ICHUD LEUMI and more on the Scorned Wife

bs"d

Fantastic!

Ichud Leumi seems to have a solid base in Torah and is really building up support and has a group of strongly committed activists. Politics is not important except when it is to promote Torah.  The Torah is universal to mankind and will unite. 

Ichud Leumi is presenting Eretz Yisroel in a manner that reflects true Judaism. Let Netanyahu loose all his supporters. The same for Moshe Feiglin if he insists are staying with Likud. The same for UTJ and Shas who claim that they represent Torah but have shown a willingness to forego on the sanctity of Eretz Yisroel and give away parts of Eretz Yisroelin the name of  Pikuach Nefesh for Israel's defense.

 Avraham Avinu was willing to give away his wife Sara to Pharoh, believing that he would be killed and she would be taken anyway and  because Avraham perhaps felt that she would be protected by a miracle.  That was before the giving of the Torah.  Also, Pharoh didn't actually know that Sara was Avraham's wife. 

Why don't the Nations of the world know that Eretz Yisroel belongs strictly to Am Yisroel?  Haven't we received the Torah? Isn't it public knowledge she is sanctified to Am Yisroel.

Is it because we haven't told them and haven't integrated this knowledge into our practice of Judaism?

 To  belong to a party that shows a willingness to negotiate away Eretz Yisroel, creates a situation of Pikuach Nefesh rather than prevents it.

There are certain things that one does not negotiate and your wife is one of them.

Because a willingness to give away your wife to your business associates as a political favor or in return for security is deplorable.   It doesn't make her feel much better when both she and you gets beaten up and you go back to take her and you tell her new master, had you only treated her properly she could have been yours.

Even the next higher level of saying,  I know that you will not treat her properly and will in fact beat us both up,  so I can not give her to you.  This too is extremely degrading to the wife.  And holding your nose when you say this, knowing that it's still an insult to your wife, doesn't help much.

This emphasis only on Pikuach Nefesh, Israel's defense is missing the point of not appreciating the sanctity of the marriage to begin with. It shows there there is no understanding of how truly wonderful and fantastic this marriage can be for the entire world!

Let us Shout Out to the world, I love my wife, it is a marriage made in heaven and I never want to depart from her.  I have hurt her terribly by not appreciating who she is and what she can become.  I have sinned against the Master of the Universe who has provided me with such a special partner and I have rejected her and cast her away. The Master of the Universe has been patient with me but for how long?  When will His wrath and fury reach the boiling point? The Land of Israel is the place of His dwelling, the place where His Shechina rests.

How can the government, Likud, Shas, UTJ,   or any other party talk about reciprocity thereby showing their willingness to share what is sanctified for us alone?

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On a separate, less emotional note, for your latest news on the War in Gaza

Please go on http://www.yeshabulletin.com

You can see running headlines of Arutz7, latest news posts from Ynet and Jpost, Activities of Women in Green, Ichud Leumi and all about the Yesha communities.  Last night alone it had 26,000 posts growing by leaps and bounds!

Also, I would like more serious discussion about returning the role of  Rabbanic Leadership in the decision making process of a Jewish Government using as a reference the role of the Sanhedrin and the Zekeinim in the times of the Shoftim. 

Sincerely, Robin

2009/1/13 eli7 <eli7@womeningreen.org.il>

 

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הודעה זו נשלחת שנית מאחר ושמענו מכמה אנשים שלא קיבלו הודעה זו או בעצם לא הבחינו שמדובר בדוא"ל בנושא איחוד לאומי, ומחקו את התוכן.

 

From: Nadia & David Matar [mailto:nmatar@netvision.net.il]
Subject: Wednesday in Hevron יום רביעי בחברון

 

 

ENGLISH TEXT FOLLOWS HEBREW TEXT

 

שלום חברים

 

מי שמקבל את האימיילים האלו הוא מי שנרשם כפעיל בכנס של מוצאי שבת במרכז הישראלי או מי שהביע נכונות לעזור ע"י שליחת אימייל.

אם אינכם מעוניינים לקבל מיילים אלו נא ציינו זאת באימייל חזרה.

