I must apologize up front for this lengthy blog post but I do have a lot to say.
Did you hear about the vicious attack by Jews on a religious couple in Tel Aviv? The Jews were part of the demonstrations.
Probably not. It's certainly not on the mainstream media not in Israel and not elsewhere. Here's the article if you care to read it (pretty vile stuff): https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369435
According to our sages, Jew on Jew violence is one of many terrible things that could happen during End of Days.
It’s bigger than that. Man on Man violence including children vs parents, etc. Not to plagiarize my blog name but the world will be upside down. One time good nations will become evil and evil may do good. We see that happening today (the US stands out as such an example).
Letting the worst US president of all time bring the country down to its knees while trying to put one of the best US president's in jail.
Replacing the most sought after currency (US dollar) with one of the least valued currencies from China! (Oh boy!)
Men become women and women men.
An Israeli hero was duly elected to be the leader of the Jewish Nation. A nation which you all well know is constantly facing existential threats from all of its many enemies. Yet he continues to be constantly hounded by his political foes and other nefarious organizations for years about every possible issue. Some are made up charges, some are real issues. But together they form a dangerous distraction for him (Bibi) and his coalition and their military leaders who are in charge of keeping Israel safe.
In short, it has become increasingly hard for good people to discern the truth.
I see this as the biggest problem facing us. Well intentioned people will be (are) sucked in to believing all sorts of lies and nonsense. Supporting the Ukrainians at all costs (WW3) is such an example. The demonstrations, etc. happening in Israel supposedly over judicial reform is another example.
Some of you are probably wondering why I mention the End of Days. Has Leon suddenly lost his mind? He used to stick to political, geopolitical or cultural events that often had to do with antisemitism. May I remind you again that I consider myself to be a Jewish activist (among other things). Of all things Jewish, the concept of End of Days is quite an important and serious one. But one that is barely talked about by the typical Jew on the street. Orthodox Jews understand this concept quite well (far better than I). Some religious Christians do as well.
If we can celebrate Passover and understand its importance and meaning (and most of us do), then we can certainly contemplate this concept. As I mentioned before the End of Days is a period of time that will precede the coming of the Messiah. I keep hearing that the Moshiach is at the door. Based on how I see the world right now, it all makes perfect sense. We could well be in End of Days!
I believe that things will get incrementally ugly (like the frog in the slow boiling pot of water) until finally all of us get the message.
Let me make a case of exactly this...
Last night I attended an event at a local synagogue whereby they brought a bright Israeli, to talk about what’s going on in Israel (judicial reform/demonstrations) in a supposed non-partisan way. I went as an observer, not to learn anything new as I am already well informed on the issue. I see how so many get easily distracted by unrelated issues and suffer from information overload. It’s so easy to throw shiny objects at us so we lose our focus on what I would say are often straight forward and not complicated issues.
He was very well spoken, funny and at ease. He did a reasonable job keeping us engaged but the irony was that he never once explained the obvious facts on judicial reform.
1. For decades the supreme court and AG held the elected officials hostage and ruled over them
2. The supreme court were self appointed
3. The proposals from the newly elected government aim to rectify these 2 dangerous policies
Since his talk was to focus on judicial reform, I would have expected him to explain in detail how the current supreme court gets appointed and what they do vs the new proposals from Bibi’s administration (how he aims to change the self appointed method to a fairer model) and what they should be doing.
He never once mentioned the dangerous interference to Israel’s democracy from the outside. By nefarious people like George Soros, or organizations like the WEF, EU or other countries like the US. When a question was asked why the US thinks it can interfere in Israeli elections he answered because Israel relies on the US. Maybe that is their thinking but they couldn't be more morally wrong. The US also relies on Israel.
He talked about everything else though and the crowd was very satisfied. He made sure to tell us how he and his children demonstrated often and that (according to him) Bibi made a mistake in firing his minister of defence Gallant. No reason given for his sentiment.
The facts by the way are once again simple. While Bibi was away on important government business, Gallant decided to stab his boss in the back and publicly call for a halt in the judicial reform process. Plain and clear dangerous insubordination that calls for his ouster. Did that raise the ire of the demonstrators? Probably. But there was no choice. Any other action would help tear down Bibi’s administration. If every cabinet member decided to defy their boss’s orders you’d have total chaos and no government.
Although overall he made some very rational and reasonable points, he subliminally made sure that the crowd understood who the bad guys were. He called ministers Smotrich and Gvir, extremists. I might as well be listening to CNN.
Worse still in my opinion was this point:
That the religious sector have more children than the secular sector. And since the religious sector is primarily conservative and on the Right and the secular sector is usually liberal and on the Left, it’s not looking good for the secular sector and that’s in fact what the demonstrations are about.
Personally I found that whole idea offensive. That idea is being promulgated throughout our Jewish population and it certainly doesn’t sit well with me.
Israel is composed of a very diverse group of people. Jews both secular and religious, some Ashkenazi (European origin) some Mizrachi, some rich, some poor, some highly educated, some not, etc. Arabs also secular and religious, some are Muslim, some Christian, Druze and many others make up this population. Until now, they worked together most of the time, to make the country run. His discussion made the audience worry that if the Supreme Court eventually became run by the Orthodox community then the rest of Israeli society would suffer. Ladies would all have to wear head scarfs, men would don long beards and wear black hats.
Essentially Israel would become an equivalent to a shariah state like Iran. He didn't state this but that was the implication.
He failed to mention that unlike the current system, the new proposals would define the job of the supreme court to judge cases, not to make laws! That’s what all supreme courts do (or should be doing).
I think I can make this case objectively as a secular Jew but one who values Judaism. I myself stated in one of my blogs, that I would love to see a true Torah scholar sitting on Israel’s supreme court. The wisdom from such a real Jewish person is much needed there. After all if a sitting justice can be an Arab and it seems that most secular Jews are ok with that, then why not an orthodox Jew on the supreme court?
The discussion defies logic. One can say that the Arab population is exceeding at a faster rate than the secular Jewish population. If that is the case and since we currently allow anti-Israeli Arabs to sit in the Israeli parliament (Knesset) then what’s to stop them from acquiring more and more seats until one day they run the country (never mind the Supreme Court)?
In any case, the demographic predictions in Israel have been wrong, often. Historically some Jews had predicted that the Arab population would outgrow the Jewish population 10 years ago. Clearly this has not happened and hopefully never will. The experts then based their calculations on the Western world's declining population. In North America and Europe it was and remains true that we are not procreating near enough to replenish our population. But the secular Jewish population in Israel defied this trend substantially. Add to this the huge influx of secular Jewish immigrants from places like Russia, Ukraine and other African nations as well as non-Jews who continue to make Israel their home, balance out the increase in orthodox Jews. His premise is if not an outright lie, it's at least faulty. It's designed to inject a sense of paranoia and fear into us. Oy vey, the religious Jews are going to ruin our 'Jewish' homeland! Can you see the irony here?
There are so many complicated factors in trying to wage predictions in Israelis future population growth that we simply can’t rely on any one’s ‘expert’ opinion. Making this as part of a case to any argument (pro or against the idea that the supreme court turning more Jewish is good thing) is a mistake.
I point out this event because it stands as a great example of where we are today, how we think and where we're heading. I knew many people at the event and liked them all. They are all good people with good souls and good intentions. So was the speaker. But they are all playing with fire.
Yes my friends, hold on to your hats. The blurring of right and wrong, evil and good, rational and illogical are facing us right now. Enjoy the ride if you can.
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