Hear me, Sons of Israel!

25 02 08 - 12:34

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Hear me, Sons of Israel! There is a future to this Israeli land, but it is being destroyed as we speak! For the past 60 years Israel has been in constant war. Though having modern privileges and modern thought patterns, it seems, Israel cannot forget its past, nor deny it. We must now make amends with our present, for the future!

Since the age of the Diaspora, Jews have been secluded inside their own communities, developing and building great cultures. This is clearly visible in the ways of the Old Russian immigrants who bonded with each other in Israel and ultimately created a whole TV channel dedicated to Russian audience. They had great shows on the study of the bible from a Russian Jew spirited perspective in addition to a lot of quality movies from Russia and they also participated in news broadcasts in the Russian language.

So why were the Jews prosecuted in their fatherlands? Answer: lone wolf attitude. Firstly, the Jews did enjoy acceptance of community but they still saw themselves as strangers. They were uncooperative with locals and denied all outside. Secondly, the arrival of the second era of Jewish Diaspora allowed Jews, using their brilliant minds, to infiltrate positions of power in their fatherlands. While at first glance this is a great thing, indicating harmony of Jews and fatherland, cooperation, compatibility and perhaps even understanding and love - it was not so. Outsiders were secretly mocked as goyim and stupid. The outside world was seen as unenlightened and was feared as one would fear a contagious disease.

Let us now quickly zoom in to Israel, 2008. The Jews that lived in this land since the beginning of the use of the word 'Israel' has been scattered, and like their children, confused. Finding themselves inside a new reality where people of little or no cultural compatibilities became their neighbors, triggering an old Jewish behavioral response: resentment and alienation.

There was no time to achieve a social construct that supported multiculturalism in its true sense before wars broke out, which instantly attached the new forming Hebrew tribe to an identity of that of a stranger who's constantly under attack. Jews regarded one another as victims and helped other Jewish strangers who were also being attacked, revealing the truth that had always been there: our fate is co-dependent.

All in all, there is a common identity within all Jews living in Israel. They depend on each other's cooperation. Apart from the national ethnic Jewish identity, we have local cultures that also need to be taken into consideration. True multiculturalism supports independence for both the local differences as well as the national ones. Jews belong in Israel. This is where we're safe, this is where we can flourish and grow. This is our home!

The power of the ancients laid in its honesty. It was made to preserve wisdom. By revaluating life of the individual through ancient traditional thinking, we find the things that are of universal and timeless importance. Jews have cabbala. Its translation to English and real meaning is "acceptance". In acceptance of the broad spectrum of humanity, as the "people of earth" we accept our small part of a great world.

We must realize and acknowledge the nationalistic aspiration of the Palestinian people. Recognizing that only Jews belong in Israel would make this country a livable place, attracting Jews from Europe and America to settle and develop this country even further, each in his own community. Jews everywhere should now be inspired to do so when hearing about the success of their fatherland.

The reason to why Jews are still afraid to participate in this dream is that they experience the same old feelings of fear of being alienated. Like in the old times, history repeats itself. But we cannot create a stable future through superior firepower alone. We need to see Israel as a child. We must strengthen it with food and exercise, learning and experience, inspiration and nationalism.

Soon America and Europe will fall and this is the only way we can secure our future and prepare a good life ahead of us by doing so. History has taught us that we can only count on ourselves. Now it is time to build new values and form a new people - something that we haven't done in our entire history - and rise above war, genocide and racism. But this is only a step towards a brighter future. It opens up a new horizon- away from the danger of history repeating itself like in the time of the first and second downfall. With the natural order and our ancient beliefs on our side, together, we will rise!

by Ilius Grey