nation wants and is proud of - he is labeled a 'right-wing

extremist.' We will lead this country, with G-d's help, very soon."

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Feiglin's Speech At The Likud Central Committee

Moshe Feiglin at Likud Central C'mtee

On Tuesday, the Likud Central Committee convened to set the date for primaries. The following are translated excerpts from Moshe Feiglin's speech at that event: Honorable Chairman and Dear Friends, "Israel's citizens have been dealing with an ominous feeling of impending doom -- as if they are about to fall into an abyss. The Nation of Israel understands that its current leadership is irresponsible and cares only about itself. That is why the Likud -- as a responsible leadership party -- must quickly offer Israel a completely different type of leadership. When the Likud members vote, they are not only electing the leader of the Likud. They are electing the leader who will defeat Nasrallah and Achmadinijad! They are electing the leader who can save Israel! And who can defeat Israel's enemies? The answer is simple. Only a leader who believes in G-d can win. We are the Nation of faith, the Nation whose faith has triumphed throughout two thousand years of exile. But we failed in last year's battle against a nobody because he had his faith, but we have lost ours. Dear friends, if we do not have leadership that believes in G-d, we simply will not be here! We will continue to stagnate, decline and eventually collapse. Today, with our decision to hold primaries, we have started the process that will depose Israel's corrupt and faithless leaders. From here, we will bring a new message to the Nation of Israel. The Likud is taking responsibility and rising to the challenge. Soon, the Nation of Israel will have worthy leadership. Leadership that believes in this nation and in this Land -- leadership that believes in the G-d of Israel. No more equations like: "If they give, they will get." We do not want to give them anything and we do not want to receive anything from them. We want to defeat them! It is simple and entirely possible -- as soon as we begin to believe. Dear friends, our triumph will begin at home. We do not stand for religious coercion and we do not plan on creating a halachic (Jewish law) state. We stand for Jewish education. We stand for restoring honor to the Jewish family. We stand for a Supreme Court that represents the Jewish people -- a Supreme Court with a Jewish heart. We stand for a proud Jewish state that knows how to deal with its enemies! And most importantly, we stand for the end of the horrible betrayal of all that is dear to us. First and foremost, of our brother Jonathan Pollard. I am running for chairmanship of the Likud because I believe with all my heart that only a leader with faith can return us to ourselves and win. Let us lead the nation, save it and create a proud and thriving Jewish state for all the generations to come! Support Manhigut Yehudit Today Now is the time! Your donation can turn the State of the Jews into the Jewish State. Joining Manhigut Yehudit is much more than just a donation. Now you're part of the team! You don't need to be living in Israel Support Manhigut Yehudit Today

Let's Be Realistic

By Moshe Feiglin

The following article is translated from Moshe Feiglin's book, "The War of Dreams."

7 Adar, 5764
February 29, 2004

Fifty six years ago, the Jews decided to establish a state in the Land of Israel. Initially, America supported the idea. But when it realized the extent of the Arab opposition, it backed down. The entire world stood back and shirked responsibility toward the small Jewish community in the Holy Land. They all waited to see how seven Arab armies would continue from the point that Rommel stopped at Al Alamein -- and add the 600,000 Jews of the Land of Israel to the 6,000,000 already murdered in Europe. An embargo was imposed on weapons sales to the determined but practically defenseless Jewish community. Old World War Two weapons shipments that U.S. Jews attempted to ship to Israel were confiscated in the New Jersey port.

Never has such a desperate, dangerous and hopeless attempt been made to establish a state. The Arabs did not hide their intentions as to the fate of the Jews in that war - or in the wars that followed. The Jews were sentenced to annihilation with shocking cruelty. The leader of the Arabs in the Land of Israel, Haj Amin el Husseini spent time in German concentration camps, learning how to build gas chambers. He had already charted out the area in which the concentration camps in the Holy Land would be built - in the Dotan Valley, not far from my home in Karnei Shomron, where I am writing these lines.

