Saturday, February 16, 2008

Jonathan Pollard's letter to the people of Sederot.His words are so prescient..

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Thank you rosewalk@concentric.net for sending me this
 
Pollard to Sderot: Praying for your success
By Yaara Maitliss -Arutz7 Hebrew News - February 15, 2008
[Translated to English by J4JP]

Esther Pollard, wife of Jonathan Pollard, the longest-held Israeli captive
languishing in an American prison, published an inspiring letter about two
years ago from her husband to the beleaguered people of Sderot under
bombardment, in which he calls upon the Government of Israel to stop the
abandonment before there are casualties. What is most amazing, his words are
so prescient that it seems as if the letter had been written today.

Pollard opens his letter with these words, "To the Dear People of Sderot,
HaShalom v'habracha! Although it is no simple matter for me in my current
circumstances, I feel compelled to get a message of encouragement and
support out to you. Five years ago,  (YM: that is now 7 years ago) I
concluded a letter to former Prime Minster Ariel Sharon with the following
statement: "Recent events in Israel demonstrate that you have an uncanny
ability to tolerate the agony of our people at this excruciating time in our
history. Be aware that this ability to block out their cries and ignore
their suffering is no more than an extension of your ability to tolerate the
agony of one Israeli agent. After all, 5 million is just 5 million
multiplied by one."

"In truth, when I wrote these words I would never have imagined how
absolutely accurate they would be today. At that time, absolutely no one
ever
imagined, even in their worst nightmares, that the situation of Am Yisrael
would degenerate to the extent that it has. Please know, Dear People of
Sderot, that in your determination to put an end to the abandonment of your
city to terror, you are fighting not only for the people of Sderot, but also
for the State and for the Nation at large," Pollard adds in his letter.

Pollard continues his message to the residents and writes, "A government
which allows your lives to be jeopardized daily by on-going missile attacks
is a government which is capable of abandoning every single citizen without
exception. If at one time there were those who believed that the victims of
government abandonment were limited to certain select individuals or groups
that could be ignored, such as: the MIAs, Mudhat Yosef, the SLA army, the
collaborators, or old folks and sick people, today it is clear that the
policy of government abandonment puts every Israeli citizen at risk! We must
restore the ideal of "Arevut Hadadit" (mutual responsibility) to our
national consciousness! All for one and one for all!"

Pollard concludes with a request, "I wish I could be with you in person at
this time to demonstrate with you in Sderot. Since I am prevented from doing
so, I am sending my dear wife, Esther, to you to bring you this letter and
this message. I call upon all The People of Israel: Stand up for your
bothers, the People of Sderot! If not for their sake, then for your own!"

Pollard signs off with the words, "Much the same way that no one could
imagine just a few short years ago that cities in Israel would be blowing up
and the world would not come to a stand-still over it, today no one can
imagine just how bad things may get if we do not wake up, and do what needs
to be done now. I pray for your success and for a speedy recovery for those
who have been injured. I urge you not to despair, for ultimately justice and
truth must prevail! With love of Israel, Jonathan Pollard."

See Also:
Hebrew text: Pollard to Sderot: Praying for your success
www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/171715




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Friday, February 15, 2008

I stand to be corrected re: Agudath Yisroel. Strength of Agudah. Shaliach Hashem

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Susie Dym sddym@bezeqint.net spokesperson for Mattot Arim a grassroots organization for Eretz Yisroel responds to my comments regarding  apparent lack of effectiveness of Agudahs resolution regarding Jerusalem at this years Agudah Convention  on US Policy.
 
a. personally i would not say to people that Aguda's statements did not have any effect on the us government. bH it is not true that the aguda's statements had no effect, in fact quite the opposite: (1) olmert was very upset by them and he made a very sharp statement indicating he was rattled by this development. (2) the Annapolis statement did not contain any overt mention of jerusalem (3) shas made a conditional commitment to leave the govt.
none of 1, 2, 3 is a geula shlema. 1 2 3 all together also are not a geula shlema. but they are ALL important steps forward, which show the great strength of aguda as שליח ה.
 