 

בברכה

 

נציגות פורום הנשים הארצי למען האיחוד הלאומי:

יהודית קצובר 0545866059 - רחל סילבצקי 025865307 - נדיה מטר 0505500834 

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עידכון איחוד לאומי:

 

1) ביום רביעי הקרוב,(מחר!!) י"ח טבת תשס"ט, 14/1/09 בשעה 14:00

ביום רביעי, בשעה שתיים, מפלגת התקווה איחוד לאומי מסריטה תשדיר בחירות
במערכת המכפלה. . אנו זקוקים למשתתפים רבים
בסרטון, ולכן נודה לכם מאוד באם תגיעו למערכת המכפלה בחברון ותשתתפו בתשדיר.ב:

מקום:  מערת המכפלה בחברון
שעה:   14:00    

כדי שהתשדיר יהיה משכנע ומרשים, רצוי שיהיו הרבה משתתפים.

תודה,עתליה בן מאיר  0542345836 

 אנא התקשרו אלי ותודיעו לי באם אתם יכולים או לא יכולים להגיע

 

2) כינוס פעילים להצלחת המערכה של נאמני ארץ ישראל

הכינוס יתקיים ביום שני, אור לכ"ד בטבת, בגן האצטרובל בצומת גלילות שמצפון לתל-אביב בשעה 7 בערב. יותוו בו הדרכים לקראת המאבק הגורלי על ארץ ישראל, וממנו תצא הקריאה לאחדות למען הצלת ארץ הקודש. ינאמו רבנים, אישי ציבור ונציגי התנועה.

לפרטים: מוטי מרקוביץ, 054-6354468

3) סיכום כינוס איחוד לאומי במוצ"ש שאורגן ע"י פורום נשים למען האיחוד הלאומי

http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/184029

4) אודות כינוס נוער איחוד לאומי של היום

http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/184083

5) אז מה אפשר לעשות?

אין הרבה זמן והעבודה מרובה. ליזום ליזום ליזום! אל תחכו לטלפונים מפעילי האיחוד הלאומי. יזמו בעצמכם חוגי בית או פעילות אחרת.

מצורפים דפים שחולקו בכנס במוצ"ש. הדפיסו אותם ועליהם כתוב מה אפשר לעשות. דוגמא אחת:

תנו כח לאיחוד הלאומי: מדפיסים הדף המצורף- פותחים פנקס טלפונים אישי או רשימות של שמחות משפחתיות- מתקשרים לחברים ולבני משפחה ומשכנעים לפחות 28 איש (כח) להצביע עבור האיחוד הלאומי.רושמים את שמותיהם על הדף המצורף ומפקססים לנו. ישר כח!!

 

מארגנים חוגי בית של לפחות 20 איש. מתקשרים למתאמת חוגי הבית חיה קנדלר 0526051926 ומארגנים חוג בית עם אחד ממועמדי האיחוד לאומי.

 

בהצלחה לכולנו. בע"ה נעשה ונצליח!!

 

 

ICHUD LEUMI UPDATES:

This email is being sent to you because you have registred at the Motsaei shabbat Ichud leumi evening or because you have shown an interest by email to receive our Ichud Leumi updates. If you do not want to receive those emails please email us and we will unsubscribe you.

 

Sincerely

 

The representatives of the Women's Forum for the Ichud leumi

Yehudit Katzover 0545866059 - Rachel Silvetzky 025865307 - Nadia Matar 0505500834

1)On Wednesday January 14th at 2:00pm

The Ichud-Leumi Party is filming an election clip at the Maarat
haMachpela on Wednesday, 14 January, at 14:00. We want a
persuasive and impressive election clip and therefore it is important
that we have many participants. Please come and bring other Ichud leumi participants.

This is your chance to meet the Ichud leumi candidates.

The filming will be with the participation of the candidates, Rabbis, public figures etc...

Place: Maarat haMachpala
Time: 14:00

Please tell us if you are coming so we get an idea of how many people will come

by calling Atalia Ben Meir 0542345836

 

2) IcHud Leumi Activist gathering next Monday January 19th at 7:00pm in North Tel Aviv, tsomet Glilot in Gan itstrubal.

For details Motti Markowitz 054-6354468

 

3) Summary of Ichud Leumi meeting motsaei shabbat

http://www.yeshabulletin.com/FIGHT%20BACK/HaIchud%20Leumi1-Eng.doc

 

4) ICHUD LEUMI ANGLO department

We are looking for volunteers to help with the Ichud leumi English campaign

in preparation for the upcoming elections.

The Ichud Leumi is the only party that is fully committed to Eretz Yisrael.

