Of Landlords and Tenants in the Holy Land
By Jason Gold, JEWISH LEADERSHIP
“I am the landlord here, and if you (Ed. note: “you” meaning Jews, Israelis, etc.) don’t like it, you can leave” exclaimed Arab MK Ahmed Tibi from the Knesset podium approximately one week ago. Amazing that in that one sentence, Tibi encapsulated the very root of the current intifada. That is, Jews acting like squatter tenants in their own land and being subverted to the will of the landlord Arabs.
Now if you ask your average Israeli about this analysis, he/she will tell you that you are crazy, it’s our land, what is Tibi talking about, the inciter, trouble maker, blah, blah blah. Unfortunately though, Tibi is right. While the Arabs boldly assert their false claims to the land, how does the Israeli government answer? Most of the time with something like, “we have the right to defend ourselves”, or “we have the right to live in security”. When has an Israeli prime minister ever responded with something like, “Gd promised this land to us, time and time again in the Tanach”? The answer is never. Why? Very simple.
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