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re: What to Do When Attacked by Arab Murderers

In connection with yesterday’s advice of telling the cops it is Arabs in danger, so they actually show up on time, I heard the following story from decades ago.

The famous “Rosner” fishmongers of Meah Shearim employed Arabs at one point. One day, one of these Arab workers lost his temper and attacked a Jewish customer with some sort of fish chopping implement. The coppers, when called, said they were coming “soon”. After several such “soon”s, someone had the bright idea of telling “Charuvei Karta” (read: Israeli cops) an Arab was being threatened by a Jew.

Our brave “guardians” were on the scene in a matter of minutes…

(Overheard)

What to Do When Attacked by Arab Murderers

Calling the Israeli police is hardly effective; they show up far too late, only in time to prosecute you for the pseudo-sin of non-governmental self-defense against non-Jews.

But try telling the cops that it is poor, innocent ARABS who are being attacked. That will expedite their arrival!

Did You Know the Gedolim Actually OPPOSED the Entebbe Rescue?

Yitzchak Rabin yemach shemo asked Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef if he should use “diplomacy” or military action. Shut “Yabia Omer” (Part 10 C.M. 6) records a joint meeting consisting of Rabbi Elayashiv, Rabbi S.Z. Auerbach, Rabbi Betzalel Zolty, Rabbi B.Z. Abba Shaul, and others.

What was their ruling? Against.

אמנם ברור הדבר ששחרור המחבלים הנדרשים טומן בחובו סכנות רבות, אולם בהיות היהודים החטופים נתונים בסכנת נפשות ממש באופן מיידי…

Rabin went ahead, anyway, as we know.

Rabbi O.Y. then used the same twisted logic in permitting a bloody prisoner exchange for Gilad Shalit, as discussed by Rabbi bar Chaim here.

The Charedi history school textbooks all praise the operation, omitting this teeny-tiny detail of self-defeating, defeatist “Da’as Torah”.

As the Charedi establishment organs bleat: ברוך שמסר עולמו לשומרים

P.S., See here for Rabbi Chaim Greineman’s view.