| Further Reflections on Self-Restraint, By Prof. Paul Eidelberg , June12, 2001 A person who possesses moderation can control (or exercise self-restraint over) his desire for food, sex, and material goods (such as money). A nation that possesses this virtue is commendable... Now consider self-restraint in relation to a nation at war. Jewish law addresses this issue. For example, when approaching an enemy's stronghold, it is forbidden to destroy his trees unless he is using them as shield to attack you. Otherwise, needless destruction is forbidden by Jewish law. Under no circumstances, however, is a Jew or Jewish soldier to endanger his life out of concern for the life of the enemy. Jewish law makes it very clear that if ANYONE comes to kill you, kill him first. Your life takes precedence over his. This precept conforms to the law of "pekuach nefesh." The Sharon's Government's policy of self-restraint is a violation of Jewish law, and one can only wonder why rabbis have not protested EN MASSE against this stupid and cowardly policy. Many prominent rabbis, who supported the Oslo policy of "territory for peace" on grounds of "pekuach nefesh," now deafen us by their silence about this Jewish concept. Rabbi Moshe Tendler is reported to have said (courageously) that such rabbis have Jewish blood on their hands. Obviously the same may be said of several Israeli prime ministers, especially Ariel Sharon. His unilateral ceasefire - the epitome of self-restraint -- has given Arabs a license to kill Jews with impunity! Allow me to speculate and provide a metaphysical explanation of this policy. It seems that many Jews have to be killed by Arabs before the nation will come to the following realization: (1) that peaceful coexistence with the Palestinian Arabs is not possible; (2) that Israel cannot rely for its security on any secular prime minister; (3) that Israel cannot rely for its security on any political party, secular or religious; (4) that Israel's present form of government is inept and incapable of providing for the safety of the Jewish people; (5) that a secular democratic state is incapable of dealing effectively with the Arab problem; (6) that, given Israel's hostile and burgeoning Arab population, the democratic principle of one adult/one vote is destructive of democracy and of Israel as well; (7) that the American government (in contradistinction to the American people) endangers Israel's existence as a Jewish state; (8) that the Jews of Israel must take their destiny in their own hands; (9) that only Torah Judaism can unite the Jewish people; (10) that Israel can only rely on the G-d of Israel for its salvation. That many Jews have to be killed by Arabs to reach these conclusions is of course tragic. This killing of Jews will harden them, will prepare them for an inevitable war, a war that Israel shall not only win, but which will witness the end of the internal and external Arab problem. [The author teaches at Bar Illan University in Israel. This article was posted at www.kahane.org.] |
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