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Title: | Zionism cannot be converted to the left politics of territorialis | |||
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| Name: | Joseph E . Post 3 | | |||
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| City: | Givatayim | State: | Israel | | |
| Zionism, is the return of the Jewish nation to Zion, as expressed in the foundational "Law of Return". But how can this land be called "Zion" without Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, Jericho, Beit El, Shilo, Shechem, the mountain and the desert? These are the places where the events of the Bible transpired and where the spirit, soul, and character of the Jewish people was formed. The voluntary hand-over of Zion to the Arabs can only be a perversion of Zionism, a Zionist absurdity. The wonder of the matter is that those who support this convolution actually dare to call themselves "Zionists". In both the world and in Israel, there are plenty of Jews who are not Zionists, and among them are even enemies of Zionism. a Zionist-Jew view rests on the three pillars of people, land, and sovereignty, cognizant that if one pillar collapses, the whole building crumbles A Zionist, as opposed to a "territorialist", will not give up the Land of Israel , because unless it is in the Land of Israel, he has no interest in sovereignty. As for the territorialists, sovereignty is what`s essential and it doesn`t matter if that sovereignty is actualized in Argentina, Uganda, Birobidzhan, or even a part of the Land of Israel, if that is what is available. In his eyes, land is real estate, an incidental basis upon which to spread the tent of sovereignty - a neutral platform, devoid of emotional resonance. Behold the irony: We experienced the wonder of liberating all of Israel west of the Jordan only to invent a new species of territorialism - one from within the Land of Israel and among the camp that still calls itself "Zionist". This new ideology calls for retreat from the heart of Zion - a cold-blooded, voluntary retreat - out of considerations of democracy, demography, economy, international support, and - dare we say it - self-hatred. From now on, other values - social, economic, liberal, universal - outweigh the foundational significance of the Land of Israel as an eternal inheritance. Zion is abandoned to foreign rule, its children exiled to the territorial fringes of the patrimony. The Supreme Court in an appeal by Arabs from Judea and Samaria whom the army intended to temporarily transfer to Gaza as part of a tactical operation against terrorist warfare: "Removing a person from his place of residence, and forcibly transferring him to another place is a serious blow to his honor, freedom, and property rights. A man`s house is not merely a roof over his head, but is also his physical and social placement in his private life and in his social relations. A number of basic human rights are violated by uprooting him against his will from his home to a different place, even if such a move doesn`t require his crossing a national border. (Supreme Court decision 7015/02 - Ajuri)." Against the background of this ruling, the expulsion of law-abiding, innocent Jewish citizens by a Jewish government can be measured in its true, outrageous dimensions. |
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