If you would be interested in helping or contributing please contact me at
my e-mail address or phone number below.

Dov Kass

dovkass@013.net

050-8711334

5) Meet Katzele in Elazar Gush Etzion

Please join us as we meet the leader of the new Ichud Leumi party, the charismatic and dynamic, Yaakov Katz, also known as Ketzaleh who will be speaking in English at a chug bayit at the Moadon in Elazar, next Thursday, January 22 at 8 PM.

He is a founder of the town of Beit El and father of seven. Ketzaleh has headed the Beit El Yeshiva institutions for over 25 years and the Arutz Sheva broadcast network. Ketzaleh was a Shaked Commando unit officer who lost part of his leg in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. He has also served as senior advisor to Housing Minister Ariel Sharon during the period when Sharon promoted extensive building in Yehuda and Shomron. Ketzaleh's integrity and commitment to to the land and people of Israel is worthy of our support. Hope to see you there.

Alan Simanowitz

asimanowitz@yahoo.com

 

6) So..what can we do?

See attached flyers for ideas. Most importantly: do not wait for a phonecall but rather initiate!

Organize a Chug bayit: Call Haya Kendler who organizes chug bayits- she will tell you which Ichud Leumi candidate is available what night- make sure at least 20 people attend the chug bayit - kol hakavod

Koach to the Ichud Leumi: open your personal phonebook and convince at least 28 (koach) of your friends and relatives to commit to vote Ichud Leumi. Write down their names on the attached sheet and fax it to us.

 

Please G-d we will do and please G-d we will succeed. Behatzlacha

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fwd: TZC-Newsletter-Jan-9-09 Vayechi, Download, Print and Read.

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SHABAT SHALOM!

Israel and the Land of Israel - The Sanctity of a Marriage and Holiness is not merely a matter of Defense

bs"d

Dear Friends, amv"sh

Please Get (no pun intended) this point across. Please speak to your friends and email everyone. THIS WAR in  not merely a war to defend ourselves from rockets.  Because if that's the only issue it is like saying it's ok to give ones wife to ones business associates for his enjoyment on condition that she is not beaten up.

I fear from G-d's wrath upon all of Am Yisroel  How easy it is for us to simply take a plane and come to live and settle and the Land of Israel. The airways are still open. Yet have we come to claim our precious land and sanctify her as per G-d's wishes and Holy Torah???????Or are we complacent and sit by while the Land is given away???

How did Hashem respond in Melachim 2 Perek 17 respond when finally the Jews of Malchai Yisroel had access toJerusalem and didn't go up to Har Habayit to the Holy Temple. That was the final straw that brought the exile.   Where is our yearning and desire for the Beit Hamikdash and the Mitvoth of the Torah dependant on the Land.  Only in a bunch of speeches.  But not really relevant????

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 8:20 PM, <do4israel@live.com> wrote:

Let get this project rolling

 

 

by Maayana Miskin

(IsraelNN.com) Several Jewish nationalist groups have come together to sponsor a massive PR campaign calling to return to Jewish towns in Gaza. "There is a solution: Going back to Gush Katif," the campaign's posters say.
Advertisements bearing the slogan have been placed on 1,500 buses, and soon will go up on billboards throughout the country.
Shai Gefen of SOS-Israel, one of the groups behind the initiative, explained that the goal is to change the public way of thinking about Gaza. The campaign aims to convince Israelis that only a permanent return to Gaza will permanently solve the problem of Gaza terrorism.

A group of former Gush Katif residents is prepared to return to Gaza, SOS-Israel activists said. The group will meet on Sunday in the Gush Katif museum in Jerusalem to formally announce their intention to return to their former homes.
Former residents of Gaza began organizing a group of those ready to return four months ago, three years after they were expelled from Gaza under the 2005 Disengagement plan. The group styled itself after the "Homesh First" group, which seeks a return to the northern Samaria town of Homesh, from which Jews were expelled under the Disengagement plan.
Homesh First spokesman Yossi Dagan recently explained the initiative in light of the ongoing Operation Cast Lead military action in Gaza. "These days we're getting a dramatic illustration of what was already known, that the uprooting-Disengagement that was termed 'a national mission' was a national disaster of enormous proportions," he said.
Despite fully withdrawing from Gaza, Israel does not have quiet and is still involved in Gaza's problems, Dagan said. "The process cost Israel a captive soldier, Gilad Shalit, dozens killed, a cost approaching NIS 20 billion, a rend in the social fabric..." he explained. "We must at the very least go back to what we used to have, to take over Gaza and clean out the nests of terror."

