למה יהודים מופתעים על העברות השטחים שבעסקת המאה של נשיא ארה”ב טראמפ? / Why are Jews so Surprised by the Land Giveaway in President Trump’s Deal of the Century?
Translation of Jerusalem Vice-Mayor Arieh King’s Facebook post (above):
Yossi Sarid and Shulamit Aloni are somewhere in high spirits, seeing their political opponents implementing their own political platform:
1. Division of Jerusalem.
2. Connecting the Gaza Strip to Judea and Samaria.
3. Freeze Jewish construction.
4. Establishment of a Muslim enemy state on 70% of Judea and Samaria.
5. Giving territories in the western Negev to the new Muslim state.
6. Right of Return (of Arabs to the Land of Israel).Leading Israeli rabbis:
Arutz 7: ‘Sovereignty has become the new excuse for tearing apart the Holy Land’
Group of over 400 leading Israeli rabbis embarks on campaign to inform the public of shortcomings and dangers of the ‘Deal of the Century.’Arutz Sheva Staff , 28/05/20
The Rabbinical Congress for Peace, comprised of over 400 leading Israeli rabbis, have completed their appraisal of the current plan to apply sovereignty over Jewish communities in the Land of Israel – proudly presented by Prime Minister Netanyahu as part of the “Deal of the Century.” In response, the Council has decided to embark upon a widespread public campaign to inform the Israeli public of the plan’s shortcomings and dangers.
“We give our ready blessing to any plan that seeks to establish Jewish sovereignty over the Land of Israel, which were promised us in our Holy Torah,” states the Council. “However, as long as the plan is based upon the equation ‘sovereignty over one territory in exchange for renunciation of control over another,’ it no longer matters who lives in that area. The loss is much greater than the profit and the danger outweighs the benefits.”
“The general public is confused by all of the announcements and maps they are presented with, and fail to see that the plan is a replay of the great mistake of Oslo and the disengagement,” said Rabbi Abraham Shmuel Lewin, secretary of the Congress. “In the final analysis, all these compromises and declarations stand in direct opposition to the eternal truth of the Torah, which is also the simplest and most logical to prove – that any concession of full Israeli control of the land, even if only at the ‘declarative level,’ strengthens the will and ability of our enemies to attain further concessions through acts of terrorism and murder, exactly as happened after the Oslo Accords and the disengagement from Gaza.”
“Israel’s enemies care little as to how we define the settlements. From their perspective, Jaffa and Haifa also belong to them,” said Rabbi Abraham Schreiber, rabbi of the Kfar Darom Congregation in the Negev. “But there is one thing that they do care deeply about – that the Israeli government declares certain territories to no longer part be of Greater Israel. This declaration then becomes the Palestinians’ starting point for future negotiations. In their eyes, this is proof that Israel has already surrendered and agreed to a Palestinian state on seventy percent of Judea and Samaria, and that Israeli communities will have to live within it in hopeless enclaves. Why not continue their terrorist activities to attain the rest of their goals?” (cont.)
Esser Agaroth (2¢):
I really hope that every Jew can finally see the writing on the wall. The Jews who idolize Trump, the Jews who believe he’s the best president for Israel, and the Jews who believe that a close alliance (read: dependence) on the U. S. is our best hope, must snap out of it.
Most all U. S. presidents have been bad for Israel in one way or another, but forcing the establishment of yet another Arab terrorist state takes the cake.
There are Jews who are surprised by the land giveaways in the Deal of the Century.
And there are Jews who prefer to remain in denial about it.
Still there are plenty of “right-wing” Jews who actually believe this “deal” to be good for the Jews.
All of the above are delusional.
I will only add that 15 Jewish towns in Yehudah and Shomron (Judea and Samaria) will be isolated within a “Palestinian” state. Without some serious ideological motivation, how many Jews will actually stick around? Will the Israeli government be successful, or even willing, to provide the necessary resources to protect these “enclaves?”
A four year building freeze will be in force on Jews, but not on Arabs. The map of land transfers will be a final border map, whether the Arabs agree or not. (From Haggai Huberman via Women in Green)
Meanwhile, perhaps the U. S. is incurring punishment for ripping the Land of Israel apart. ie. The Riots.
The Land of Israel is simply not ours to chop into pieces and give it away.
And what about the Temple Mount?
To be continued…