Against all odds, the State of Israel was born and became the strongest and most established state in the region. In the past decade, though, the entire world, under the orchestration and leadership of Israel, has been attempting to establish another state between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. An Arab state for the descendants of el Husseini.

In contrast to the establishment of the Jewish state, the entire world gladly supports the establishment of the Arab state. And they put their money where their mouths are. The world (and Israel ) have donated millions of dollars to the state in-the-making; they have given them huge supplies of arms, the CIA trains terrorists in special training camps, they have received fully equipped army bases, international recognition and media encouragement, seaports and airports.

Never has an ethnic group anywhere received a state in this manner - literally on a silver platter.

But something strange has happened. The Arab state in the Land of Israel has not been established.

Reality in the Land of Israel has its own set of rules. Reality in the Land of Israel is intrinsically connected to the will of the Creator. Whatever correlates to His will is realistic. Whatever opposes His will is unrealistic, even if the entire world is mobilized to achieve it. This is true in every place. But in our era in the Holy Land of Israel, it is most obvious.

Time and again the would-be realists bang our collective head against the wall. They think that their small intellect is realistic. For them, the Land of Israel is nothing more than another piece of real estate, as Rabin said about the Golan Heights. It is nothing more than a bargaining chip. But the leaders of our State who do not take the Creator's will into account deny reality. And the price of that denial is increasingly unbearable.

We know that our Eternal G-d will never let us down. We know that our Father in Heaven has brought us back to our Land and will not destroy the re-born Jewish settlement in the Land of our Forefathers. The final Return to Zion is not simply a macabre joke played upon us by G-d.

So why do we need Manhigut Yehudit? After all, we believe that G-d will work everything out for us anyway.

There are those people who relate to faith as something detached from reality. This religious approach characterized the Jewish Nation in exile -- until the appearance of Zionism. It still characterizes important sectors of the religious community. But it is this detached approach that fostered the destruction of entire Jewish communities during the Holocaust. The Jews who believed that the Nation of Israel would miraculously return to its Land were right. But the price they paid for their detached faith was staggering.

Authentic Jewish faith is not detached from reality. On the contrary, it defines reality and requires us to act to actualize it.

Reality is the will of the Creator in His world.

The reality is that there is a G-d, that there is a nation whose very existence reminds the world of His existence, that there is a land that G-d has created for His nation only and that only in this land can His children accomplish their universal mission.

That is the reality. Our job is to reveal and actualize it.

Today, there is only one political movement that is synchronized to this reality. It is Manhigut Yehudit. This synchronization to reality is becoming clear even to those who initially opposed Manhigut. Just like a surfer who rides the wave instead of fighting it, Manhigut Yehudit correctly understands reality and guides Israel and the Jewish Nation to safe shores.

Join those who have shouldered the wonderful challenge of Jewish leadership, and prevent unnecessary suffering from our Nation.

Let's be realistic. It is time for Manhigut Yehudit -- authentic Jewish leadership for Israel.

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Breaking News: Likud Primaries Scheduled for August 14

The Likud Central Committee has scheduled primaries for Rosh Chodesh Elul, August 14. Yesterday, Former Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom dropped out of the Likud primaries race, leaving Moshe Feiglin and Benjamin Netanyahu as the sole contenders for chairmanship of the Likud. According to the Jerusalem Post, Likud activists advised Shalom over the weekend not to run after Israel Radio broadcast a poll that predicted 78% of Likud members would vote for Netanyahu, 14% for Feiglin and just 8% for Shalom. Israel National News reported that Feiglin could be the true explanation for Shalom's sudden self-removal from the race. Speaking with Arutz-7, Feiglin agreed with this explanation and stated that Manhigut Yehudit is satisfied with the date set for the primaries, Rosh Chodesh Elul (August 14). Feiglin added: "We welcome the primaries as a golden opportunity to achieve the leadership position in the Likud and, no less important, to get our message of faith-based leadership into every home in Israel... The State of Israel cannot continue to exist for much longer without belief-based leadership." Now more than ever, Manhigut Yehudit needs your help. To donate click here.

