This week is a special and unique one here in Israel. It begins with Yom HaZicharon, Remembrance Day. On this day the Nation honors the slain hero soldiers as well as terror victims. This is a day of uniity, achdut. It is a day to reflect and perhaps appreciate that the haters of Israel don’t really discriminate in their vile and viscious hatred on the basis of how each of us dresses or looks. October 7, 2023 is proof that it doesn’t matter to them if you are secular, traditional, National Religious, Haredi, etc. It makes no difference if you are Sephardic or Ashkenaz. The Leftists of the Kibbutzim next to Gaza have learned that to the haters of Jews and Israel, the willingness to compromise parts of Eretz Yisrael doesn’t buy you their friendship, only more violent hatred.
This year, Yom HaZicharon begins on Monday evening and ends on Tuesday evening. Without pause, the end of Yom HaZicharon ushers in Yom Ha’atzmaut, Independence day. Yom Ha’atzamut is not only a national holiday, it’s a national celebration. Parks are filled with Jewish Israelis of every kind. BBQs with grilled meats is the order of the day. Overwhelmingly, the Israelis on this day forget their differences and take joy in knowing that with all the pressures, attacks, propaganda, etc, approximately half of the world’s Jews are now home, this time permanently after being scattered and persecuted in the Diaspora for almost 2,000 years.
Are We Truly Independent? Not Yet
Still, too many of our soldiers get killed or injured unnecessarily in order not to hurt their ‘civillians’.
Gaza and South Lebanon are not being annexed to the State of Israel, mainly because of world opinion.
Transfer of hostile 5th column residents is not being carried out, even as the threat from within grows.
Yet, things are happening.
The Times They Are A Changin’
We now hear from many in the decision making establishment the new objective of Israel working towards a zero United States military subsidy policy. When Rabbi Meir Kahane ztl stated this goal 40 years ago, he was scoffed at. What they didn’t learn from Kahane, they learned from Joe Biden as he held back important weapons at the most trying times.
Scientifically, we are pulling ahead both in High Tech and in Bio Tech. Billions are being invested in Israel and much more is anticipated.
The open and hostile eruption of anti Semitism worldwide, growing monthly, has forced many Jews, especially younger and middle aged, to look seriously at aliya.
It is this writer’s opinion that the more Western Jews invest in land, apartments, houses, and businesses in Israel, the stronger Israeli independence will be. More immigration to Israel by Westeners with their knowledge of business, trade, and technology, will force open many types of opportunities:
The sooner we unite and grasp what is happening, the sooner we will have true independence and the arrival of our long awaited final redemption.
- The Israel Land Authority will be forced to expedite more housing and more cheaper housing in the peripheral areas.
- Israel’s young and more religious population will expand the tax base and they will demand and receive a more representative government, as well as further cuts to bureaucracy and high taxes.
Friends, we are being fetched from the 4 corners of the earth. None of what is happening is by coincidence. The foot steps of the final redemption can be felt and seen before our eyes.
We must do our share and He will do his.
Next year in Jerusalem from the top of the Temple Mount.
We can achieve this. Unite for what is right!
Happy Independence Day!