YET THERE IS A CAMPAIGN AFOOT INVOLVING ALL MAJOR JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS TO GIVE THE LAND AWAY. WHEN WE GIVE AWAY JUDEA AND SAMARIA WE ARE GIVING AWAY THE CORE OF OUR LAND, THE HOLY PLACES WHERE OUR
HISTORY EVOLVED. WE ARE GIVING UP ONLY JUDEA?  WHAT WOULD JEWS BE CALLED IF WE GIVE UP JUDEA? AND
THOSE INTRUDERS WHO WILL OCCUPY JUDEA, WOULD THEY NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE CALLED JUDEANS AS WELL?
WHEN WE GIVE UP THE LAND, WE GIVE UP OUR HISTORY, WE GIVE OUR IDENTITY AND WE GIVE UP OUR SOUL.
WE HAVE COME TO STOP THIS MADNESS. TO SAY TO THEM:WE ARE TIRED OF EXPULSIONS, WE ARE TIRED OF POGROMS, WE ARE TIRED OF SUICIDE BOMBERS AND INDISCRIMINATE MURDER IN THE STREETS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO SPEAK OF THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, WE ARE GOING TO SPEAK OF OUR LEGITIMATE AND INALIENABLE RIGHTS. WE WILL NOT ENDANGER OUR PEOPLE WITH FOOLISH DREAMS THAT HAVE BEEN TRIED AND DISCREDITED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.(
 
Speech at the Concert
in Central Park
June 1st, 2008


YET THERE IS A CAMPAIGN AFOOT INVOLVING ALL MAJOR JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS TO GIVE THE LAND AWAY. WHEN WE GIVE AWAY JUDEA AND SAMARIA WE ARE GIVING AWAY THE CORE OF OUR LAND, THE HOLY PLACES WHERE OUR
HISTORY EVOLVED. WE ARE GIVING UP ONLY JUDEA?  WHAT WOULD JEWS BE CALLED IF WE GIVE UP JUDEA? AND
THOSE INTRUDERS WHO WILL OCCUPY JUDEA, WOULD THEY NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE CALLED JUDEANS AS WELL?
WHEN WE GIVE UP THE LAND, WE GIVE UP OUR HISTORY, WE GIVE OUR IDENTITY AND WE GIVE UP OUR SOUL.
WE HAVE COME TO STOP THIS MADNESS. TO SAY TO THEM:WE ARE TIRED OF EXPULSIONS, WE ARE TIRED OF POGROMS, WE ARE TIRED OF SUICIDE BOMBERS AND INDISCRIMINATE MURDER IN THE STREETS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO SPEAK OF THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, WE ARE GOING TO SPEAK OF OUR LEGITIMATE AND INALIENABLE RIGHTS. WE WILL NOT ENDANGER OUR PEOPLE WITH FOOLISH DREAMS THAT HAVE BEEN TRIED AND DISCREDITED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.(
 
Speech at the Concert
in Central Park
June 1st, 2008
Rabbi David Algaze

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My comments to Hallelukah re: National Union, Feiglin, Sanhedrin

bs"d

My Dear Friends, amv"sh

Sometimes I really wonder if my emails are being read.  Baruch Hashem I see that there is a listening audience.  Before I address the subject at hand let me mention that my email "Hallelukah" about the newly formed National Union Party was cc"d to my list unintentionally.  As you know,  I usually send TO: do4israel@live.com and BCC everyone else. I CCds rather BCC'd by accident. As a result my list is being bombarded with emails.

Many of you welcome this discussion.  Thank you so much for sharing with others your views. Others do not and do not appreciate the volume of emails generated..

If you do not want to be part of this discussion please email the others to let them know.  Personally, I very much enjoy an open debate where we can address our opinions and concerns in a respectful manner. 

Rabbi Dov Stein of the Sanhedrin raise important points about speaking out proudly and forcefully about our Covenant and also raising awareness  of the Torah passages that people say are not relevant, politically incorrect, racist etc. The passages that speak about destroying the inhabitants of the Land if they continue with their idol worship is rarely quoted and if quoted will be labeled as very extreme and not to be taken literally.  Regarding this point please read if you haven't already,  http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2009/01/breaking-news-4-katyusha-rockets-hit-up.html which speaks about Parshat Shoftim Chapters 2-4.