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It's On!!! Feiglin vs. Bibi

It's on, folks!!! Wake up the neighbors and all of Israel. With Sylvain Shalom dropping out by wisely realizing that he would finish a poor third, this is now a race of the old and failed vs. the new and faithful. It's Bibi vs. Feiglin for the leadership of the Likud and the heart and soul of Eretz Yisrael.

This coming week, the Likud Central Committee will schedule the Likud primaries -- likely within the next two or three months. For Manhigut Yehudit, primaries are the golden opportunity to achieve the leadership position in the Likud and -- no less important -- to get our message of belief based leadership into every home in Israel. The intensive media coverage that the primaries afford is unparalleled in any other public relations campaign that we may initiate.

The State of Israel cannot continue to exist for much longer without belief based leadership. That is why losing is not an option. We must be sure that we are ready for the primaries. We need to enlist all of the healthy, belief based forces that the Jewish People can muster -- both volunteers and contributors. We must make sure that every person who has signed up for the Likud through Manhigut Yehudit actually does go to vote -- even if he is in the middle of his summer vacation on the Kinneret! We must go house to house and reach all the Likud members -- just like we did before the Disengagement referendum -- and explain that authentic Jewish leadership can save Israel. We need contributions to allow us to build an effective campaign. No less important, we have to honestly desire to lead Israel to its Jewish destiny. We must pray with all our hearts that this time, people who genuinely wish to perfect the world in the Kingdom of the Almighty will be given the chance to lead.

This is no ordinary electoral race. Israel's future -- the future of each and every Jew in the world -- is at stake. And each and every one of us can make a difference.

You can also help create the Jewish majority revolution. Now is the time to support Manhigut Yehudit. Click here for our on line secure donation form. If you are in Israel, now is the time to volunteer to help. For more information, call (Israel) 02-996-1123.

People often ask the following questions:

Q: But last time, Bibi threatened to have Moshe Feiglin expelled from the Likud and Moshe backed down!

A: Not true. Moshe Feiglin withstood tremendous pressure to quit the race. Netanyahu tried every trick in the book to have Moshe expelled from the Likud and even had a special Likud law passed in the hope that it would get him out of his way. It didn't work though, and Feiglin is running again. What did create some confusion in the public was Moshe's decision -- completely independent of Bibi's pressure tactics -- not to run for the Knesset. This time though, Manhigut Yehudit has decided that it will propose its own candidates for the Likud Knesset list.

Q: But the Likud doesn't want Manhigut Yehudit!

A: If you feel like an outsider, that is also how others will perceive you. In polls before the previous primaries, Limor Livnat received only 1% of the votes -- less than one tenth of the support that Moshe Feiglin had. Does that mean that she is not a Likudnik? The Likud is not just Bibi or Silvan. The Likud is comprised of all its members. Every person who pays his membership dues and fulfills the criteria in the Likud constitution is a full Likud member and has the right to run for any Likud position.

In the previous primaries, thousands of Likud members who did not sign up through Manhigut Yehudit voted for Moshe Feiglin. Our Jewish majority message is absolutely relevant to the average Likud member. We are confident that this time, after last summer's war and the deep despair engendered by the current leadership, many more Likudniks will vote for Moshe Feiglin.

Q: But if Moshe Feiglin wins, the Likud will lose the general elections!

A: The Likud is not a small, special interest party. The Likud is the microcosm of Israeli society. When the Likud will elect Moshe Feiglin, that means that Israeli society is ready for belief based leadership and will vote for the Likud with Moshe Feiglin at the helm.

Furthermore, when Moshe Feiglin will head the Likud, the small religious/nationalist parties will want to join him and create a large, right-wing national bloc. After all, who will vote for the NRP or the National Union when Moshe Feiglin heads the Likud? How many Likudniks will continue to vote for Shas? The united Jewish bloc will be called "Jewish Israel" and will create a true revolution in Israeli politics and society.

Q: Why doesn't Manhigut Yehudit just create its own party or join an already existing right-wing party?

