The
Rabin Legacy Everyone Tries To Forget
By
Rabbi Sholom Dov Ber Volpe
We
live in a time when falsehood and chutzpa reign. Every day we hear about
the dead and wounded. The doctors had to amputate the feet of the girl in Kfar
Darom. A bus exploded in Chadera. A soldier was killed by a Palestinian sniper.
Over twenty people have been killed since Erev Rosh HaShana. Over 500 people
have been killed since the cursed Oslo Accords. The lives of 200,000 Jews in
Yehuda-Shomron-Azza are miserable.
Who
is responsible for this? Mr. Yitzchok Rabin! He and his disciples who perpetuate
his legacy. Yet the state celebrates his legacy. The babies, the kindergartens,
the schools, the high schools, the universities, are completely brainwashed.
Whoever dares to question will pay with his livelihood by being fired from his
job.
Rabin’s
legacy is his insistence on giving rifles to terrorists, despite those who
protested. The teachers and innocent children who were killed and wounded by the
terrorists in Gush Katif, must – in the name of democracy – cry out "kadosh,
kadosh, kadosh" from the cemeteries and hospitals.
Rabin,
your legacy has brought us to this point. You did not listen to our cries and
you abandoned us to the terrorists. You brought us up as sacrifices on the altar
of "the song of peace."
Incredibly,
all those people who grandly celebrated his hilula negelected to teach
his other legacy in the schools. He had stated at the time the Oslo Accords were
signed that if terrorists dared to shoot at us – even one shot – with the
rifles we gave them, the government would annul the entire agreement.
If
Ehud Barak perpetuated this particular legacy of Rabin, soldiers and citizens
wouldn’t fall today on the highways of Yesha, an officer of the Palestinian
army wouldn’t enter an I.D.F. position and kill soldiers, and a Palestinian
policeman wouldn’t plant explosives in the offices of cooperation and
communication, etc. But Barak deliberately looks away and continues to honor the
accords, despite the shooting done with "rifles of peace."
Imagine
what would happen today if the prime minister wasn’t shot five years ago.
Would Yitzchok Rabin have agreed to give money to Arafat to buy additional
weapons? Would he have continued to keep the oil flowing for the vehicles from
which terrorists shoot? Would he continue to give Arafat hundreds of tons of
cement a day so that the terrorists can build fortifications in Aza, and build
the seaport and airport? Would he enable Arafat to take off and land his
airplane?
Ehud
Barak does all of the above as he continues to honor the agreements. He gives
Arafat time to arm himself, gives him 70 million dollars, and despite the
terrible attacks, continues a policy of restraint and abandons Jewish boys and
girls.
There’s
another point that people avoid. No one remembers or teaches this aspect of
Rabin’s legacy: the transfer of Arabs from many cities and villages in Eretz
Yisroel during the War of Independence? No one teaches about his impressive
legacy as commander-in-chief during the Six-Day War when he conquered huge parts
of Eretz Yisroel, destroyed the homes of Arabs near the Kosel, and established
settlements and even large cities in Yesha?
Instead
of remembering and teaching this legacy, Ehud Bark is doing exactly the
opposite. Rabin liberated Yerushalayim and Barak is giving it away. Rabin
established settlements and Barak is destroying them and surrounding them with
terrorists.
Did
Rabin have a policy of restraint, which is just another way of saying: I’m
afraid of the Arabs and of the world? He began the war against Egypt and Syria!
He destroyed their entire air force in the first hours of the war, before the
planes went up to bomb us! He wasn’t a coward like Barak.
I
wasn’t able to participate in the hilula ceremony, but I wanted to
travel to Yerushalayim to go to Har Hertzel cemetery alone without ceremonies,
and to whisper a few words in Rabin’s ear. Not to cause him any discomfort, ch’v,
but just to unburden my heart:
"Dear
Yitzchok, if you heard what happened this week in the Knesset, you would get up
and cry out. Do you remember the settlers you sent to settle Eretz Yisroel, the
territories you liberated with G-d’s help from the hands of the enemies who
came to annihilate us? Those settlers came to visit the Knesset and they met the
chevra from Meretz (you remember, who dragged you into a cursed peace
with the P.L.O.). Your settlers came to beg for their lives, so that the Jewish
nation wouldn’t abandon them. What did Yossi and Mossi, those enlightened ones
of Meretz say? ‘You Sodomites, you stole the Palestinian’s land!’
"Did
you hear that, Yitzchok? You sent Jews to settle the land, and these Jews are
persecuted by the terrorists with whom you waged war. The Knesset in
Yerushalayim justifies the terrorists’ actions. They publicize this on the
radio and television so the terrorists will be encouraged to continue killing
and maiming Jews, until the Jews won’t be able to withstand the attacks
anymore. I am sure that if you could only cry out now, you wouldn’t find
better words for these Knesset members than ‘traitors’ and ‘collaborators
with the enemy.’
"You
wouldn’t believe it. This week Shalom Achshav put a big ad in the Palestinian
newspapers deriding the settlers. You remember the Rebbe MH"M, whom you
once visited? The Rebbe said that the false converts, who are the result of the
unfortunate law of Mihu Yehudi, would be a fifth column in Eretz
Yisroel. I am sure that those who have descended to such a low state stem from
gentiles who were registered as Jews according to the Law of Return. This is the
‘eirav rav,’ about whom the Zohar writes that they will rule Eretz
Yisroel before the coming of Moshiach.
"And
the ‘Benamou,’ who Hebraicized his name and became Ben-Ami, you certainly
don’t know him. (As far as Barak is concerned, somebody like this can be
foreign minister and minister of the police.) He came to the Gilo neighborhood
of Yerushalayim, the neighborhood that was established thanks to your bravery in
the Six-Day War, Yitzchok, and he said to them, ‘Be strong and stand strong.’
