Grasshoppers Of The Desert – Or Lions Of Judah?

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Instead, let our approach be that of Caleb, who bravely contradicts the chorus of naysayers and implores: “Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome…” This should be our present attitude, because what was true then is equally true now. The Jewish people will indeed be able to overcome the obstacles to sovereignty in the land of its ancestors, if only it first prevails over the impeding ambivalences within.

Brandon Marlon is a Canadian-Israeli playwright and poet, and author of “Inspirations of Israel: Poetry for a Land and People” and “Judean Dreams.”