A: Our goal is to lead the entire nation -- not just to play ball on our home court. The Likud is the definitive national party. The Nation of Israel is there, and that is where we must go. Those who opt for small, right-wing parties accept Netanyahu's leadership as a given. In other words, the small parties are in Bibi's pocket. He can use them and dispose of them as he pleases, with the comfortable knowledge that they may protest against him, but they will never join the Left.

Manhigut Yehudit is finished with the protests. We are in the real race: the race for leadership of Israel.

A Culture Of Loyalty

Excerpted and translated from Moshe Feiglin's book, "The War of Dreams."

Rosh Chodesh Elul, 5760
August, 2000

The basic disagreement that is tearing the Israeli public into (very unequal) pieces does not really relate to solving Israel's problems with the Arabs. The disagreement is a fundamental cultural rift -- a conflict between the culture of loyalty and the culture of betrayal.

"Are you crazy?!" Yossi Beilin bellowed when asked why Israel betrayed the South Lebanese Army. "If we had left them there, the Hizbollah would have shot at them, they would have shot back, and then the Hizbollah would have shot at Israel!" In effect, Beilin admitted that Israel chose to betray the soldiers of the South Lebanese Army, who had risked their lives for us -- simply because at that moment it did not pay to remain loyal. The interviewer did not continue to question Beilin on that point, because he accepted his response as completely sensible. To a person who has chosen the culture of betrayal, Beilin's excuses make perfect sense.

The culture that rules today in the State of Israel is the culture of betrayal. A person who is loyal to his wife, to his family, to his nation and to his heritage is necessarily going to be loyal to his land and his allies. Opposite him stand those who place themselves at the center of existence. They will obviously choose the path of betrayal -- starting with those closest to them and extending to every type of relationship in which they have a part. We cannot expect a person whose culture is not based on loyalty to suddenly display faithfulness at a certain point, no matter how talented or educated he may be. As soon as conflict arises between short term gain and long term principles -- the principles (and promises) will evaporate.

Before we demand that a candidate of the National Camp nullify the fiascos of the Left, we must demand an answer to the most important question: What is his cultural base? To what values is our candidate truly loyal -- other than himself? We must demand that he inform us not only of his plans to bring our State peace and security, but more importantly, why he thinks we need a Jewish state in the first place. Many Leftists have already openly declared that a Jewish state is unnecessary. Please explain, Mr. Candidate, why they are mistaken. These are not philosophical questions. Reality has already proven that if there is no true answer to these basic questions, the Right's candidate will also necessarily fulfill the policies of the Left.

A Culture Of Harassment

By Moshe Feiglin
19 Tamuz, 5767
July 5, 07

This article is translated from the NRG website and the Yisraeli newspaper.

The local bank manager was tired of competing for every customer. "At this rate," the manager said to himself, "I will finish my career as the manager of a small branch in a small town. I must show the national management some impressive achievements."

He had already tried the accepted forms of wooing new customers, but without much success. "In the local vegetable market," he reasoned, "all the produce is piled up high on the stands for everyone to see. Why shouldn't the bank do the same?"

The next morning, the passersby were surprised to see large bags of cash piled up high in front of the bank. The bank clerks stood next to their new money stands and hawked their wares -- convenient loans and services -- convincing the townspeople to partake of their merchandise. At first, people were a bit surprised and wary. But in no time, the new marketing initiative paid off, and the bank's profits dramatically increased.

The bank manager was already sure of his new position in national management. But the other banks began to complain. "You have created a new marketing culture that will create serious problems," they protested. "Not everyone will withstand the temptation. When they pass by the heap of money bags, they will simply take one or two." But by this time, our single-minded bank manager was giddy with success.

The bank employees, who had been afraid of lay-offs during the bank's conventional days, were also pleased with their new found popularity and roundly acclaimed the new, liberal marketing culture. They no longer had to work hard to convince customers with long rows of numbers and percentages. The customers simply passed by, saw the money and entered the bank. "Hiding the money in locked safes is a thing of the past," they proclaimed. "We are living in a new world, and every person may do as he pleases with his money. We have laws and the police to deal with thieves. It is our privilege to put the money outside."