I wrote:
 
Agudah made a commitment to speak out for Jerusalem.   They did so at
> their Agudah convention in November.
> 
> http://theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/12165/contact.
> 
> Part of their resolution is as follows:"NOW, THEREFORE, the delegates
> to the 85th national convention of Agudath Israel of America hereby
> resolve that Agudath Israel of America, under the direction of its
> rabbinic leadership, should communicate to appropriate government
> officials the organization's strong belief that, for the reasons set
> forth above, Israel should not relinquish parts of Jerusalem to
> Palestinian sovereignty, and the American government should not
> pressure the Israeli government into doing so."
>
 
My comments were:
> So the United States gov't didn't listen to Agudah's appeal.  Neither
> did Olmert.  So is that the end of Agudah's appeal?.  If someone you
> love is threatening to go off a cliff and you ask him not to and he
> doesn't listen, do you simply give up trying to convince him ...



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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Dangerous Times, Rabbi Wolpo video , Rav Eliashiv, Rav Shteinman

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All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke Irish orator, philosopher, & politician (1729 - 1797) ...
 
 
Not only is Rabbi Wolpo speaking up regarding dangerous times. So is Rav Eliashiv and Rav Shteinman.  see below
 
 
From: aliza karp <alsteinkopf@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 5:33 PM
Subject: Rabbi Wolpo Video - please share
To: shlaimoshaaretz <alsteinkopf@yahoo.com>


SIX MILLION LIVES IN DANGER - RABBI WOLPO SPEAKS THE SIMPLE TRUTH
 
 
 
SIX MILLION LIVES IN DANGER
Rabbi Wolpo on Video
 
In 1965, the Catholic Church reclassified the Jewish people in a document they call Nostra Aetate.
 
Nostra Aetate (Latin for "In Our Time") is the historic document that, in 'The Jewish Chapter', established the theological foundations for reconciliation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Jewish People.
Nostra Aetate renounced the centuries' old canard [a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor] that the Jewish people collectively were a deicide [the act of killing a god] nation, guilty of killing God.
 
It took the Catholic Church 1,965 years to upgrade the Jewish people from being classified as murders.
 
Former Prime Minister Yitzchok Rabin was murdered in 1995, almost 13 years ago. I wonder if it will take another 1,952 years before religious Jews and their Rabbis will be exonerated from the murder they did not commit.
 
The official version of the Rabin assassination identifies Yigal Amir as the guilty perpetrator. Amir was affiliated with a right wing political group. It is a known fact, as confirmed by the courts, that the leader of the group - a very influential person in Amir's life - was an agent of the Shin Bet [internal security service], not an orthodox rabbi.
 
Through media and hype, orthodox rabbis were blamed for the murder. They were accused of incitement because they publicized the dangers that Rabin was putting Jews into and they called him a traitor. The dangers that the rabbis predicted have evolved from speculation to reality. If the definition of a traitor is a person who commits treason by betraying his or her country, then Rabin is a traitor. He broke the laws of his country that deal with terrorists and he broke the trust that people placed in him to do his utmost to bring safety to his constituents.
 
I think the best way to describe the reaction of the rabbis to this accusation, is by calling it fear. The rabbis were afraid to take a stand and challenge the canard. They turned their backs on the people in danger and focused on more politically correct issues.
 
With the rabbis silenced, subsequent Prime Ministers are free to act in a traitorous way without having to worry about religious leaders, men of influence, challenging their acts. To point out a traitorous act became akin to murdering a Prime Minister.
 
The headline of the January 11th edition of the Forward newspaper read, "Rabbi's Incitement Against Olmert." Incitement means to provoke, to stir up some action. The article was written by Nathan Jeffery and was published and posted elsewhere in addition to the Forward.
 
Upon close examination of the article there is no reference to the accused rabbi of actually inciting. The accused rabbi is Rabbi Sholom Dovber Wolpo. Rabbi Wolpo is the Rav of the Chabad Synagogue of Kiryat Gat, founder and director of the organization HaMateh HaOlami Lema'an HaAm VeAaretz, founder and director of SOS-Israel.com, and prolific author and speaker in matters of Halacha and Shlaimos Ha'Aretz.
 
