Jonathan Tobin - Defending the Right to a Jewish State
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 3:26 pm
Victor shares this article:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1214/tobin120114.php3
And writes:
Netanyahu is right and time has come for Israelis to stand and say, “This land is OUR land, period.”
And to hell with “democracy.” What IS that anyway? Democracy is the bottom of the image dreamt by Nebuchadnezzar as recorded in Daniel. It is the feet of iron and clay, base materials compared to gold, silver and even bronze. Iron and clay are materials that won’t mix together and are doomed to failure. That’s what democracy is, a mixture of rulers and the ruled, with each presuming to rule the other. Democratic government is not only the bottom of Daniel’s image, it is “the bottom of the barrel.” So why cling to it as virtuous?
This move of Netanyahu’s is visionary and necessary. Some Jews are apparently catching on that they must stand up for what should and must ultimately be true; they must be willing to put away their fears and lay it all open on the table. They must take Esther’s lead and say, “If I perish, I perish, but here’s my stance.” It is coming to an “all or nothing” situation, isn’t it? No middle ground, hoping and pretending all is fine; it’s not. Israel, it’s time to “fish or cut bait.”
Victor Hafichuk
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1214/tobin120114.php3
And writes:
Netanyahu is right and time has come for Israelis to stand and say, “This land is OUR land, period.”
And to hell with “democracy.” What IS that anyway? Democracy is the bottom of the image dreamt by Nebuchadnezzar as recorded in Daniel. It is the feet of iron and clay, base materials compared to gold, silver and even bronze. Iron and clay are materials that won’t mix together and are doomed to failure. That’s what democracy is, a mixture of rulers and the ruled, with each presuming to rule the other. Democratic government is not only the bottom of Daniel’s image, it is “the bottom of the barrel.” So why cling to it as virtuous?
This move of Netanyahu’s is visionary and necessary. Some Jews are apparently catching on that they must stand up for what should and must ultimately be true; they must be willing to put away their fears and lay it all open on the table. They must take Esther’s lead and say, “If I perish, I perish, but here’s my stance.” It is coming to an “all or nothing” situation, isn’t it? No middle ground, hoping and pretending all is fine; it’s not. Israel, it’s time to “fish or cut bait.”
Victor Hafichuk