The other banks had no choice but to jump on the new marketing bandwagon. But it didn't take long for the competition to balance the market, and the easy profits disappeared. A new problem, though, had been created. As expected, many people could not withstand the temptation, and stole bags of money. The banks lost money rapidly and turned to the parliament to enact more stringent penalties for thieves. The parliament complied and the new penalties for theft became law. "After all," the lawmakers explained, "we cannot allow theft to become a national sport."

Nothing, though, helped. Nobody took the new laws seriously, and the "grab all that you can" culture spread like wildfire. The banks insisted on putting more and more money out on the street -- in the name of liberal culture and personal freedom. On the other hand, in a futile attempt to prevent people from absconding with bags of money, the legal system created more and more laws. It failed, of course. Laws are supposed to express culture, not create it. But in our case, the law agencies attempted to enforce laws to deal with a culture that society insisted on perpetuating.

One day, the entire country was shocked by astounding news. The Honorable President had also been accused of taking bags of money. Everybody argued with everybody else -- but nobody suggested that perhaps the problem was with the culture -- and not with the law. Clearly, theft is forbidden and somebody who steals money from the pile of money bags must be punished. But maybe the source of the problem is cultural? Maybe a bank is not a vegetable market? Maybe money is a serious commodity that should be guarded in vaults and not flaunted on the street?

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I have no sentiments for Moshe Katzav. His great test was during the expulsion from Gush Katif and he failed miserably. When that national crime was being committed, President Katzav chose to support the system instead of providing the expellees with legitimacy and understanding. But later, when his own career was at stake, the President certainly knew how to decry the very same system. So I do not feel sorry for Katzav or for newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister Chaim Ramon. Both their stories represent the same problem. On the one hand, society widely supports the promiscuous culture that has developed in Israel to the extreme. On the other hand, it has enacted grossly inconsistent laws to deal with the negative results.

Ridiculously, the court determined that Chaim Ramon is guilty, but that his actions are not a "moral disgrace." But just the opposite is true. Ramon -- and possibly Katzav as well -- did not break the law. But the moral disgrace that accompanies their actions is crystal clear. As long as Israeli society refuses to deal with the cultural failure that exists here, we will continue to convict government ministers of breaking the law on the one hand, and to appoint them to top government positions on the other. "After all," we will dubiously proclaim, "their actions may have been illegal, but they were not disgraceful."

The law does not create culture. It expresses it. In this case, it contradicts it.

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Oslo Logic

By Moshe Feiglin

Tamuz, 5767
June, 2007

Translated from Moshe Feiglin's article on the NRG website.

Many were surprised last week to hear press reports of Binyamin Netanyahu's proposal to dispatch Jordan's Palestinian Badr Brigade to Judea and Samaria. Silvan Shalom hurried to outflank Netanyahu on the right and to attack the proposal with various claims. "They are too old," Silvan explained, "and furthermore, they will not protect the Jews, but rather, attack them." I happen to agree with Shalom, even though his claims are a bit shallow.

The logic behind Bibi's proposal is to roll the problem of the Arabs of Judea and Samaria to Jordan's doorstep. Netanyahu is not stupid. He understands that King Hussein is feeling the heat of the events in Lebanon and Iraq, on his northern border. Hussein clearly understands that if an Islamic revolution makes its way from Gaza to Judea and Samaria -- on his eastern border -- he will be left in an Islamic pincer that will quickly close in on him. His last hope is Israel. According to Netanyahu, Israel must take advantage of this timely opportunity.

The problem is that Netanyahu's "solution" is trapped on the plane of Oslo logic. Many people have already forgotten how, fourteen years ago, Yossi Beilin confidently explained that "we must take advantage of the window of opportunity" that had presented itself. Arafat was collapsing in Tunis, and according to Beilin's Oslo logic, that was the perfect time to initiate a daring plan to bring him to Israel. Bibi's current plan follows the same logic.

