The divine process of Jewish redemption in the Land of Israel has reached the point of no return. The very thought of Jews uprooting thousands of fellow Jews from their homeland is a disgrace, and contradictory to the very essence of the ideological roots of the Zionist process.
Let us declare openly and clearly: we Jews living in the heartland of Yesha for three generations, will do everything within our power to prevent such a crime from being committed against the Jewish people and our homeland. We will rally all of our loyal brothers and sisters in unity against this twisted and heinous plan.
We have no doubt that multitudes of Jewish people abroad and in Israel will unite around the proud banner of building and renewing life and will never join the humiliating banner of uprooting and destruction. We draw our strength of belief and determination from the divine words ‘lech lecha.’ This is the only direction that has an ensured blessing inherent within it.
I turn to our Israeli government and especially our prime minister: Your responsibility to Jewish destiny can still be returned to the true Zionist focus of confronting terror instead of yielding; courageous building and not destroying, fearlessly going forward and not cowardly fleeing. Remember, a nation cannot escape its destiny.
We still hear the words of the Almighty reverberating throughout the hills of Yesha: ” Go forward to the land I will show you…I will make you into a great nation…you will be blessed and I will bless those who bless thee. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you” (Bereishit 12:1,2).
