""Two states for two peoples.".
This slogan, if you will, is reminiscent of the complex Israeli existence of a small country surrounded by seventy wolves, among them one large, demanding and threatening wolf that growls through its mustache in the moonlight and shouts "two states for two peoples." A kind of terrifying sentence, belonging to the "enlightened" society on the left side of the scale, which advocates simplicity and the connection of man to nature, excuse me, to animals. Want to be in the spotlight? Want to be "regarded"? No problem. Just say a word or two about the cruelty of the Jewish state that occupies the poor people of the West Bank and points its guns at the little face of a Palestinian child, and voila, you've risen in rank. You've become an enlightened person.
Well, bye.
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But for some reason, in the heat of recent days, the days of celebration for the country's citizens, from the days of mourning through the days of the imaginary independence, we have noticed and seen that the frightening slogan is indeed alive and well. Right here under our noses and before our eyes, the prophecy of rage is being fulfilled: "Two states for two peoples." No, we didn't say two religions. We said two peoples. There is the people 'who dwell in Zion', gathered together with their heads uncovered and their kippahs knitted, living their lives here and remaining quietly secure in their own homes. On the other hand, there is the other state, the 'Jewish state', where the people 'who dwell in Zion' reside within the gates specified in the halakhah, bound by the laws and obligations of the Holy Torah, the Torah of Hashem.
Take as an example the last day of vacation, Independence Day. Go and see what is going on between my son and my father-in-law, since last night 'Israelis' have been seen sacrificing their lives for a good and important place in the east of the garden or park. The writer of these lines saw with his own eyes three sacrificers, who spent their nights in a dilapidated tent in the Sacher Garden in the capital, all so that they would have a shady corner the next day. White and blue tablecloths were spread out starting at midnight on the wooden tables of the JNF in the eternal forests of Jerusalem, with the following black and threatening inscription on their backs: "Protect." I don't know if we are dotting 'shor' with the letter 'V' or if we are 'dreaming' to say: Protect your soul, my friend, and find yourself another corner. You know, it is not recommended to irritate Israelis and fight over parking, and not necessarily over cars.
From the Sacerdrome to the Beit Midrash on Chol Hamoed
On the other hand, in the second country, the Jewish state, since the days of Passover, the streets of a city and the pages of newspapers have been covered with huge advertisements calling on the holy public to take advantage of the day off and participate in Torah lessons given to the masses. A "day full of Torah" intended for working people thirsting for the word of God has already gained real momentum. If it was once a 'start-up', today you don't have a synagogue or a beit midrash that respects itself that wouldn't produce a real Torah event on this day off. Rabbis and public figures dedicate themselves and their energy on this day without any compensation, and all for the sake of the many, the glory of God. I had the opportunity to glance at the diary of one of the great rabbis who stomps his feet on this day without a break from the north of the country to the south, and I was amazed. Exactly. Between the first lesson given at nine in the morning and the last lesson at midnight, the rabbi committed to ten more places that he would visit, meaning twelve Torah lessons in one day! Happy Israel.
One does not need to belong to one court or another, nor is it required to hold an extreme 'view' from foreign lands, to understand once and for all that we and they - indeed brothers and indeed living in the same region of the country, but completely different. We are not required, God forbid, to disconnect and ignore, this is already happening to Ilyo, but it is definitely recommended to notice and pay attention that we and they, how to say, are different.
Under the attempt to try to explain at any given moment, instead of defending ourselves and showing how 'good' we are and how much we also 'contribute' to society and the country, and instead of embellishing ourselves and presenting the margins for all to see and saying "we also have soldiers," we are only required to sanctify His name, the Blessed One, and leave them with all the questions unanswered.
They will find them when despair over the violence and bullying in Israeli society takes over them.
