Sunday, May 23, 2004
Sparks From Israel
What’s Not in the Paper
There was a local protest at city hall tonight in our little town. On the Internet this was an international headline. Why? I really have no clue. Are we really that special that the whole world is interested in our local affairs? Anyway, I thought I would walk down and see if they really did have all the numbers that they said they did, and to check out the left-wing chicks.
I didn’t start out till 11p.m. so that I wouldn’t be adding my number to this appeasement demonstration, but if it was anything like the Yesha rallies, it would still be going strong at 11pm on a Saturday night.
To my surprise there was no security to go through because the blockades had already been taken down. Rabin Square was practically empty, except for a bunch of litter from the demonstration and of course big Peace Now signs that were still hanging. As I approached the center I noticed a group of young dosi freaks sitting in a circle with guitars playing Am Israel Chai. I thought to myself, could it be that the religious people are also with Peace Now? It didn’t quite make sense to me.
I saw one young man wearing a Peace Now T-shirt with another one wrapped around his head like a pirate. He was cleaning up and at times took a break to dance to the Jewish-hippie music. I asked him, how many people showed up? He said he was very disappointed. There were many, but then they all left so fast. They didn’t have time. I asked one of the dossi guys if they were here to support the rally. He said they were from a yishuv next to Schem, and they had come to talk to the people and explain to them that they too want peace, but abandoning their communities will not bring peace.
Of course I agreed with him and was relieved to know what they were here for. It seems elementary to me that savages who parade body parts of Jewish soldiers today, dream of Tel Aviv tomorrow. But the real war is not with the Arabs, it is within the soul of the Nation; a soul full of spiritual and emotional problems that overshadow the intellectual process. I watched the lone Peace Now ‘believer’, as he kicked a box in frustration.
True to the ideology I suppose of ‘Peace Now’ the followers didn’t have much time. Little time to rally, and little time to think things through. They just wanted there to be a temporary Peace, that didn’t interfere with their lives too much. If that meant that other Jews would be dragged out of their homes, and their communities demolished, so be it. The dossi guys also believed in miracles. They said we need our Father in heaven to come back. But their faith wasn’t haphazard, and cold-hearted. It was a well-founded belief that by reclaiming their inheritance they were obligating their father to return.
The newspapers can write all they want to about the ‘protest of the majority’, and the huge numbers of the Peace Now turnout, but theirs is a camp with no spirit, and no ideals. The future is with the handful of hippies beating their drums. Even the Peace Now devotee, who was all dressed up with no place to go, ended up dancing to their music and then sitting in a corner frustrated and confused.
If I was to base my thoughts on what is written in the papers I would think that it’s a matter of time before Israel surrenders itself to the Goliaths of the world. But I don’t read papers, I read the spirit of a people, and to me its clear that yes indeed it is a matter of time. A matter of time before the Goliaths rise up to the height of a huge wave that can only come crashing down upon the rock of Israel.
What’s Not in the Paper
There was a local protest at city hall tonight in our little town. On the Internet this was an international headline. Why? I really have no clue. Are we really that special that the whole world is interested in our local affairs? Anyway, I thought I would walk down and see if they really did have all the numbers that they said they did, and to check out the left-wing chicks.
I didn’t start out till 11p.m. so that I wouldn’t be adding my number to this appeasement demonstration, but if it was anything like the Yesha rallies, it would still be going strong at 11pm on a Saturday night.
To my surprise there was no security to go through because the blockades had already been taken down. Rabin Square was practically empty, except for a bunch of litter from the demonstration and of course big Peace Now signs that were still hanging. As I approached the center I noticed a group of young dosi freaks sitting in a circle with guitars playing Am Israel Chai. I thought to myself, could it be that the religious people are also with Peace Now? It didn’t quite make sense to me.
I saw one young man wearing a Peace Now T-shirt with another one wrapped around his head like a pirate. He was cleaning up and at times took a break to dance to the Jewish-hippie music. I asked him, how many people showed up? He said he was very disappointed. There were many, but then they all left so fast. They didn’t have time. I asked one of the dossi guys if they were here to support the rally. He said they were from a yishuv next to Schem, and they had come to talk to the people and explain to them that they too want peace, but abandoning their communities will not bring peace.
Of course I agreed with him and was relieved to know what they were here for. It seems elementary to me that savages who parade body parts of Jewish soldiers today, dream of Tel Aviv tomorrow. But the real war is not with the Arabs, it is within the soul of the Nation; a soul full of spiritual and emotional problems that overshadow the intellectual process. I watched the lone Peace Now ‘believer’, as he kicked a box in frustration.
True to the ideology I suppose of ‘Peace Now’ the followers didn’t have much time. Little time to rally, and little time to think things through. They just wanted there to be a temporary Peace, that didn’t interfere with their lives too much. If that meant that other Jews would be dragged out of their homes, and their communities demolished, so be it. The dossi guys also believed in miracles. They said we need our Father in heaven to come back. But their faith wasn’t haphazard, and cold-hearted. It was a well-founded belief that by reclaiming their inheritance they were obligating their father to return.
The newspapers can write all they want to about the ‘protest of the majority’, and the huge numbers of the Peace Now turnout, but theirs is a camp with no spirit, and no ideals. The future is with the handful of hippies beating their drums. Even the Peace Now devotee, who was all dressed up with no place to go, ended up dancing to their music and then sitting in a corner frustrated and confused.
If I was to base my thoughts on what is written in the papers I would think that it’s a matter of time before Israel surrenders itself to the Goliaths of the world. But I don’t read papers, I read the spirit of a people, and to me its clear that yes indeed it is a matter of time. A matter of time before the Goliaths rise up to the height of a huge wave that can only come crashing down upon the rock of Israel.
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