Zionism is still here - by Nadav Sharagai

Now is the time to ignore the world, which will certainly condemn and boycott, and go beyond the security discourse to get back to Zionist discourse and actions; to first and foremost tell ourselves the simple, forgotten truth: The land of Israel belongs to the people of Israel.

Nadav Shragai..
Israel Hayom..
03 July'16..
Link: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=16581

"The long arm of the IDF will strike at the murderers," sure. We will impose another closure, destroy another home, level another weapons-manufacturing workshop, revoke more work permits and more. That's all well and good, but what about the traditional Zionist response? What happened to the most basic and healthy Jewish instinct, the one that has characterized the return to Zion -- to plant each time we are uprooted; to make new life and to build in response to death and bereavement; to create more homes and more neighborhoods and more settlements for every victim taken. "In thy blood, live" (Ezekiel 16:6). This was once our daily bread, but in recent years, moratoriums have been imposed and construction has been sparse. This is true in Jerusalem, in Maaleh Adumim, in the "settlement blocs" and "deep in the territory." The threat of court-ordered evacuation hangs over the 20-year-old settlement of Amona, and thousands of homes throughout Judea and Samaria are crying out for regulation.

Now is the time to declare, first to ourselves, and then to the world and the Palestinians: No more. This is our homeland of Zion -- it is not "occupied territory"; we have no intention of "disengaging" or "separating" or "withdrawing." Not from Hebron, not from Beit El and not from Otniel. Not from Kiryat Arba, not from Ofra and not from Amona. We are not "occupiers" in our land. This is true revenge, as it will hurt the Palestinians more than anything else. It will also rebuild the unwavering Jewish commitment to the land of Israel.

This must happen first and foremost in Jerusalem -- we must fight for its unity and not be scared off by challenges or led astray by the deception of people like MK Haim Ramon. Then we must focus on Hebron, "Jerusalem's sister" as late Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion called it, and greater Hebron, which, during the recent wave of terrorism, became an assembly line producing the kind of terrorists who slaughter children in their beds and mothers in the doorways of their homes.

We will not acquire this land by way of countless shelters, security fences, military intelligence and manhunts for terrorists. Security is a means -- living in Zion is the ultimate goal.

After Northern Jordan Valley Murder Will PM Truly Give Zionist Response To Terror?

...Today's terrorists are popular folk heroes in Palestinian society. The cost to the Palestinians of terror, in the form of restrictions on movement and commerce, may be painful, but the pain is temporary in nature. Large terrorist attacks may postpone what the Palestinians see as the ongoing capitulation of Israel either at the negotiating table or via unilateral withdrawals, but, again, these are temporary setbacks.

Dr. Aaron Lerner..
IMRA..
11 November '13..

[Times of Israel: A man in his fifties, a retired IDF colonel, was killed in an apparent terrorist attack outside of his home in the northern Jordan Valley overnight Wednesday. The man’s girlfriend managed to run out of the house, located in the West Bank vacation village of Brosh HaBika, and escape the perpetrators, whom she identified as two Palestinians. The couple reportedly heard noises outside the house, and when the male victim when out to investigate, he was attacked by men wielding what several news outlets described as axes and crowbars.]

Historically, settlements were considered the "Zionist response to terror."

A look at the map of modern Israel finds it sprinkled with the names of settlements named in memory of the victims of various Arab attacks.

Today's terrorists are popular folk heroes in Palestinian society. The cost to the Palestinians of terror, in the form of restrictions on movement and commerce, may be painful, but the pain is temporary in nature. Large terrorist attacks may postpone what the Palestinians see as the ongoing capitulation of Israel either at the negotiating table or via unilateral withdrawals, but, again, these are temporary setbacks.

Terrorist attacks may, in fact, be viewed in the long run by the Palestinians as serving their interests by softening Israel's resolve.

Less than a month ago Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded to the murder of Sgt. Gabriel Kobi in Hebron by ordering the immediate resettlement of Beit Hamachpela, a Jewish owned building near the West Bank city’s Tomb of Patriarchs which was previously boarded up by order of the Defense Ministry.

