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Ask JTF For Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, Sunday, October 22.

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Manch:
Dear Chaim,
My observation is that most leftist are hopeless fools, ignoramuses, naïve, totalitarian, hateful & evil  people, full of self-righteous indignation, all amply embodied by "Lioness" Calandra. Most importantly, a great majority of them are genetic cowards, which explains why there are so many Jews with Galut mentality among them.  I came to the unfortunate conclusion there is a little chance of changing most of them. However, reading about the near-pogrom of Hesder (military) Yeshiva in Acco where 60 young Jewish men, future elite officers in the IDF - best of the best - were attacked by 100 or so Arab civilian and cowered for protection, left me thinking that we, on the right, bear  a great deal of responsibility for the current state of affairs. Perhaps, we are as responsible as the left. Not to break the attackers bones!? Is this sane?!

http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=113513

This would be unheard of in any country - Russia, USA, UK, Germany, Italy, Iran, Syria, France (well, may be in France  :D). To confirm my conclusion, over 200,000 supporters of Rabbi Meir Kahane ZT”L HY”D whose votes were stolen in 1988, did not go to the barricades, did not storm the Knesset, did not even engage in a civil disobedience! They just went along with the Likud’s thievery and voted for them like the sheeple they are. And those were the best of the best among us, the HaRav’s supporters.

Do you agree with me? What do you think about the state of the right? I am not talking about the political parties masquerading as a right, but rather referring to normal "right-thinking" people in Israel. Do we even deserve a normal country, let alone the beacon to humanity?
Thank you!
P.S. Only in Israel Jews can not celebrate freely and openly - this would never occur in USA or if it would, the attack would be labeled as a Hate crime.

TheCoon:
Chaim, what is your position on the Shas party? I read that its leader Eli Yishai said that Lebanese villages should have been flattened during the war, suggesting Israel should not have held back during the recent war. At the same time, his part is part of the Kadima coalition. On the surface their stated intentions of instilling Torah education into young Sephardic Jews seems commendable but in politics the party seems to take an anti-Torah position.

Also, what is JTF's position on Rav Ovadia Yosef? He has made comments along the lines of calling the arabs amalek and stating they should be annihilated. He has also viciously condemned left wing politicians in Israel and said Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment on the blacks of New Orleans. At the same time he has also made ridiculous comments saying it's ok to give away land for what he calls "true peace" and that Jews who died in the holocaust were the reincarnated souls of sinners. He also claimed Christians are idolaters and will be obliterated.

Thanks again for answering our questions every week.

Daniel:
A belated Shannah Tova to you, Chaim. I was very pleased to login to this Forum to see that you have been publicized in the Daily News. Many of our posters are up in arms about this article. Even though she is extremely critical and insulting to you and the JTF, I think she also did you a great service since even bad publicity is still publicity. By publishing in a newspaper that so many people use, this has gotten out the word about you and JTF. Isn't that something that you and the rest of us want to see happening? Even though Calandra insulted you, I'm curious to know whether you agree that the publicity, whether it be positive or negative, is still a positive thing. Thanks.

Daniel

Yacov Menashe adds: The elephant is like Bil'am. Just like Bnei Elim heckled you and their curse later became a blessing, so too for Calandra's attack.

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