The “T” Word
January 4, 2001
Barak is to be tossed out of office in just 32
days. Clinton’s Folly ends in half that time. Yet the two lame ducks are still
quacking away, as if they have all the time in the world. Perhaps William Safire sums it up best in
today’s essay in the New York Times:
“Two weeks before leaving office, Bill Clinton is
frantically scrambling to patch together his claim to a legacy by undermining
Israel's security and dividing Jerusalem.
Four weeks before facing ejection from office by
irate Israeli voters, a desperate Ehud Barak has turned himself into a
diplomatic doormat, making hitherto inconceivable concessions so that he can
get past Election Day on the pretext of having achieved a truce.
In negotiations that will probably resume now and
conclude on the Friday before inaugural weekend, these two men in political
extremis represent nobody but themselves.” (Read entire essay below.)
Yes and no. True, Clinton is trying desperately to
divide Jerusalem. And without a doubt, he is undermining Israel’s
security. But, it is not true that that
the responsibility lies with Clinton. He is an outsider. He is a political “has
been.” He is, with 16 days left, a nobody.
He is not accountable for decisions taken concerning the future of the
Jewish state.
Ehud Barak is, on the other hand, an Israeli,
elected to uphold the best interests of his country, of his people. Even after
his defeat, he can and will be held responsible for every single day of his
premiership. And he is not so stupid as to not comprehend the significance of
his every utterance, up to and including his last day in office. He is
accountable for decisions considered and taken concerning the future of the
Jewish state.
Ehud Barak has crossed so many red lines that it is
difficult to summarize them. So the following items should not be considered
inclusive.
Ehud Barak is singularly responsible for
abandonment of the security of his people. Despite his responsibility as Prime
Minister and Defense Minister, he has intentionally prevented the Israeli
Defense Forces from fulfilling its primary mission that of defending the citizens of the State
of Israel. Senior military officers serving in Judea and Samaria were told
specifically, “Do whatever you have to do, as long as you do not jeopardize the
peace process.” In other words,
"don't take the handcuffs off, just loosen them a little."
Ehud Barak is singularly responsible for continued
Arab terrorist attacks against Jews, resulting in the murder of men and women,
resulting in the orphaning of dozens of Israeli children. The fact that Barak
persists in negotiating with murderers as they continue to indiscriminately
spill Israeli blood is tantamount to justification of the murders. How can a
leader negotiate while his "partner" continues killing innocent
fathers and mothers? The Palestinian press is calling Barak as he is: a lemon -
The more you squeeze the more you get. And Barak is quite willing to be
squeezed.
Ehud Barak is singularly responsible for initiating
a “secular revolution,” aimed at deleting Judaism from the State of Israel. It
is no secret: Israel was created as a “Jewish State.” One need not be
religiously observant to recognize and appreciate the uniqueness of the first
independent Jewish state in two thousand years. Barak’s plans call for a state
with Jews residing in it, rather than a Jewish state. There is a great
difference between the two. Jewish heritage, culture and tradition will take a
back seat to the esthetics of modern culture, making us the Switzerland of the
Middle East. The one element that united Jews around the world, the one element
that kept Judaism alive and viable, the essence of our being during 2,000 years
of exile and dispersion, namely, our Torah, is to be relegated to the dusty
shelves of museums, while Amos Oz, Nachum Barnea and Shelly Yechemovitch carry the torch of
tomorrow.
Ehud Barak is singularly responsible for expressing
Israeli willingness to relinquish Jerusalem. Ehud Barak will be remembered in
the annuls of Jewish history as one of the few Jews of all times ready to
divorce the Jewish people from the one and only Holy of Holies.
This is, of course, where the “T" word must be
mentioned. Ehud Barak has betrayed his people, his land, and his heritage. Ehud
Barak is a traitor.
Lest I be arrested and jailed for incitement, let
me make things clear. Barak must not be physically assaulted or hurt, in any
way, shape or form. He must be dethroned, disgraced, tossed out of office, not
by a bullet, but rather by a ballot. Ehud Barak and all that he represents must
be overwhelmingly voted down by the people of Israel, thereby rejecting his
betrayal. The very act of casting Barak from office is an affirmation of all
that he opposes, an affirmation of our right to our land, of the right of our
people to live safely and securely, of the right to live our heritage and
tradition as we see fit.
Barak will be as is his name, which in Hebrew means
lightening. It strikes suddenly, flashes a blinding light, and just as
abruptly, disappears.