An Opposition is supposed to present an alternative. In Israel, though, the Right has surrendered its own dream and has adopted the leftist, Oslo dream. Since Netanyahu's warm handshake with Arafat, all of Israel's political paths lead to Oslo and its logic. Every Israeli already knows that if he votes Left, he will get Left, and if he votes Right, he will get double Left. That is the source of the general despondence prevailing in Israel. It is the feeling of a dead end and reality turned on its head.

The "creative" ideas that Netanyahu and his fellow politicians propose will continue to blow up in our faces. If the Badr Brigade idea does materialize, G-d forbid, its soldiers will ultimately fight against Israel under the flag of the Hamas. They will also be the bridgehead for the Islamic revolution in the Jordanian army.

It is urgent that we get off the Oslo logic stage set and begin to deal with reality. The reality is that the Land of Israel belongs to the Nation of Israel. Those people -- from both Left and Right -- who have exchanged simple Jewish logic for Oslo logic are no longer connected to reality. They are stuck on the "creative" Oslo solutions and will never be able to deal with the challenge of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel.

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Bibi Swimming Down Oslo Stream

If you don't swim against the stream, you will eventually be swept along in its current. Bibi is paddling away, right down the middle of the Oslo torrent. No Opposition leader has ever had the golden opportunity that Netanyahu had after Israel's defeat in Lebanon to overthrow the government and lead the country. But Bibi didn't do it. He is missing the two basic ingredients that an Opposition leader needs if he intends to replace the existing government:

1. An alternative ideology
2. Leadership

Although he has some alternative and "creative" tactics, Bibi does not have an alternative ideology. This leaves the majority of Israel's public with no way to express its disgust with the current, leftist leadership. It means that nobody is breathing down Olmert's neck, and that he can devote his efforts, unhindered, to dealing with the legal accusations that he faces. And it also means that when Bibi reaches the conclusion that he is becoming irrelevant on the political scene, he will simply join Olmert and help him to implement his destructive policies. (First signs of this eventuality were widely reported in Israel's media this week).

Likudniks support Bibi because they believe that he is the only Likud candidate who can beat Barak. We deeply question that assumption. If Bibi offers no ideology different than Oslo, people will choose the original instead of the imitation. As has been proven time and again, when the Likud helps to implement the Left's policies, it becomes redundant and Israeli voters abandon it for the original Left.

Manhigut Yehudit: Upstream to Jewish Destiny

Manhigut Yehudit is the ONLY movement today that has a realistic plan to lead the Nation of Israel to its Jewish destiny. Those people who hold their noses and prefer not to sully themselves in the Likud -- are simply fish out of water. In effect, they accept Bibi's leadership from the outset.

After all, no Right wing party is going to support a Leftist government. So the Right wing parties are already deep inside Bibi's pocket, leaving him or any other similar Likud leader free to join the Left, with the knowledge that the Right has no alternative. The Right wing parties that strive to be part of Bibi's coalition send him a clear message: "I promise you my vote and I promise that I will protest against you after you win." How many times can the Orange public make the same mistake?

Manhigut Yehudit is finished playing the game of pretend. We're not swimming outside the water. We are in the middle of the current -- and
swimming upstream the whole way. We are fighting inside the Likud because that is where the decisions are made. And while we're at it, we're making tremendous headway on the Jewish identity front. Influential people from all sectors of Israeli life -- from completely secular to ultra-
Orthodox -- have connected to the truth that we represent and are anxious to help.

The choice is in your hands. You can choose to be swept along with all the others down the Oslo stream. Or you can choose to swim upstream with Manhigut Yehudit. You may swallow some water along the way, but ultimately, you will have the privilege of helping the Nation of Israel fulfill its Jewish destiny.
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Onward Bibi!

