And then what?
Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it should give the Givat HaYovel neighborhood in Eli a six-month reprieve. Defense Minister Ehud Barak has appealed to Supreme Court President Dorit Beinish, asking her to postpone the planned demolition of houses in the Yovel neighborhood by six months.And then? Six months from now it would be okay to destroy the homes of widows and orphans? Or would the media be less likely to notice and therefore less people would show up to protest?
Barak noted in his request that the neighborhood is home to the widows and orphans of two soldiers who recently fell in battle defending the state - Major Eliraz Peretz and Major Roy Klein. Barak said this necessitates sensitive and humane treatment in this affair.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:30 PM
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I always detested this little wannabe Napoleon
If Barak wants to do the right thing, he would issue instructions to grant legal status to the community immediately. An evil act is not going to be changed if one waits six more months. The widows and orphans deserve far better from Israel's Defense Ministry.
And then?
By then Barak should be struck by barak, IY"H.
May Barak's own house collapse on him.
Carl - speaking of "and then what" - Moshe Feiglin has some good thoughts about the Holocaust. Its a good read and I won't go too much into it because you can judge it for yourself but he makes one very important point that should be brought to your attention:
"The second lesson, which pertains directly to us as Jews, is that before physical destruction, a spiritual destruction tales place. Before we are murdered, our dignity is murdered, and we are rendered illegitimate. Der Stuermer always precedes Auschwitz. When you agree to be humiliated, you have not forestalled your end; you have brought it closer."
"When the state’s leadership lets Biden or Erdogan humiliate us, it sows hope and uncontrollable desire to destroy us. When Ahmadinejad started to talk about Israel’s destruction - it should have been clear that from Israel’s standpoint, he had lost his right to breathe in this world. Since we did not eliminate him, he has been gaining strength. He and his ministers roam freely around the world, while Israel has become a pirate ship that has lost the legitimacy for its existence, its ministers fugitives in European capitals. We have returned to the days of the “Jewish Question.” We are no longer in 2010. It is now nineteen thirty-something."
"Whoever warns against a preemptive strike in Iran and prefers to let the world do its work, is behaving just like the Jewish community leaders who denounced anyone who tried to resist the German annihilation machine. It is clear that resistance had a terrible price. But the price of appeasement and cooperation was a thousand times more horrific."
An excellent point. If the Jewish people don't stand up for themselves and expect decent treatment from others, they deserve what they get. Its time for Israel's leaders to wake up and stop acting like the world will come running to the Jews' rescue. It won't. Only Israel can now stop Iran and the hour is growing late to do it.
There's more. Read it all
I'm sure you'll agree the lessons Feiglin presents about the Holocaust are worth heeding today.
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