PM Netanyahu declared that "Those who attempt to uproot us from the city of our forefathers will achieve the opposite effect. We will continue on one hand to fight terror and to harm terrorists and on the other hand to strengthen settlements."

But shortly after the news cycle winded down on the incident it turned out that PM Netanyahu's "order" notwithstanding, the actual return of Jews to the Jewish owned building remains mired in a web of legal processes with no clear end.

The latest murder of an Israeli in the northern Jordan Valley provides Mr. Netanyahu the opportunity to truly return to the "Zionist response to terror."

That means having the Defense Minister sign all the paperwork needed for something tangible to be built somewhere immediately.

That's "immediately" - not another step in a series of bureaucratic steps but all the steps.

The Absolutely Appropriate and Historical Zionist Response To Terror

...It should be made clear that the next murder of Israeli "X" won’t lead to the resettlement of a Jewish owned building but the settlement of a new neighborhood.

Dr. Aaron Lerner..
IMRA Commentary..
23 September '13..

Historically, settlements were considered the "Zionist response to terror."

A look at the map of modern Israel finds it sprinkled with the names of settlements named in memory of the victims of various Arab attacks.

Today's terrorists are popular folk heroes in Palestinian society. The cost to the Palestinians of terror, in the form of restrictions on movement and commerce, may be painful, but the pain is temporary in nature. Large terrorist attacks may postpone what the Palestinians see as the ongoing capitulation of Israel either at the negotiating table or via unilateral withdrawals, but, again, these are temporary setbacks.

Terrorist attacks may, in fact, be viewed in the long run by the Palestinians as serving their interests by softening Israel's resolve.

Last night Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded to the murder of Sgt. Gabriel Kobi in Hebron by

ordering the immediate resettlement of Beit Hamachpela, a Jewish owned building near the West Bank city’s Tomb of Patriarchs which was previously boarded up by order of the Defense Ministry.

PM Netanyahu declared that "Those who attempt to uproot us from the city of our forefathers will achieve the opposite effect. We will continue on one hand to fight terror and to harm terrorists and on the other hand to strengthen settlements."

The Zionist Response

David Wilder
The Wilder Way
30 April '10

For the past week I've felt haunted. Being very busy with tours and other necessary tasks, I hadn't found time to put down some words on paper. Actually, I began working on a very important document which I didn't even find time to finish.

But something else was eating at me. Friday night. Tomorrow night. The 17th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar. Exactly thirty years ago, the 17th of Iyar was also on a Friday night. I lived then in Mevassert Tzion, just outside Jerusalem. The next night a friend of mine commented, 'I knew something was wrong, seeing helicopters flying into Hadassah hospital.'

And something was very wrong. Friday night, May 12, 1980. It was just a year earlier when a group of about 10 women and 40 children had reentered Beit Hadassah in Hebron. The building, originally built in 1893, and having served as a medical clinic for Jews and Arabs in Hebron prior to the 1929 riots, had been vacant since Israel's return to the city in 1967. A week and a half following the end of Passover in 1979, the group climbed in thru a back window of Beit Hadassah in the middle of the night, reestablishing a Jewish presence in the heart of the city for the first time in 50 years.

Living conditions were non-existent, and the going wasn't easy; to the contrary, it was very difficult. But women such as Rebbetzin Miriam Levinger, Sarah Nachshon, and others were made of platinum. Not necessarily material platinum, rather spiritual platinum. Their faith, and their grasp of the significance of the return to Hebron, overcame all other factors. Together with a large group of children they defied all odds, refused to surrender to pressures, physical and mental, and maintained the Jewish presence in the city of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs.


(This was shot yesterday, primarily within the Hebron Museum. That is why the

sound quality is a bit different, but a worthwhile watch. TY to David Wilder)

Every Friday night, following Shabbat worship at Ma'arat HaMachpela, a group of men would sing and dance their way down the street to Beit Hadassah, where they continued the festivity, joined by the women and children living in the building, adding to their Shabbat spirit.

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