He himself was afraid to leave his car and to approach Anafa [heron] Street (his
house, as you know, is on Bat HaYaana [ostrich] street, and he tells them
"be strong."
"You
remember, Yitzchok, that when you were strong you fought the Arabs and chased
them out of here. But today, thinking has changed. And the one who is strong is
the one who tells Jews to be hit by stones, bullets, Molotov cocktails, and
grenades – and remain quiet. Today the strong ones are those who shoot from
shelters and tanks onto open fields, on empty houses, and pretend that they are
fighting.
"There’s
another thing I have to tell you, Yitzchok. Remember when you fell into the Oslo
abyss – any time there were terrorist actions, you immediately stopped
negotiating with the Arabs. Yet your successor, the one who talks so proudly of
Rabin’s legacy, continues to talk to Arabs even while they shoot us. Even
after Arafat openly and officially promoted the terrorist who murdered the
soldier and wounded three people on Shabbos in Gush Katif, Barak still considers
him a partner for peace!"
Recently,
Barak announced a number of times that in order to be able to continue at Camp
David (and concede most of the Old City of Yerushalayim), the Palestinians would
only be required to tone down the uprisings, not stop them entirely. He spoke
along these lines: "If it would only be stones, it wouldn’t be bad. Even
if there would be the odd shooting with a rifle, it would not be a significant
obstacle." This was the gist of his words. It would be interesting to know
what he would say if that odd incident were to occur before him or a member of
his family.
Let’s
go back a moment to the foreign minister. At that terrible time, when the dead
in Gush Katif had not yet been brought to burial, and the wounded children were
still dripping blood, this heart of stone spoke on the radio. He spoke about two
nations who must continue to live side by side and that the only partner he
knows is the Palestinian Authority. He even had a suggestion to prevent further
attacks: "We must demand that Arafat intensify his efforts he is making
against terror."
There
are two possible explanations. Either the prime minister and his foreign
minister are spies who have penetrated our government, or they were afflicted
with severe mental problems which prevents them from seeing and understanding
the simplest things. This is the only limud z’chus that can be said
about them. At least let them have the brains to go home and not drag the Jewish
nation down with them! You know the Yiddish expression, "Meshuga,
meshuga, ober seichel darf men hobben" (Insane, insane, but you’ve
got to have brains.)
I
had a few more things to say to Rabin there on the mountain:
"Yitzchok,
remember how in Gush Katif you proudly announced that the settlements of the
Gush would remain forever. Nobody remembers that legacy today. Instead, the
radio broadcasters interview the mothers whose wounded children lie in the
hospital, and they say to them, ‘Hasn’t the time come for you to consider
evacuating the settlements?’
"You
tell me! Who would say that, except for war criminals? By saying that, Israeli
radio is supporting Palestinian terrorists and Hamas in the most shocking way,
for they’re saying that the terrorists should continue their attacks, and they
agree that this is the right way to clear the settlers out.
"You
remember, Yitzchok, how much you opposed a Palestinian State, and see what they’re
doing to you today. They’re murdering you again. You heard what Barak and
Benamou announced recently: ‘The way towards a Palestinian State is only
through negotiation.’In other words, even now, when they say that Arafat’s
word is not a word, a signature is not a signature, and as they themselves say,
he doesn’t even have the ability to prevent every organization from continuing
their terror attacks, they are still willing and ready to proceed with the
establishment of a Palestinian State, and to arrive at a permanent agreement
with it.
"Even
Shimon Peres, who traveled to Aza and returned triumphantly with a ceasefire
agreement, only to be snubbed in his face the next day, still continues to
preach the continuation of this blood-soaked path. I’m sure, Yitzchok, that if
you could open your mouth now, you would scream bitterly, ‘What agreement?!’
"See,
friend, what they did to you. When you valiantly fought the Arabs and liberated
the Kosel, what honor we received from the nations. What joy every Jew had,
wherever he was. How good it was to be a brave Israeli. How terrified the Arabs
were of every Jew. How quickly all the philanthropists ran to invest in Israel.
How many millions of tourists flocked here to see the entire, wonderful Eretz
Yisroel with their own eyes. Remember, Yitzchok?
"But
now, when everybody forgets your true legacy, and they capitulate and withdraw
and restrain themselves, all the nations despise us. Heads of state break off
ties with us, with Israel, because the nation is broken, sad, worried, and in
despair. It’s embarrassing to be a cowardly Israeli. The Arabs raise their
head and one of their youngsters with a rock stands facing our tanks and armored
cars. The philanthropists turn their backs and withdraw their investments. And
the tourists aren’t here. The hotels are deserted and their employees have
been laid off.
"Yitzchok,
remember how you established the state, how you sacrificed for it." (In a
whisper so that nobody hears: Remember how you even killed Jews that you thought
interfered with your goal? Yes, there at the Altalena with Ben Gurion on the
beach of Tel Aviv. After the cannon blast that sunk the ship, you even shot at
the survivors in the water, Jews who fought the British and wanted to continue
to drive out the Arabs. No doubt in Olam HaEmes you’ve met up with
those you killed. But let’s not discuss that now, so you won’t feel
uncomfortable.)
"You
took step after step with this State, in all the military and governmental roles
you filled with pride. And now, Yitzchok, you’re gone and your state has gone
with you.
"Where
is the man who will get up and teach Rabin’s real legacy? Not the imaginary
legacy that you regret, Yitzchok. Not the legacy that has already led to
destruction and for which you turn over in your grave. The real legacy, which
still speaks well of you in Heaven. The one that your ‘followers’ – like
Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak, and the others who destroy the nation and the land –
try to forget.
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