Rabbi Wolpo's words that caused the ruckus, point out the laws defining a traitor and the punishment if found guilty by a court of law. If there were any incitement in his words, it is Wolpo asking his listeners to pressure the police to bring the Prime Minister to justice according to the law.
 
The article by Jeffery is only a sample of how the media, in many places and languages, responded to Wolpo. In his article Jeffery writes, "Wolpo's outburst is so problematic because incitement to violence by rabbis has become the ultimate taboo, since rabbinical injunctions were blamed for inspiring Yitzchok Rabin's assassination in 1995."
 
This part of the article is surprisingly accurate. The rabbis were blamed. There were no facts to back the accusations. It was not proven or even substantiated that the rabbis were to blame – but they were blamed.
 
'Incitement to violence by rabbis' is how the public views any statement against a Prime Minister by an orthodox rabbi. Calling for the arrest and trial of someone giving weapons to the enemy at the time of war is an absolute 'incitement to violence,' according to the media, if the one calling happens to be an orthodox rabbi.
 
Rabbi Wolpo is not willing to wait another 1,952 years for the media to release a statement that they no longer accuse rabbis of killing Rabin. Lives are in danger!
 
A video clip has been released featuring Rabbi Wolpo, the one rabbi who is not afraid to speak the truth. On the video Wolpo expresses sincere concern and compassion about the security of Jews living in Eretz Yisroel. He is more afraid of destruction than being blamed. He is calm and composed and tells the facts… the truth.
 
Rabbi Wolpo has one agenda. He wants to prevent another Holocaust. There are now approximately six million Jews living in Eretz Yisroel. On his video Wolpo explains how, if the government carries through with its plans, all six million lives will be in grave danger.
 
 
Odelia Jacobs wrote me this email.
 
 
Dear Robin,
    I just finished speaking with Rav Kook, Chief Rabbi of Rechovot.
Rav Kook told me that he met personally with each one of the
Gedolei Hador amongst the list, Rav Elyashiv, Rav Shteinman.....
and he also met last week with Rav Perlow and they all urged
us to do our hishtadlus in tefila and actions on behalf of Eretz Yisrael.
 
They mentioned that these are dangerous times, worse then
pre Holocaust!!!!!
 
WE MUST ALL UNITE IN ACHDUT TO DEFEAT THE RESHAIIM.
IN ACHDUS WE ARE STRONG B/C HASHEM BLESSES US EVEN MORE!!
 
Please ask Rabbi Bloom why the Aguda in NY still remains silent and
does not follow the lead and request of the Aguda in Israel???
 
                                                    Odeleya Jacobs
 
 



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PLEASE CALL/WRITE AGUDATH YISROEL OF AMERICA

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Call the Agudath Yisroel of America (contact information below) and ask them to speak out!  Rabbi Simcha Kook spoke to Rav Eliashiv and to Rav Shteinman and to the Noveminsker Rav.
 
Odelia Jacobs wrote me this email.
 
 
Dear Robin,
    I just finished speaking with Rav Kook, Chief Rabbi of Rechovot.
Rav Kook told me that he met personally with each one of the
Gedolei Hador amongst the list, Rav Elyashiv, Rav Shteinman.....
and he also met last week with Rav Perlow and they all urged
us to do our hishtadlus in tefila and actions on behalf of Eretz Yisrael.
 
They mentioned that these are dangerous times, worse then
pre Holocaust!!!!!
 
WE MUST ALL UNITE IN ACHDUT TO DEFEAT THE RESHAIIM.
IN ACHDUS WE ARE STRONG B/C HASHEM BLESSES US EVEN MORE!!
 
Please ask Rabbi Bloom why the Aguda in NY still remains silent and
does not follow the lead and request of the Aguda in Israel???
 
                                                    Odeleya Jacobs
 
So I forwarded this letter to Rabbi Avi Shafran, spokesperson of Agudah asking him to please reply to Odelia's question.  This was his reply. 
 