 I would like to have an open discussion about what can be done to make Torah and Dat (do's and do nots of our religion) all inclusive for humanity rather than seen as coersion and repression in the name of religion.  The importance of a Rabbinic Authority acting as a Sanhedrin, or the Zekainim of our time and choosing a leader like a Shofet can become a reality in government that has Torah as its guide.

 It is a natural phenomenon to run like the wind when we feel that our personal way to express ourselves in this world, or the way we wish to express our Judaism and love of Hashem is being stifled and repressed in the name of religion. But Torah should do the opposite and if it is repressive, there is something not quite Kosher.

My own disappointment re: Moshe Feiglin's decision to stick with Likud can be found at http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2009/01/feiglin.html.  I do admire the entire MY team and hope that they understand that others feel that they are actually limiting themselves by sticking with Likud.

Again Thank You for your comments and I apologize for the inundation of emails.  Robin

Feiglin

bs"d

Dear Rabbi Friedman, amv"sh

Thank you for your comments!  It's an important discussion that should be addressed.

My position is that politics is really irrelevant except if it represents a Torah position. Because if we vote for the Torah position then we are voting for Hashem to be in charge. Hashem has shown in the past to give the many in the hands of the few by His miracles..

 I am surprised and disappointed that Feiglin has chosen Likud over one that reflects a more authentic Torah position. 
When will Feiglin realize that speaking up for Torah and Dat is not limiting but will unite and is actually all inclusive of the Jews all over the world as explained by A.B. YEhoshua in the article below?

Perhaps religion has gotten a bad name because too much has been done or said in the name of religion that is actually anti Torah. 

In the Spring 2008 issue 32 of Azure there is an article entitled "An Attempt to Identify the Root Cause of Antisemitism" by A.B. Yehoshua.  There is an Editor's  preface note as follows:

The following essay was originally published in the Hebrew journal Alpayim in 2005 and provoked an intense public debate. Its author, the renowned Israeli novelist A.B. Yehoshua, undertook a demanding task:  to decipher the most disturbing riddle of Jewish history to analyze and describe the quintessence of antisemitism in its various historical and cultural incarnations.

It is a lengthy and scholarly article but on page 55 the author writes;  The words of Haman ben Hammedata, a literary character created by the Jews themselves centuries before Christianity, provide the first clear focus on the structure of Jew-hatred.  They will continue the starting point of our discussion:

And Haman said to King Ahashverosh, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peopel in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from all people, nor do they keep the king's law:  therefore it is of no benefit to the king to tolerate them.  If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed, and I will weigh out ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries." An the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedata the Agagite, the enemy of the Jew.

I will try to make a detailed analysis of Haman's words which were put into his mouth by the Jews themselves as mentioned above, and are therefore all the more authoritative in the search for the truth about antisemitism.  ...

Haman clearly speaks of a specific people and a specific religion, and he differntiates between the two concepts.  He does not speak of a territotorial national minority (my emphasis, robin), but of one people scattered throughout many different nations and states.  Had the Jews settled within the borders of only one nation, the task of identifying them might have been simplex,  However - and this is a salient point - Hamas is not satisfied with the word "scattered" he adds dispersed. In my opinion this is not by chance, because by the addition of this adjective he implies that not only are the Jews scattered, they also do not resemble one another, they have been diversified, which adds to the difficulty of identifying and marking them.  Wherever the Jew lived, his features were different from those of Jews living elsewhere:  he dressed differently, his name was different (Jews often changed their names to local names), he adopted local customs, and his language differed from place to place, since Jews appropriate the languages, they mutated the host tongues.  As a reult, Jews could not understand each other on a primary level.  They lacked a common language, the very basis for communication between members of the same nation.

Haman's first sentense expresses this difficulty of identification, this element that is honed with the passage of history, in invisible "essence" that Freud hoped would in time be explained by scientific research, while Talmon and other historians bowed to it mystery.

