Toying with Israel

It's amazing how the Gazans are toying with Israel. At the very moments of this writing, rockets are once again falling on Sderot and on the Gaza-area villages. Our government - if it acts at all - will perfunctorally bomb some sand hill in the south of Gaza so as not to ruffle any feathers in Cairo or in Washington. The Gazans declare ceasefires twice a day, then violate them four times a day. Our sniffling leaders do nothing. Why? Hashem has tied their hands.

Many here in the south of Israel are clamoring that the Government lacks backbone; that's only a symptom. What the Government lacks is emuna. Emuna would give them the strength to declare - by deeds and nort by words - that this is our land and we will build it and defend it and our citizens as we see fit. The strength of emuna is what creates deterrence, not macho declarations by double-chinned politicians who cannot control their own bodily urges, much less deal with the enemy. So what has happened? Hashem has put Israel in a situation where the government has lost control.

The government here is afraid to react to Hamas and friends, for the following reasons:

1. They don't want to anger Washington or Cairo.

2. They're afraid of a war opening up on a second front, namely in the North, for Assad and Hizbulla would love such a conflict right now.

3. The government itself doesn't believe in its absolute right to build in and settle our entire G-d given country.

4. As long as the simple southerners of Sderot, Beer Sheva, Ashkelon and Ashdod get bombed and not the atheist-elite sidewalk cafes of Tel Aviv, it's no big deal.

What the government doesn't realize is that the showdown with Assad and Hizbulla as well as with Gaza will come anyway. And, with September 20th fast on the way, if the PA succeeds in gaining UN recognition, a war will break out anyway. So what must we do?

We must throw ourselves in Hashem's arms with real teshuva. We must gird ourselves with emuna and rid ourselves of the appeasement mentality. We should not be afraid of international isolation. The Torah promises that isolation is the key to our security, Vayishkon Yisrael betach badad (Devarim 33:28), Israel shall dwell securely alone.

When you fear One, you fear no one. 

Comments

[Daviddavid474]

Im upset we jews voted these guys in ,,,, but that said this is alert time . Our prayers should be Hashem have mercy on us and israel in diaspora and eretz yisrael despite this terrible lack of leadership,,,, which many doubted would happen but is ovious at this point . Please put a real tzaddik at the helm doesnt have to be mashiach someone who loves the land follows mitzvot studies torah prays !

[Puah yiska]

Shavua tov...
In America we are praying for your salvation.
Unity amongst yidden is such a lofty goal and emuna is definitely essential. I feel so very lonely at times to face life with the foundation/ goal of emuna / love and fear of hashem, guiding our every thought, speech and deed because with emuna we are creating boundaries / kalim for hashem to "speak" with us and also for us to listen to hashem and sometimes this willingness requires changes and a letting go of expectations and/ or "illusions if control" and instead we replace/ retrain ourselves to be dependent on hashem's will only. I have found in my
journey that the more I pray for assistance in areas such as character
refinement , letting hashem lead, the willingness to keep kosher 24/7-365, patience etc , the louder hashem speaks to me and / or intervenes/ looks out for me especially in areas that are still unfamiliar to me. hatzlacha rabba and thnx for this great website!

[D]

I love your continuous updates from the south. Thank you. I would just like to point out however that it would be very grave for Israel to attack Gaza at this time since the Arabs are planning to declare Statehood in the U.N very soon, if a war were to take place it would not set the stage for Israel to be seen in a positive light on the world stage. Furtheremore the atrocities in Syria must be left clearly for the world to see in addition to growing anti semitism in Eygpy, Israel must stay out of the headlines at this time.
In terms of emunah I of course agree with you meah achuz (100%)
shuvua tov
Yoni