 In a message dated 2/13/2008 9:39:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, Shafran@agudathisrael.org writes:

Only last week we publicized (to yeshivos, shuls and a large e-mail list) a call from the Gedolim in E"Y to recite Tehillim and convene Yom Kippur Koton services on erev Rosh Chodesh because of the dire situation in E"Y, and held such a service in our offices.  Any other special tefillos or actions that those Gedolim ask us to do, you may rest assured we will undertake with alacrity.

"Remains silent"?  Perhaps your correspondent might pursue a true zechut for Klal Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael in not judging other Jews harshly and unfairly.

May we merit better times.


I responded by saying Will the fact that we davaned last week suffice? Would that really stop the Kassam Rockets?    On the other hand, constant, action, networking, public pressure, etc.  whatever, to physically stop the Kassam Rockets and of course daven, now that would be much more effective. 
 
Apparently this response didn't impress Rabbi Shafran.  But perhaps he will be more open to your responses.
 
Here is an excellent letter to the Gedoilim from Menachem Kovacs.
 

Letter from Menachem Kovacs takovacs@comcast.net
to influential Rabbanim to act now to keep Yehuda and Shomron as well as all Jerusalem under Jewish control 

(Dr. Kovacs is Director of the Jewish Roots Center in Baltimore and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Montgomery College in Maryland.)

BH

 

6005 Baywood Av

Baltimore, Md  21209

April 7, 2008

Rosh Chodesh Adar Rishon, Parshas Teruma

 

Dear Distinguished Rabbanim,

 

Please use your influence to request a brief and strong public statement from Rav Steinman Shlita and Rav Eliyashi Shlita and from other prominent Rabbanim and other Jewish leaders and organizations to overtly support the importance of Israel retaining Yehuda and the Shomron (aka "The West Bank") in addition to all of Jerusalem because;

 

(a)    They are all integral parts of Eretz HaKodesh and not "occupied" lands as our enemies contend. The very first Rashi in the Chumash tells us we will have to tell the world when they say we stole the Land that we should reply that it was G-d who gave it to us and in Parshas Masei inter alia it is G-d Himself who delineates the Holy Land's boundaries which include Yehuda and the Shomron, and

(b)   Abandoning Yehuda and Shomron, G-d forbid, would put the Jews in the remaining Israel in  a real and present existential danger on a much larger scale than the Jews today in Sderot, Ashkelon, etc. who are faced with daily rocket attacks and fatalities. The 1967 Report on Israeli security requirements of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Defense Department (The Pentagon) concluded that retention of the entire West Bank as well as Jerusalem, The Golan Heights and Gaza is an indefinite security imperative for the Jewish State, With the abandonment of Gaza to Hamas terrorist rule with increasingly advanced weapons and with the renewed stockpiling of weapons by Hizbollah after Israel's defeat in the Second Lebanon War, Israel must draw its red lines with the remaining land for its self-defense.

 

This is not a "political" matter. It is a matter of Israel's survival and, perhaps in turn, the survival of the Jewish people.  In addition, what is at stake goes to the very essence of retaining our connection as the Am Hashem to Eretz Hakodesh, a holiness we witness and experience every day and even more so now during this Shmitta year. Through your efforts now in this matter of Pikuach Nefesh, where Jewish lives and deaths are literally at stake, may Hashem bless your efforts with success to reverse the evil decree as He did "in those days at this time".  May the result be that the Jews in Israel and indeed everywhere will truly experience "Orah VeSimch VeSasson Vicar", dwelling securely with Hashem's protection.

 

BeKavod Rav.

Menachem Kovacs


Agudah made a commitment to speak out for Jerusalem.   They did so at their Agudah convention in November. 
 
 
Part of their resolution is as follows:"NOW, THEREFORE, the delegates to the 85th national convention of Agudath Israel of America hereby resolve that Agudath Israel of America, under the direction of its rabbinic leadership, should communicate to appropriate government officials the organization's strong belief that, for the reasons set forth above, Israel should not relinquish parts of Jerusalem to Palestinian sovereignty, and the American government should not pressure the Israeli government into doing so."

