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To Die or to Conquer the Hill
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Ed D
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Moishe, you have been our leader in this struggle and you are very right that we do not dispair and give up. I will spread the word here in the USA with all my might. You and the Israelis in Gush Katif did you best without starting a civil war, but we will win the next one. The Gonif Sharon will rue the day he started this. Hopefully, you will run against him in the Likud election. Please call on me if I can do anything to help. It is my wish to put Sharon and his son in prison and retake the Gaza. I am too old to carry a weapon again; however, if I must, I will. If you can do an ivestigation, connecting James BakerIII, George H. W. Bush, President Bush, Ms. Hill and Sharon, you might just hit pay dirt. It's all about oil.
Posted by: Ed D on August 25, 2005 03:40 AM
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Rachel Ann
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The strength of the settlers amazes me, fills me with great awe. These are coragous people and they and their children are tomorrows leaders. They will fill this land and their grandchildren will play once more in Gush Katif without fear of ever losing their lands again.
Posted by: Rachel Ann on August 25, 2005 05:18 AM
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A Time to Speak
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Moshe Feiglin knows what is right, but that is not enough for a leader -- especially when there are enemies within to be fought.
He knew how wrong Oslo was. But he fought it with empty gestures, like protest demonstrations and blocking traffic. Of course such tactics failed because they the perpetrators of Oslo were not vulnerable to such tactics and could not be deterred by them.
The Feiglin and the Yesha Council and other leaders of the opposition to Disengagement went back to the same futile tactics that had failed against Oslo.
Had they learned nothing in the 12 intervening years?
Had they no new and better ideas? Why did they merely repeat the same futile gestures that had failed in the past?
The perpetrators of Oslo and the perpetrators of Disengagement were and are bad and corrupt people. They cannot be touched by mass protests because they despise the voice of the people. They cannot be touched by mass prayer gatherings because they despise anything of the spirit.
But bad and corrupt people have some vulnerable spot somewhere. Israel to redeem itself must have leaders who are not merely virtuous but also smart enough to know how to win.
Posted by: A Time to Speak on August 25, 2005 06:59 AM
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BobW
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In politics there is no such thing as a difference between a procedual matter and a substantive matter. Moshe Feiglin proposes good Jewish political philosophy. His vehicle for doing this negates his efforts. The vehicle is Likud, a vestage of a prior era.
I subscribe to the recent view of investigative reporter Barry Chamish. There were too many publicity stunts (my term; not his) and not enough political effort.
Kol tuv,
BobW
Posted by: BobW on August 25, 2005 03:44 PM
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Ed D
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If someone complains about the system of opposition, let that person offer another solution. My idea of a solution is not political but with force of arms. Where would the US be today without the citizen's militia at Concord. We would still be debating with someone with a whig on his head.
Posted by: Ed D on August 25, 2005 05:39 PM
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Mary Hogan
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Not force of arms...tefillah.
Posted by: Mary Hogan on August 25, 2005 06:44 PM
To Die or to Conquer the Hill
by Moshe Feiglin
I planned so many articles while I was in Shirat Hayam in Gush Katif, and drew so many conclusions: about the conceptions that failed; about the leadership in the field that fought for its own survival, instead of for Gush Katif; about rabbis who sent their students to perpetrate the crime of expulsion. There is much moral stocktaking to do now and many issues must be clarified in-depth. Who is really the enemy and from what direction will he come to attack us? Is it the right thing to continue to enlist in the army now? What should be our attitude to this state that is devouring us?
However, after four policemen dragged me away and dumped me in a bus, and after I took a last furtive look at the sun setting on Shirat Yayam, I said the blessing Baruch Dayan Ha'emet, made a ritual tearing of my shirt, wiped away a tear, and said: That's it. I'm not now going to beat on anyone else's breast. Now we have to advance, gather up the tremendous energies that were dispersed in every direction, and concentrate them on a single task - to conquer the hill, to gain leadership of the nation. Now is not the time to die honorably. We must conquer the hill and become the authority that gives the orders.
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