Our Views: Onward Bibi
By Moshe Feiglin
Founder and President, Manhigut Yehudit

17 Tamuz, 5767 (July 3)

Binyamin Netanyahu wants Likud primaries at the earliest possible date. In fact, he has suggested a date just five weeks from now and has arranged for the Likud Central Committee to convene next week to officially set the primaries date. No matter what date is chosen, though, we continue to see the Likud as the ideal platform to further our goal of authentic Jewish leadership for Israel.

The following article is translated from Moshe Feiglin's book, "The War of Dreams." With Bibi racing toward the Prime Minister's seat with the support of a substantial segment of the right-wing public, it is important to remind ourselves of what happened the last time Bibi won with the National Camp's dedicated help.


Onward Bibi!

Sukkot, 5762

October, 2001

Song and dance greeted the elegant automobile that entered Karnei Shomron. The settler youth pranced and sang in front of the hood, and escorted the honored guest the few hundred meters to the auditorium. There was an overflow crowd as Karnei Shomron's residents waited expectantly for the guest to speak.
A visit by Binyamin Netanyahu in Karnei Shomron is a special event. In all the years that he was prime minister, the settlement did not merit even one visit from the man who won almost 100% of the votes of its residents. So it was only natural that his visit now would generate enthusiasm.
It wasn't only the settlers that pounced upon the now-available Netanyahu as if they had discovered a hidden treasure. Two months ago, the right-wing radio station, Arutz Sheva dedicated two hours of its popular afternoon broadcast to the former prime minister. Netanyahu even granted time for listeners to ask him questions. That was predictable and expected behavior on the part of Arutz Sheva. When he was prime minister, Bibi never visited Karnei Shomron; he also never deviated from his impulse to chase after the microphones of the Left. Only. So naturally, when the VIP finally made time to speak into Arutz Sheva's friendly microphone, the radio station gave him its prime time slot.
Not coincidentally, the former PM was also interviewed extensively in the right-wing Makor Rishon newspaper. Just like at Arutz Sheva, coverage of Netanyahu in Makor Rishon was most supportive. After all, Netanyahu, who when he was PM did not find one free moment for an interview with Makor Rishon, must have been tired after all the interviews that he had granted to the left-wing newspapers. Now, when he finally dedicated some time to the nationalist newspaper, it was only natural that his photos would fill its pages. For some reason, nobody asked him hard questions.
Even the Western Wall Tunnels fiasco, as described by Bibi in his interview with Makor Rishon, was tinted in a romantic shade of heroism. Arafat's soldiers killed 16 Israeli soldiers in fighting that they instigated over the Western Wall Tunnels. As a reward for their efforts, Bibi surrendered most of Hebron to Arafat and proved that Jewish blood oils the wheels of the revolution well. The Western Wall Tunnels fighting was the first time that the Palestinian Authority opened fire on IDF soldiers. Netanyahu's weak-kneed response gave the green light for all that we are enduring today.
But in the Makor Rishon interview, Netanyahu presented the Tunnel fiasco as a great accomplishment, recounting the ultimatum that he gave to Arafat and turning himself into a hero. The interviewer didn't question Bibi about his ridiculous description of the events, preferring to wrap the interview up with depictions of how the Left harassed the former PM. There's nothing like the brotherhood of the oppressed to make the loyal public forget how Netanyahu threw them behind his back the minute that he was elected.
We would need a lot of space to describe all of Netanyahu's failures. His entire term in office was one big betrayal of his voters and a complete denial of his commitments to the National Camp, as he futilely attempted to find favor in the eyes of the media and Israel's Left. There was only one principle to which he stubbornly clung -- Binyamin Netanyahu. That is why the people who were already in his pocket became irrelevant and were thrown away after use without a second thought. But whoever was able to threaten the "Holy Principle --" the Left or Arafat -- were wooed and rewarded at the expense of the disposable first group.
It is enough to recall the pleas of Hebron's Jewish residents to Bibi not to surrender the hills of Abu Sneinah to the terrorists. We all remember the warnings of Orit Struck and Noam Arnon as they described precisely what would happen if terrorists would be given control of the hills that overlook Hebron's Jewish community. It is enough to remember the tears of the parents of Shalhevet Pas, may G-d avenge her blood, who delayed the burial of their murdered baby in the false hope that their tenacity would force the government to re-capture those hills.