So the United States gov't didn't listen to Agudah's appeal.  Neither did Olmert.  So is that the end of Agudah's appeal.  If someone you love is threatening to go off a cliff and you ask him not to and he doesn't listen, do you simply give up trying to convince him and only pray? What happened pre Nazi Germany?  Jews were silent then as well. 

 Of course, it's not just about Jerusalem.  It's not just about Sederot.  It's about all of Eretz Yisroel.   Even if Olmert's gov't agrees due to public pressure, to allow Jerusalem to remain in tact (no prayers allowed however on Temple Mount) and to continue with the destruction of settlements in Judea and Samaria to pacify those that object to dividing Jerusalem only, we can't be fooled. it's not the real thing.  It's only their phase one of taking Jerusalem as well.  
 
If Olmert speaks tough or responds marginally, regarding the Kassam rockets but continues to allow an influx of weapons into Gaza and turns a blind eye, then his talk is to pacify us but it's not for real. 
 
Let Agudah use their inside influence to convince Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and Shas ministers to leave the government.  Even Rav Ovadia Yosef's oldest son, Rabbi Yaakov Yosef made a statement that Shas should leave the government since there is serious negotiations going on regarding Jerusalem.  Will they wait too long to leave as did Netanyahu?

 
Please call and/or email:
 
Rabbi Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Rabbi Avi Shafran, and Rabbi Gertzulin - Public Affaris can be reached at Agudath Yisroel  212-797-9000 
Rabbi Pesach Lerner at The Young Israel can be reached at 212-929-1525
Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb of the OU can be reached at  212-563-4000
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky Chabad Headquarters  at 718 774.4000 / fax 718 774.2718
 
and ask them to please end the Silence regarding Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and the establishment of a Terror State Chas Vechalilah.
 
Their respective emails are:
plerner@youngisrael.org
dzwiebel@agudathisrael.org
shafran@agudathisrael.org
execthw@ou.org
hq@lubavitch.com 
 

'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing' (or words to that effect)

 
Please cc:  or bcc: all correspondence to myself and/or Susie Dym and/or Odelia Jacobs 
Odel216@aol.com  so that it won't be ignored.
 
P.S. Faxes work the best.
 
 
1. Chaim Amsellem Tel:  02-649-6457 02-675-3474  fax 02-649-6527 eamsalem@knesset.gov.il
 
2. Ariel Atias  Tel: 02-675-3220 aatias@knesset.gov.il  Minister of Communications
 
3. David Azoulay Tel: 02-640-8184 02-640-8185  fax:02-675-3908 dazulay@knesset.gov.il
 
4. Shlomo Benizri Tel: 02-640-8196  02-640-8197  fax:02-675-3747 slomob@knesset.gov.il
 
5. Amnon Cohen Tel: 02-640-8372 02-640-8373 fax 02-640-8927 amncohen@knesset.gov.il
 
6. Yitzhak Cohen Tel: 02-640-8397  02-640-8398 fax: 02-670-6157 izchakec@knesset.gov.il
 
7. Yakov Margi Tel: 02-640-8187 02-640-8188 fax: 02-675-3759 ymargi@knesset.gov.il
 
8. Avraham Michaeli Tel: 02-640-8128  02-640-8129 fax: 02-675-3961 amichaelli@knesset.gov.il
 
9. Meshulam Nehari Tel: 02-640-8446 02-640-8447 fax: 02-649-6447 mnahari@knesset.gov.il
 
10. Yitzhak Vaknin Tel: 02-640-8106 fax 02-649-6027 yvaknin@knesset.gov.il
 
11. Eliyahoo Yishai Tel: 02-640-8406 02-640-8407 fax: 02-666-2909 eyishav@knesset.gov.il 
      Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
 
12. Nissim Zeev Tel: 02-640-8151 02-640-8152 fax: 02-649-6549 nzeev@knesset.gov.il
 


 



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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

An Authentic Jewish Mission Statement according to Biblical Sources.