Here we find the word dat (religion translated as "law" in the quote above), which Jews themselves sometimes hesitate to use as a legitimate description of their identity, alternately evading and returning to it through lack of choice even though there are various linguistic alternatives, and one could, in principle, use such designations as "halachic," "believing<" or "practicing" to describe this way of life.  Yet, because of the universal validity of the world "religion" Jews must continue to use it.  The source of the word dat is Persian, and the translation "law" faithfully reflects the Jewish religion, which is based on laws of do and do not.  Haman goes on to say that not only is this people diverse from all the nations among whom it has settled, but its religion is exclusively its own and different from all the local religions. 'That is, the Jewish religion cannot be shared with a different nationality, unlike other faiths, such as the Hellenistic religions, which were common to members of many different nations at the time this text was written.

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Yehoshua Friedman <friedy07@netvision.net.il> wrote:

I don't agree with this. The NU will be frozen out of coalition negotiations as being too far right and outside the consensus. Lots of votes for the Likud means Feiglin is in and possibly Effi Eitam's surrogate placed a couple of places below Feiglin. At the rate the war is going the winner might be Barak and the Labor Party or Kadima. Likud with a small plurality will take Labor in with Barak staying on as Defense Minister. Feiglin says that Barak will be the next PM. At least we could have a summit meeting of  (Ehud) Barak, Barak (Obama) and Mubarak. We'll see. I'm voting Likud with a clothespin over my nose.

Yehoshua Friedman

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Ticker [mailto:faigerayzel@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:53 PM
To: do4israel
Subject: Paul Eidelberg: PRELIMINARY NOTES ON THE FORTHCOMING ELECTION

 

 

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Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Subject: PRELIMINARY NOTES ON THE FORTHCOMING ELECTION
To: list@foundation1.org

Preliminary Notes  on the Forthcoming Election

 

Paul Eidelberg

 

It is widely agreed that the Olmert-Livni-Barak government decided to inflict a crushing blow on Hamas to restore Fatah-leader Mahmoud Abbas' control over Gaza—a precondition for fulfilling the triumvirate's commitment to a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria.  This will obviously be the paramount issue in the February 10 election.

 

Although right-minded people will want Likud to win more seats than Kadima in that election, it is extremely important that the Likud not win too large a Knesset plurality.  Such an outcome would enable the Likud's questionable leader, Binyamin Netanyahu, to appoint too many Likud MKs to his cabinet, just as Ariel Sharon did after the 2003 elections.  This was too many for Israel's own good.

 

Right-minded people will therefore want to vote for National Union, which, unlike the Likud, is opposed to any further territorial withdrawal and is unequivocally opposed to a Palestinian state.  This non-compromising attitude cannot be ascribed to Netanyahu, whose slogan "reciprocity" between Israel and the Palestinian Authority means yielding more Jewish land to the disciples of Muhammad.  Netanyahu's track record at the Wye Summit and on disengagement from Gaza does not inspire confidence.

 

To state the matter more simply, Israel will need in its next government a significant number of cabinet ministers who are to the right of Netanyahu and who can block any attempt on his part to betray the nationalist camp, as he has done in the past.

 

Involved here is a problem of "strategic voting," difficult in Israel given its multiplicity of parties and party coalitions.  However, it may—repeat "may"— be possible to circumvent this problem.

 

Let the Likud, National Union, and the religious parties agree, prior to the February 10 election, that they will "unite" after the election, but solely for the purpose of forming the next government whose only common plank is opposition to further territorial withdrawal and opposition to a Palestinian state.  This will not only alleviate concern among right-minded people that refraining from voting Likud will NOT result in a Kadima-led coalition government; it will also reaffirm undivided Jerusalem as Israel's eternal capital.

 

Meantime, MK Arieh Eldad, the most prominent member of National Union, should challenge Netanyahu as to whether he is still wedded to the policy of "territory for peace," or whether his recently announced economic peace plan for the Arabs in Judea and Samaria envisions the creation of a sovereign Arab state in that area, a state that would obviously have arms.

 

It will also be necessary for Eldad to challenge former IDF Chief of General Staff Moshe Yaalon, now a member of the Likud Party.  The question is whether Yaalon's recently published policy paper, "Israel and the Palestinians: A New Strategy," surreptitiously envisions an Arab state in Judea and Samaria after the Arabs therein develop what he deems the economic, political, and judicial infrastructure required to make the Palestinian Authority a reliable negotiating partner vis-à-vis Israel?

 

Israel does indeed need a new strategy, but one beyond the secular mentality of Yaalon and Netanyahu.  As I have discussed elsewhere and will again elaborate, the key to solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to make Israel more Jewish.   Of this, more later.