At this crucial point there is no room for heretical hallucinations of achieving peace by fleeing from our enemies, yielding our rights to our country and thereby inviting terrorist gangs to ravage our land. Haven’t we learned any lessons since the irresponsible Oslo accords, which granted weapons to our sworn enemies? How could an Israeli government again release over 250 avowed terrorists as a “gesture” to the terrorist leader Abu Mazen, surely paving the way for the murder of yet more Jews?
These illusions aren’t just the private thoughts of Ehud Olmert and Haim Ramon. It is the very basis of their wicked plan to further uproot Jewish communities. They cannot help but be encouraged by President Bush’s insistence on “freezing” settlements. Mr. Bush meant to comfort us by saying that in return, the Palestinians must recognize the existence of the Jewish state of Israel, and he offered us some guidance by saying we can settle in the Negev and Galilee.
With all due respect, I want to declare loud and clear that we don’t need any recognition from Palestinians or, for that matter, from Mr. Bush. The State of Israel is a divine creation of the God of Israel, and only He determines its destiny. Therefore we don’t need the advice of foreign powers telling us where we can settle in our land. We will continue to inhabit and establish Jewish life in the Negev, Galilee, Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem and Hebron, because this is our biblical homeland.
Thank God we are back home and have the ability, faith and strength to build and defend our country against those who still wish to destroy us.
With the help of the Almighty, the hundreds of thousands of Jews in Israel who continue in the path of Yehoshua bin Nun and Calev ben Yefuneh – those two giants of faith who refused to go along with the spies’ negative report – will bring about the realization of the prophecy of Zachariah that the fast day of Tisha B’Av will turn into a festive day of rejoicing.