 
 
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Looking for Clarity according to Biblical Sources
 
Why have we, the Jewish Nation been Silent?  President Bush is convinced that the Roadmap is the way to go and mainstream American Jewish Organizations  have yet to publicly deny that it's the Jewish way.
 
Where is clarity of the Jewish position regarding our entitlement to our Jewish homeland based on the boundaries delineated in the Torah?   Where is clarity regarding our position of a 2 State Solution and the Roadmap proposed by the Bush Administration and Olmert Administration.  Where is clarity and a Jewish statement that correlates observance of Mitzvoth depending on the Land with security in the Land.  Where is clarity related to the status of non Jews?  Are agreements and treaties that are against the Torah binding or alternatively null and void?
 
And the answer is....
All major Jewish Organizations including Agudath Yisroel, OU, Young Israel and Lubavitch Headquarters have basically been silent letting everyone second guess what their position is.
 
Read the Pesukim again and again.  Here is an attempt to make a clear statement according to Biblical Sources.  All comments are welcome.
 
 
Mission Statement
 
The entire world belongs to G-d.  (1) He created the world and apportioned His land to whomever He deemed worthy of residing therein. (2) 
 
We are a people of faith.  It is written in the Torah, that the land of Israel, was promised by G-d to our forefathers, Avraham, Yitzchok and Yaakov, to be passed down to His chosen nation Israel, as an everlasting inheritance.  (3) The boundaries of the Land of Israel are delineated in the Torah.  (4) (5). Any agreement to revoke the Covenant with our forefathers is considered null and void.
 
Our Nation was chosen by G-d to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation, and to infuse the world with holiness by observing the holy commandments in the Torah. (6) This and only this will bring peace and prosperity to mankind. (7)
 
No other nation, peaceful or hostile has that mission or mandate.  Any claim to the Land of Israel by an alien entity is purely one of a stolen identity.
 
An Arab State living side by side in the holy land is a contradiction in terms and is in defiance to the desire of the Creator of the world (2).  Our obligation to perform the commandments sanctifying the land, impels us to say "How can we keep the commandments like Shemittah without the land of Israel?"  Annulling the Covenant (9) by false treaties which gives away our land is a recipe for disaster (10)  So is walking with happenstance with G-d.  There are daily ongoing miracles that have occurred in  Gush Katif, and now in Sederot.  We won a miraculous victory in  1967   and the Jewish nation has  miraculously survived and outlived Nazi Germany.  
 
The roadmap promoted by President Bush, Condeleeza Rice, and the government of Israel  (GOI) has empowered evil and terror to reign in the world. In addition, G-d has sent His witnesses and His emissaries, the heavens and the earth (8) to wreak havoc in His world in the form of natural disasters - tzunami's, hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes.
 
We call upon all people of faith to use their G-d given talents, resources and abilities to work to proclaim these truths. We defy the evil forces that use their resources be it oil or other, to instill a fear society rather than a free society. (11)
 
Collectively, let us call for a reversal of the Camp David accords, Oslo, the convergence plan, unilateral withdrawals and the roadmap which advocates the two state solution.   Let us choose life, that which is good.  (14)
 
It is time to cut our losses, recognize that we are going in the wrong direction and start anew, going in the right direction -  with a Torah roadmap.  This will issue in a new era filled with peace and blessings for humanity. ( 7)  (14)
 
For the commandments which G-d has commanded is not hidden and it is not in heaven....it is not over the ocean...Rather the matter is very near to us...in our mouth and in our hearts to perform it. (14)
 
We are commanded to wage a holy war - a Milchemet Mitzvah to defend our entitlement to the land. (12)  In our days the Milchemet Mitzvah is also in PR and the media.  Each and every Jew, man, woman and child is a soldier and the weapon is the mouth and the pen  via  conversations, mail,email, fax, telephone, blogs, websites, print media,radio and TV and organizational dinners and functions.
 
