SHABBAT THOUGHTS AND STUFF

Today I read an article in the JPost re one Benny Morris, an author who has come to the conclusion that it's either them or us in this country; that it was always 'jihad' since the beginning of their wars against us; that this isn't a war over territory, but a religious war. Hmmm..... where have I heard those sentiments expressed before? It was also written in the same article that Morris was once a darling of the Left. I doubt that, after writing the above, he's such a darling to them anymore.

But he does differ in a big way from Rabbi Meir Kahane HY"D: No mention of Israel's existence, and subsequent successes, being brought about by G-d. In fact, G-d gets no honorable mention anywhere by Benny Morris. He just throws up his hands and says he doesn't know what to do about the problem. And to him, it's still not possible, for moral and practical reasons, to throw out the Arab enemy.

Boker Tov Benny! You came to all the right conclusions but for the wrong reasons. Israel came into being - because G-D WANTED IT TO! There is a G-d in this world, Benny! A G-d of reward and punishment. YES - AND PUNISHMENT! One Who punishes us collectively for not making the kind of state that He wants. For not at least protesting the kinds of horrific things that go on here. For being apathetic, individualistic and burying our heads in the sand and in that way, hoping that the problems will just go away.

Today I was sitting outside reading the paper and observing people. Israel is a beautiful country - but it contains a lot of people who are negative, confused and spiritually very ugly. This spiritual ugliness a lot of time is reflected in physical ugliness, too. You see it even in beautiful women and men. There's a certain "hardness" to that beauty. Hard to explain, but I see it.

I want to be around the Beautiful People - those with beautiful souls and minds and hearts, and they shine on the outside because of it! People who have their heads on totally straight. People who "know what's important" (this was the advice R. Kahane always gave). Don't want to be around apathy, ignorance, boorishness and ugliness any more.

Tough week coming up. Lots of heavy-duty cleaning. Shavua Tov to all!