THIS IS GRIEF… NOT A SOLUTION…
0730 by Jeff Hess
I’ve still not found any mention in our rococo media of the quotes I pulled out yesterday from the Jerusalem Post concerning the murder of eight yeshiva students on Thursday. But I did find this passage in a New York Times story that speaks volumes, but only if you understand the history of the Middle East. Sadly, few here do.
Rabbi David Shalem, 43, the director of the Institute of Talmud Studies at the yeshiva, where he has spent the last 22 years, tried to wipe his tears away. “Tomorrow instead of religious lectures there will be funerals,” he said, then shouted: “Let the government go to hell! Write that down. Let the government go to hell!”
Asked what the government should do, Rabbi Nachum Levy, 60, said, “I would like to see Olmert go with a strong hand.” Where? “Everywhere, in Gaza and the north and inside,” he said, “and not dismantle settlements.”
Please understand that when Rabbi Levy uses the phrase with a strong hand he is not speaking of political resolve. He is calling for Olmert to act with the righteous wrath of God to wipe the Palestinians off the map of the Middle East.
If we can’t deal with our own fanatics, how can we expect to find solutions with others?
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