In Biblical times those that accepted Jewish sovereignty and the 7 Noachide laws were welcome to remain under the Status of Ger Toshav.(13)  We would be endangering our security if we allowed those that wished to annihilate us to stay within shooting range.   
 
The nation of Israel is the violinist.  The land of Israel is the violin.  The Torah is the music.  When the Nation of Israel, live a holy life in the holy land  we become the conductors for the entire world. 
 
It is our position that the nations of the world adhering to the 7 Noachide laws, join, support and participate in this magnificent and mighty orchestra rather than destroy the instruments, the players and the music.
 
And rather than war and terror, let the music begin....
 
(1) Shemos/Exodus 19:5
 
 
Also the Lubavitch Rebbe zt"l quotes the first Rashi
 
In the beginning, G-d created the Heavens and the Earth

What is the reason the Torah begins with Creation? Because if the nations of the world say to Israel: "You are robbers because you have conquered with force the lands of the nations of Canaan" Israel can answer: "He created it and gave it to whomever was proper in His eyes. Of His own will He gave it to them and of His own will He took it from them and gave it to us."

-- Rashi on Genesis 1:1


(3) Bereishis/Genesis 13:15-18 ; 17:8 (HaShem to Avram - promise of land; to Avraham - new name and reiteration of promise of land)
 
The Covenant with Abraham is Breishis/Genesis 15:18-21. (extended boundaries, from the River of Egypt to the Eurphrates River, covers boundaries of 10 nations)
 
The Covenant to Isaac Breishis/Genesis 26:2-6.
 
The Covenant of Jacob is in Breishis/Genesis  28:13-16.
 
The Covenants and promises to the forefathers share three points. 1. Land is promised to them and to their children afterwards 2. The Nations of the world are blessed through them and 3. the children must keep the commandments in order to be worthy of the Land.

Shemos/Exodus 6:4,8 (HaShem to Moshe - reminder of promise to the Avot)
 
Isaiah 11:12; 49:12; 51:11 (Ingathering of exiles; return to Zion)

Amos 9:14,15 (Return from captivity - plant on to the land - never again to be uprooted)

Ezekiel 36:24, 36; 37:21( Gathering from all the lands to your own soil)
 
 
(4) Breishis/Genesis 15:18-21. (extended boundaries, from the River of Egypt to the Eurphrates River, covers boundaries of 10 nations)
 

(5) Bamidbar/Numbers 33:53; 34:13 (HaShem to Moshe - boundaries of Eretz Yisrael, the 7 nations)

(6) Shemos/Exodus 19: 5-6  (The Nation of Israel will be a Kingdom of Priests and a holy nation)     
 
(7)  Hashem's blessings to Am Yisroel
Vayikra 26: 1-14
Devarim 28: 1-14
 
(8) Devarim 31:28 G-d calls heavens and earth as witnesses
Devarim Perek 32 Parashas Haazinu.  Hashem calls upon Heaven and Earth to be the witnesses. 
 
(9) Leviticus 26:42-46  Hashem will send the Nation of Israel to Galus for  rejecting the Covenant with our forefathers and despising the Mishpatim and Chukim (ordinances and decrees) but Hashem will not reject them completely to obliterate them because He will remember the first Covenant when He took us out of Egypt before the eyes of the nations of the world to be G-d unto them. 
 
(10) Leviticus 26:14-41 Tochacha
Devarim 28: 15-69  Tochacha
Devarim Perek 31 Pasukim 17-23 (Hashem's anger in hiding his face since the Jews annulled the Covenant made with our forefathers and did not keep the Torah a natural outcome.)
 
 
(11) When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom. (Sharansky)
Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected. (Sharansky)
 
(12) Rambam Laws of Kings 5:1,2
 Which is a Milchemet Mitzva? This is a war to save Israel from an enemy that has attacked them.
 
(13) In biblical times a Gentile who observed the seven Noachide laws in the Holy Land was regarded as a resident alien or Ger Toshav in Hebrew. (גֵר תּוֹשָׁב)
 
(14) Devarim 30  Returning to G-d
        Devarim  30: 11-15



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