Thursday, May 17, 2007

Winning Day Seven Of The Six Day War

By Moshe Feiglin
Translated from the Makor Rishon newspaper

7 Iyar, 5767
April 25, 2007

6 Day War"I did not get any instructions to conquer the Sinai," apologized Six Day War Southern Commander Shaika Gavish in an interview with Israel's Makor Rishon newspaper. "My objectives were very clear: To destroy the Egyptian army, to open the straits and to prevent hostilities from the Gaza Strip. Period. And that is what we did."

"I stood here next to Brigade Commander Mota Gur," related Rabbi Yisrael Ariel who was a soldier in the battle for Jerusalem, "when IDF Chief Rabbi Goren arrived. He seemed to be looking for something. 'How can I help you?' Mota Gur asked Rabbi Goren. 'I am looking for a place on the Mount of Olives to bury the IDF casualties,' the Rabbi answered. 'Why look on the Mount of Olives?' the paratrooper Brigade Commander and liberator of Jerusalem asked in surprise. 'After all, in a few months, it will all go back to the Jordanians.'"

The paratroopers fought like lions, but the mindset of the leadership and the High Command was exactly the same then as it is today. Exactly as Shaikah Gavish described it. We did not come as liberators; we did not come as children returning to their ancient homeland; we certainly did not come to connect to Israel's holiness or to our Jewish identity. We came to solve a technical problem and to leave.

Israel's Six Day War political leadership was by and large made up of the pioneers of the Second aliyah. Their sons, who controlled the military leadership, were brought up on rebellion against the "Jewish exile mentality." They derisively called the ambivalent Eshkol government "the Jews." That expression is the quintessence of the auto-Anti-Semitism on which the second generation of "proud Israelis" on the kibbutzim and on the beaches of Tel Aviv was raised. While the Nation of Israel joyously reunited with Israel's newly liberated Biblical landscapes, its leadership began to look for ways to rid itself of those identity-laden territories.

The tension between the nation that desires to connect to its homeland and the interminable leadership that simply wants to solve a problem and disconnect has been part of our lives since the day after the Six Day War. It is the conflict of the seventh Day of the Six Day War. And it is still not resolved.

When it became clear that giving "this whole Vatican" -- in the words of Moshe Dayan -- to the Jordanians was not an option, the Six Day War military leadership, which had already assumed the political leadership of the State of Israel, was forced to look for another outlet. It came up with the detestable option of recognizing the Palestine (all of it) Liberation (from the Jews) Organization. The handshake between the Chief of Staff of the Six Day War (Rabin) and the arch terrorist and the advent of the Oslo era were meant to once and for all provide the disconnecters with victory over the connecters, the Israelis over the Jews -- even at the price of withdrawal from Zionism's basic principles. Arafat did his job by agreeing to accept most of the "cursed territories" (as Leftist politician Yossi Sarid called them).

But terror escalated, the settlements continued to develop despite the terrible price that Oslo exacted from them, and the disconnecters were left with just one more option -- unilateral withdrawal. The destruction of the Jewish settlements in Gush Katif and Northern Shomron was the ultimate expression of the internal conflict that has been raging in Israel since Jerusalem was "liberated." After the Expulsion, it seemed that the outcome of the conflict had been determined. It looked like the Jews had been defeated and that Israel would now "converge" into the state of Tel Aviv.

But actually, we are witnessing the opposite process. The enlightened Israeli tyranny that destroyed its internal enemy has been left without any goal around which it can unite the nation and its army. One year after the Expulsion, Israel suffered a humiliating defeat in Lebanon. Since then, all the arms of the enlightened tyranny fight each other, hastening their quick descent into oblivion. The Jews, though, are waking up. The energies that we saw at the return to Homesh are no less potent than the energies of Sebastia one generation ago. They leave no doubt as to the outcome of the conflict that started on the seventh day of the Six Day War.



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8 comments:

Avi said...

It's time to spread the message that Israel belongs to Am Yisrael and everyone else is just guests.

Visit http://www.masada1234.blogspot.com
A blog with a similar goal and very sympathetic to Mr. Feiglin

Anonymous said...

89 more days and I leave my job. Two weeks later my husband and I make aliyah. As soon as possible after that I get in touch with you and ask how I can help - between ulpan and all the other stuff that goes on with klita.

Which brings me to the question: What kind of klita program do you have in place now? It would be nice if new olim didn't have to depend on only the current State's programs and the brainwashing/propaganda that likely go with them. Once I am absorbed I would love to help you create an alternative klita program.

Do you think this is a crazy idea, or something that might get traction?

Anonymous said...

good luck to u. remember politics isnt everything. being connected with our unique and standoffish judasim is more important and more crucial. may we take more of the torah in all its facets into our hearts and bring it into action with joy! a blessing of kabbalat hatorah bisimcha ubipnimiyut to u would like to chat up with u abt what u do and mazal tov and may we increase in our expression of ahavat yisrael my name is yisrael i would like to chat with u abt how ure involved all the best thanks

Faige said...

Dear Chava Bar Levi,

What an excellent idea! When my husband and I make aliyah, please G-d, we would like to join you.

Faige

Anonymous said...

Zionists are living in a dream world. They will never succeed. They have not had one day of menucha in 60 years, and will never have it. It is time the Yidden woke up and realized that the Zionist ethnocracy is leading us to the abyss. Judaism is not Zionism!

Anonymous said...

Thank you, Faige. Please write me at eva_goldman@yahoo.com (that's my name until I make aliyah.).

As for Anonymous, I agree that HaShem is everything and politics isn't - however, if we do practical things like this with Him in mind, I believe we will succeed in transforming them the way they were meant to be.

My husband intends to retire and learn; I may have to work a while. :)

Rafael V. Rabinovich said...

The Six-Day-War debacle continues to hunt us. Yes, debacle. G-d did his part, gave us the land with marvelous miracles. The Arabs were packing their belongings, ready to hit the road faster than in 1948. The entire city of Hevron, weary of a possible Jewish revenge for the 1929 pogrom, surrendered to a single man, Rabbi Goren, who had nothing but his shofar for a weapon.
Yet, the leadership of Israel's army and government ask the Arabs to remain. Beg them to stay. Pay their way through for them to not leave. The liberated territories were held as that, territories, without incorporating them into the State. G-d's land was turned into a bargaining chip for "peace" negotiations: we'll give up G-d's possession in exchange of a piece of paper.
Forty years. No lessons have been learned. The leadership of Israel, every single Prime Minister, of every party in power for the past 40 years, including Herut and Likud, have kept the game going. As though the land that G-d separated for His chosen people since the Creation of it all wasn't really for us.
Our Israelite ancestors, leaving Mitzrayim, needed 40 before entering Eretz Yisrael. Are we ready now?

Gerald said...

Warfare is a fascinating subject. Despite the dubious morality of using violence to achieve personal or political aims. It remains that conflict has been used to do just that throughout recorded history.

Your article is very well done, a good read.