That would have been enough.
But the worst disaster that Netanyahu brought upon the National Camp is greater than the sum of his many failures. Netanyahu made the entire National Camp -- against its will -- Oslo supporters.
In the summer of 1995, Israel saw the largest demonstrations in its history. The Rabin government had been elected by a miniscule majority as a result of Rabin's unequivocal promises that he would not negotiate with the PLO, that there would not be a Palestinian State and that he would not retreat from the Golan Heights. We all know what happened next. But what is important to our discussion is the atmosphere on Israel's streets. Ultimately, any government draws its legitimacy from the public.
Massive demonstrations, countless local protests, the beginning of non-violent civil disobedience and the blocking of traffic throughout the entire country all did their part to preserve Israel's honor. They proved to the world that the Nation of Israel did not accept the Oslo Deception. Netanyahu was elected to replace Rabin and Peres. He was carried on the waves of those protests and was given full legitimacy to destroy the Oslo curse.
When Netanyahu, the Nationalist Prime Minister who had replaced the Oslo architects, warmly embraced Arafat, he shattered the dream. It was the most searing slap in the face that the National Camp had ever received. The elected representative of their Camp had legitimized Oslo. The demonstrators -- who had done all they could to get Netanyahu elected -- were left alone to deal with the abusive court system that hounded them for their political opinions. But Prime Minister Netanyahu did not lift a finger. The disposable people had done their job, and it did not really matter what happened to them after that.
For his part, Netanyahu claimed that when he entered office, he was forced to work within the framework of agreements that had already been signed by his predecessors. But that is simple deception. Even if the Oslo Accords had been a water-tight legal document, agreements between states have never lasted when they patently contradict the greater interests of one of the sides. And from a purely legal standpoint, the Oslo Accords were not an agreement between states, but an agreement between a sovereign state and a terror organization. Many legal experts have proven that the Accords are expressly illegal and that Netanyahu had every opportunity to absolve Israel of the insane commitments that it took upon itself when it signed the agreement.
But even if we ignore what should have been Netanyahu's commitment to the lives of Israelis, which should take precedence over agreements with terrorists; even if we ignore the fact that he had no real legal problem if he wanted to nullify the Accords; even if we accept Netanyahu's claim that he was working within the framework of reality that was forced upon him; Arafat came along and gave him the opportunity of a lifetime to bring us all down from the gallows. Just a short while after Netanyahu had become Prime Minister, Israel's citizens watched in horror as Arafat's soldiers aimed the Israeli guns that they had received from Rabin and Peres and killed sixteen Israeli soldiers, one by one. Rabin had always declared that if the Arabs would fire one shot, the IDF would re-conquer all the places that it had surrendered to the Arabs. Netanyahu, the Prime Minister elected by the National Camp, could certainly have adopted Rabin's stance.
Netanyahu had all the escape routes from Oslo open to him, but he preferred to dig his country deeper and deeper into the Oslo pit. He gave Arafat most of Hebron and even added a large quantity of weapons. Netanyahu's unequivocal choice -- made with his own free will and without coercion -- shattered the stubborn opposition to Oslo and dispersed it in every direction. The Right tired of demonstrations. Nobody is willing to sacrifice his liberty or endanger his livelihood to bring another right-wing prime minister into power, only to watch in frustration as he continues on precisely the same path as his left-wing predecessor. Netanyahu's great sin is the dashing of all hope, the planting of despair, the extinguishing of the light at the end of the tunnel.
If, G-d forbid, Netanyahu becomes Prime Minister again, he will once again betray his voters. He will once again court "peace" spins. He will once again sell himself for a positive article in the left-wing newspapers or for applause in the U.S. House of Representatives. He will once again completely spurn the National Camp.
Netanyahu will give the Left the greatest gift that they could ever receive. He will once again give them -- the Right.

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