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History has shown that when we unite for the sake of uniting and not uniting for the sake of Torah then the opposite occurs. When we act in order to make a good impression, to please the media but not in the way of Torah the media turns against us.
Examples in History:
The people of Gush Katif and the Yesha Cuncil wished to show brotherly love to their fellow Jews. They did not want to speak out against the Government. They tried their hardest to win over their fellow Jew. However, they never really sounded Biblically correct. It wouldn't make good media. Talking brotherly love is a much more popular stand to take. The end result was that their brothers turned against them, destroyed their homes and property and now they really have a good reason to hate their brothers even though they will try their hardest to not focus on hatred for their own sake and even join with their uprooters for the sake of peace. I wonder if their children will be as forgiving.
Another example:
A military operation to get rid of terror enclaves in Jenin was strategically based on how it would look in the Media. Rather than an air strike that might endanger Palestinian civilian population that were being used as human shields for weapons and arms to be used against Israel. the Israeli military chose instead a ground attack thereby putting the lives of their own soldiers in jeopardy. I myself know one of the soldiers that was killed in that operation along with many of his comrades. How did the media respond to Israel's sacrifice? They described the Jenin Operation as War Crimes. Please see BBC report http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2396071.stm
Why bring this up?
There is a movement to unite Jewish Mainstream groups to take a stand against Dividing Jerusalem and giving away Temple Mount. That sounds like a great idea. After all who doesn't have heartstrings for Jerusalem. Even the most secular Jew might even speak up for Jerusalem. We'll unite EVERYBODY! In fact we may even succeed! HURRAH!
What's the problem?????
The problem is that by being outspoken about Jerusalem and being silent regarding YESHA we are setting ourselves up for a wonderful compromise. The OU wrote a letter to President Bush and Olmert protesting dividing of Jerusalem and regarding the Jewish Connection to Har Habayit. Joe Orlow read it on his radio program midnight Wednesday night Oct 11th. On the surface it truly was a beautifully written letter and made a wonderful impression. They even say in their letter that they themselves invited Olmert to their Conference in Jerusalem to speak the previous year. They honored Olmert who has initiated this November Summit and now they see it their duty to speak up. It was signed by Stephen Savitsky and Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb. The OU came across sounding like they were being proactive in speaking up for Jerusalem and showed true leadership on their part. However more is to be learned from what they DIDN"T SAY. Did they speak against a Palestinian State? Did they say that they were sorry that they didn't speak out against the Gush Katif expulsion now having hindsight?
Bush is dead set about establishing a Palestinian State. He may be wishy washy about whether to give parts of Jerusalem away. He may not like the idea of giving away Temple Mount to the Arabs since they already are in charge under Jewish Sovereignty. So he will say, perhaps we will use Jerusalem as a bargaining chip. We keep the status quo of Jerusalem and Temple Mount and establish a Palestinian State! Now everyone is HAPPY!. What's the problem. Obviously you Jews mainly care about Jerusalem since you barely said a word about Judea and Samaria.
I see BIG TROUBLE. What is the point of a united Jerusalem w/o YESHA???? What is the point of having a Temple at the expense of standing by idly as hundreds of thousands of Jews of Yesha are expelled from Eretz Yisroel. G-d needs this kind of Jerusalem? FEH! If you don't yell and scream now about YESHA I think it will come to haunt you! Because once again we are not Biblically correct and only politically correct the Unity we so much desire will actually create division and disunity and terrible pain and suffering among our people.
Can talking TORAH unite all Jews? Not only can it unite all Jews secular and Hareidi, but it can unite Jews and Christians and even Moslims. In fact it is the only thing that can unite everyone. The Torah is eternal and it is Truth. All other messages ignoring Torah will be blown away eventually. Only the Torah will remain steadfast.
Please get in touch with the organizers of the rally to protest a Divided Jerusalem and let YOUR Biblically Correct VOICE BE HEARD. Speak to Israel Kaplan and Tsafrir Ronen.
This will be posted on http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com
