Zionism 2005

by Elyakim Haetzni

August 16, 2005

Who is a Zionist?

Who said, "If the people of Israel will redeem the Land of Israel, then the Land of Israel will redeem the people of Israel"?

Theodor Herzl? Beryl Katzenelson? Rabbi Kook?

No.

It was Rabbi Menachem Porush (father of Knesset Member Meir Porush), among the elders of [the Hareidi] Agudat Yisrael.

So who is a Zionist here? Shimon Peres? Ariel Sharon? Tzippi Livni? Or maybe Porush, the aged "non-Zionist", who, before thousands of Zionist activists at the large rally in Ofakim, cried and pleaded against the division of the Land of Israel?

*Blue and Orange

A true story.

A car flying a blue, pro-Disengagement ribbon was waiting at a stoplight at a Tel Aviv intersection. A girl offered the driver an orange, anti-Disengagement ribbon and, of course, encountered refusal.

However, the driver also had a question: "How much are you paid an hour?"

"Paid?" the girl asked with great surprise. "This is for the sake of saving the Land of Israel!"

But the woman in the car insisted, "And of all these youths, spread throughout all the intersections in the city - not one of them takes money?"

"Of course not!"

Without another word, the woman removed her blue ribbon and asked the girl for an orange one.

*Subversive Literature

Police arrested a suspect for blocking roads and carried out a search of his home for 'inciting material'.

"Don't bother," the suspect's wife said to them, "I'll give you what you are looking for." And she handed them... a Bible.

*A New Lexicon

"Closure" –

In the past, it was placed on the cities of Arab terrorism.

In the days of Ariel Sharon, on the Jewish towns of the Gaza region.

"Roadblocks" –

In the past, to prevent the movement of Arab terrorists.

In the days of Sharon, to prevent the entry of Jews into the area of the expulsion.

"Complaints About Treatment at Checkpoints" –

In the past, an Arab woman in labor who was unable to make it to the hospital.

In the days of Sharon, a Jew on his way to Gush Katif who was stung by a scorpion, whose friends called an ambulance from Ofakim, and it was held up at a checkpoint.

"VIP Pass" –

In the past, allowing Arabs with preferential status to pass

through checkpoints.

In the days of Sharon, as above, but for Jews with such status.

"Infiltrators" –

In the past, Arabs of Judea, Samaria and Gaza who sneaked into

Green Line Israel.

In the days of Sharon, Jews who sneak into Gush Katif to aid

their brethren.

"Illegal Aliens" –

In the past, Arabs who sneaked into Israel and remained here

illegally.

In the days of Sharon, Jews who are hiding in the homes of their

brethren in the areas of the expulsion.

"Military Against Civilians" –

In the past, Israeli soldiers in areas under military administration.

In the days of Sharon, Israeli soldiers in the sovereign territory of Israel, in the Negev.

"Expulsion" –

In the past, a method of punishment and deterrence employed

against Arab terrorists. Sharon pledged to the Americans not to use it anymore.

In the days of Sharon, a policy to "cleanse" territories of the Land of Israel of Jews, in order to fulfill the Arab Nazi demand to receive their state Judenrein.

In the first stage, 10,000 Jews will be expelled, as an opening to

the next stage, which will allow the establishment of a "Palestinian State" in "temporary borders", according to the Road Map, also cleansed of Jews.

The estimate of the number of expellees in the next stage is about 80,000 people.

"House Demolitions" –

In the past, a method of punishment employed against

murderous Arab terrorists. Sharon pledged to the Americans not to use it anymore.

In the days of Sharon, the destruction of thousands of homes,

synagogues, schools, study halls and yeshivas, institutions, factories and hothouses of expelled Jews, in order to leave the Palestinians a clean and empty land, available for development.

"Detention Camps" –

In the past, for imprisoning Arab terrorists.

In the days of Sharon, for imprisoning Jews who violate expulsion laws.

"Unmanned Drones" –

In the past, an airplane without a pilot deployed against Arab terrorism.

In the days of Sharon, deployed in the Negev and over Gush Katif

against Jewish patriots.

"The Limits of Force" –

In the past, a slogan of the Left intended to cripple the IDF in the face of the Arab enemy.

In the days of Sharon, a demand of the Right for the restraint of Sharon's predatory aggressiveness.

"A Diplomatic Solution" –

In the past, offered by the Left as an alternative to military victory over Arab aggression.

In the days of Sharon, demands by the Jewish Right to carry out a referendum or elections as an alternative to military retreat and the violent expulsion of Jews by the IDF.

"End the Occupation" –

In the past, a Leftist slogan.

In the days of Sharon, a slogan as yet not adopted, but that is appropriate to the situation of the Jews in the areas of expulsion.

"Let the IDF Win" –

In the past, a demand by the Right to put down Arab terrorism.

In the days of Sharon, the demand of the Left to put down the Jewish opposition to expulsion and uprooting.