A Sign Upon Your Arm

We are in a weird place right now. It's as if we have seen the lightning flash, the air mass has been split, and we are waiting for it to crash down and bring the thunder. It's not an easy place to be. I think that perhaps it is easier in Eretz Yisrael, because at least you are there. Here in Galut it is much more difficult to watch and wait.

We know where the White House stands. Marack wants Jerusalem divided. He wants Yesha evacuated. We know what Fatah and Hamas want; every Jew dead. We know what the Jews of Yesha want, to be able to live in the heart of the land given to us by HaShem so the Jewish people can live out their role in the redemption of Am Yisrael. What we don't know is what Bibi Netanyahu wants. And I cannot say what Kol Yisrael wants...really what it will do when the chips are down.

Peace cannot be made with Fatah and Hamas. Only the most stupid on the left know that now in light of what has happened since the destruction and expulsion of Gush Katif, and at the Fatah Genocide Jamboree last week in Beit Lechem. We also know that Fatah and Hamas will not make peace with Israel, in spite of Hamas' lie that they would make peace with Israel if they accept the 1967 border. Their charter remains unchanged. Their declaration to destroy Israel remains unchanged.

Now we must ask, what will the UN do. Israpundit had a post up yesterday outlining the steps that might be taken to unilaterally create Palestine in Judea and Shomron since neither Israel nor the Arabs can make peace with the other. Israel cannot make peace with bodies dedicated to slaughtering every last Jew, and the Arabs cannot make peace with a country it wants to destroy. So the question is, will the UN, the largest anti-Israel NGO on the planet move to create Palestine, creating its borders, determining who gets to live where, and what happens to Jerusalem? And if it does this, how will Israel respond?

Will the government mobilize the people to defend the communities of Yesha? Will it be silent? Will the IDF and the citizens of Israel rise up to fight any international force that attempts to enforce such a ruling? Will Jews in Galut rush to Israel's aid to help repel the invasion? Or will none of this come to pass?

One thing is certain, if one believes in the word of HaShem as delivered by the Naviim (a word commonly translated as prophets, but I think it is more accurate to say they were Avatars, channelling the word of G-d so that the people could hear it), then regardless of what happens, those who are faithful to HaShem, and desire to restore that relationship to the way it was, and elevate it to a new level, will see the redemption of Am Yisrael.

But will we be slaughtering each other in the streets as we were before the Romans laid siege to Jerusalem and destroyed the Beit Hamikdash, the Temple and Holy of Holies, or will we hear the call of the prophet Yeshaiyahu:

עוּרִי עוּרִי לִבְשִׁי-עֹז, זְרוֹעַ יְהוָה--עוּרִי כִּימֵי קֶדֶם, דֹּרוֹת עוֹלָמִים

Arise! Arise! Array yourself in strength, O

arm of Hashem--arise as in days of old, in generations past.

The Navi is clear. I believe that if we stand strong now in Eretz Yisrael, and in Galut, make our intentions known that we will not give in, that we will not yield, then perhaps we can avert bloodshed. I have a great deal of worry for Am Yisrael. We have faced many tests. We have survived and endured. I pray for the safety of all of Am Yisrael, in the land, and in exile. But most of all in Yehuda and Shomron. They are on the front line. They are most at risk. Will we stand with them and hold the line, or will we drive the bulldozers?

Arise! Arise!