Template for non-Emuna Falafel Republic

Following excerpts from “Template for non-Emuna Falafel Republic“, from Rabbi Lazer Brody’s blog:

A Felafel Republic is similar to a banana republic, but whereas the latter is in South America, the former is in the Middle East.

Here’s how to make a Falafel Republic:

1. Tell people you’re a democracy for PR purposes, but let an arrogant elitist leftist oligarchy run the show behind the scenes.

2. Be as corrupt as you can. If you’re caught, simply appease the oligarchy, build more sidewalk cafes and gay bars, and give territories to the enemies in exchange for 6 months of undisturbed expresso drinking with croissants and butter.

3. Throw idealistic youth in jail.

Kinneret Very Low

Kinneret Very Low, reprinted with the kind permission of:

The recent heat wave and scanty rainfall this past winter have combined to create a dangerously low water level in Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee).

This winter’s rains raised the level by a total of only 60 centimeters (24 inches) – and 25 percent of that gain has already been lost because of the intense heat. During Pesach, for example, it reached 109F in the area of the Galilee.

This is the fourth straight year that there has been a less than average rainfall in the country, leaving the underground aquifers throughout the country in worse shape than they have been for more than a decade. Officials say the Kinneret is at its lowest in 46 years – since 1962. Israelis may well face water rationing this summer.

My Comment:

The Shema,: (lit. “hear”); the daily declaration of faith, recited in the morning and evening prayers and before retiring for the night.

The second passage is from Deuteronomy 11:13-21, beginning with the word “v’haya.” It declares the Jews‘ acceptance of the commandments and their undertaking to carry out the commandments as evidence of their loyalty to G_d. It talks of the fundamental principle in Jewish belief of reward and punishment that is based on the fulfillment of G_d’s commandments.

Devarim – Deuteronomy

Chapter 11

    13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto My commandments which I command you this day, to love HaShem your G-d, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,

    14 that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

    15 And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be satisfied.

   16 Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

    17 and the anger of HaShem be kindled against you, and He shut up the heaven, so that there shall be no rain, and the ground shall not yield her fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which HaShem giveth you.

From the above verses, that we recite four times a day, it’s quite clear why there have been no rains in Eretz Yisrael.

My beloved brethren, I beg that we all return to our ONE and only G_d in Teshuvah, and start praying that all those harsh decrees against us be forgiven.

Critical

This article “Critical“, reprinted with the kind permission of Reb Akiva M, of:

by Akiva at Mystical Paths

We’re going to delve into a practical analysis briefly. The situation in Israel is critical, though somewhat existential. Surrounded by enemies on all sides who have figured out a way to hit and hurt, Israel is unwilling as well as pressured by the world to avoid taking the steps that would defend herself and/or prevent further attacks.

Instead, she’ll allow herself, or pieces of herself, to be sacrificed so the Western nations can keep their oil suppliers happy and stable (as if Israel has anything to do with their stability).

But, some of her population is bleeding (S’derot and everything south of Ashdod). Some is nationalistic and insists on acting as if land actually matters. Some is national religious, and acts as if settling the Land of Israel actually matters. And some just cares about the Land of Israel.

The rest, which is the ’silent majority’? They’re just going about their lives, and as long as terrorist incidents remain ‘low’ and missile attacks remain outside where 70% of the population lives, hey, out of sight out of mind.

So what to do about those annoying segments that actually care? This isn’t speculation, we’ll define exactly WHAT WAS DONE starting with the Rabin government and continuing through the expulsion of Gush Katif…

1. Minimize the voice. No media reports. No government offices dispatched. Welcome to what’s happening in S’derot. How many rockets this week, how many people hurt this month? I don’t know, no reports IN ISRAEL.

2. Delegitimize. News reports focus on “crazy” settlers, “innocent” palestinians, “blockages to peace”. Every investigative government agency investigates, they’re is always something to find wrong, highlight it.

3. Organize trouble. Take the community trouble makers and let them run free. Have “friends” conveniently hand them trouble making resources. Make sure to have other “friends” nearby who are capturing information (video/audio) to make the evening news.

4. Make the community question itself, make the rest of the nation question the community. Take all the above together and you rob a community of it’s voice, you divide it as some say it’s gone overboard, and you make it considered either crazy, a laughing stock, or dangerous, by the rest of the nation.

This is not speculation, this is the program run several times in the past in Israel. As Jerusalem comes on the table and tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands stand to lose their homes, and murderers are to be brought within range of 90% of the Israeli population, you can be sure such tactics are already in progress.

You’ll note that almost every Israeli commentor found the situation regarding Rabbi Nati to be completely plausible and in line with PAST Israeli internal events. A few Americans wish to believe that such things must be paranoia or a scam of some sort. Those same people, however, probably scream about the lost rights due to the US Patriot Act and other similar security measures the US has taken. Yet when they see the results of such things in action, they fail to grasp it.