Q&A: Are You in Lod? What Do You Think of What the Arabs Are Doing?
Are You in Lod? What Do You Think of What the Arabs Are Doing?
Question
Do you understand them? Empathize with them? Justify them?
Seemingly, Yaron London, in his sincere feelings, was ultimately passive and merely described a state of mind as an observer from the side, whereas the Arabs are more authentic: they take an active approach to express what they feel.
Answer
I debated whether to delete this trolling, but out of concern that there might be a real question here, I decided not to.
I do not empathize with them, even if I understand where it comes from. In my opinion, the riots should be dealt with harshly. The fact that they are expressing their feelings is irrelevant to the discussion, because the question before me is not whether I understand them, but how to defend ourselves against them.
As for the idiotic comparisons you made here, since there is an obligation to judge one’s fellow favorably, I’m deliberating which direction would make you come out better: stupidity or trolling. Further analysis is required.
Discussion on Answer
Ah, it’s not completely trolling; I also actually wanted to ask the Rabbi about this, even if not in this way 🙂
By the way, what does the Rabbi think about the self-defense case in the city with the arrest? Would the Rabbi join the city defenders’ group in nearby Ramle?
I don’t know the details of the case. What is certain is that there is now escalation from all directions, and it’s hard to trust the testimonies being given as well. In general, it’s clear that the Arabs are taking the law into their own hands and behaving violently, and that the government and the police are at a loss מול them. There is nothing new about that.
Don’t worry! The division of portfolios in the change government is already starting to take shape. In just a moment Merav Michaeli will enter the role of Minister of Public Security, and public order will return to its former strength; with the support of Ra’am and the Joint List, the law will be enforced in the Arab sector 🙂
With the blessing of "Rejoice with trembling," Shams Razal Alfanjar, Qubbat al-Najma
No, right now it’s being enforced very well. Bibi — strong right. Gantz — limp left. How limp can an infant’s brain be…
Slow down, Rabbi, with the talk of defending ourselves against them (as you put it in the first response).
At the moment, the Jewish protectors and defenders
are being jailed one after another
and we remain like the congregation of the Lord that has no shepherd
"And who will instruct us in knowledge, and who will understand the message?"
I don’t understand why Bibi is returning the mandate to the President and not to the British.
Yes, what a shame, there was quite a nice country here..
With God’s help, eve of the new month of Sivan 5781
No wonder the riots are breaking out now. Ayman Odeh explained it nicely: "Bennett is more right-wing, but Netanyahu is stronger."
If Bennett and Sa’ar had joined the right-wing bloc, a strong right-wing government would have been formed. When the Arabs feel that "the Netanyahu era is over," they realize they can raise their heads.
Maybe now Messrs. Bennett and Sa’ar will come to their senses and return to their roots in order to create a strong right-wing government.
Regards, Ami’oz Yaron Schnitzelr
Maybe Likud should come to its senses, move Netanyahu aside, and then Bennett and Sa’ar will join.
Bibi is strong, that’s well known. That’s why the riots broke out during Bennett’s term and not his. How long will an infant’s brain stay limp?
Haha, it’s well known that the only side that knows how to behave undemocratically is the left. Actually, the right in this country usually turns out to be significantly weaker than the left. Maybe only from the Bennett/Smotrich area and further right on the political map is it in fact also stronger.
In any case, according to developments, to the best of my knowledge in the Lod case they’re already investigating three people (Jews) and want to keep them in detention on suspicion of murder. And I also heard there are videos clearly showing the run toward them with a Molotov cocktail and rocks.
To Amihushalasha,
What you’re saying is outrageous in the extreme. 30 mandates chose Bibi. More than chose Likud itself. To move him is to move them. Maybe you should move yourself? How can a government be formed when people disrespect all those 30 mandates and tell them who they’re supposed to choose? There is no unity — not among the people and not on the right — when people’s choices are not respected. This is part of the filth of the left, which smears us morning and night with "Anyone but Bibi," when what it really means is "Anyone but Herut (the secular right) and the Sephardim." Who is he to tell them whom to choose? Who does the insolent, disrespectful left think it is?
And to Shatz,
Just to show you how much influence the media has with their daily incitement. That Sa’ar got swept up like some ordinary featherbrain after their nonsense. There will be no revival against the Arabs, Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran without unity among the Jews. And the Arabs know how to identify that weakness. And there is no unity without respect.
Emmanuel, you’re dealing in first-rate bluffs.
In second-rate bluffs and up, you might discover that Bibi himself is the junta’s agent for dismantling and pulverizing the religious and the weak (the right).
And it’s all on behalf of the tycoons in power.
A thought has just flashed through my mind:
1. In recent days Michi has released his provocative remarks about the Meron disaster and about Yaron London’s article
2. Michi lives in Lod
3. Violent riots have been taking place in Lod in recent days on the part of the Arabs.
The unavoidable conclusion: the Arabs of Lod were offended by Michi’s criticism of the Haredim, and now they’re settling accounts. Simple logic.
Doron,
They read the Rabbi’s words carefully and learned from him that feelings are not to be criticized, and by an a fortiori inference they learned that if feelings are not to be criticized, then actions shouldn’t be criticized either.
And along the way they became libertarians and free people with free choice who do whatever their free will desires.
And some say that for every bonfire the Jewish people didn’t light on Lag BaOmer, the Arabs lit a car.
I’d be curious to read a post by Yaron London about the stupid residents of Lod and how little he cares what happens to them — and to see Michi justifying him…
They extended their detention. What does the honorable Rabbi think about that?
As I explained, both the Arabs of Israel and the Fatah and Hamas terrorists can smell the rise of the left in Israel, and they are receiving a signal to increase the pressure in order to heighten the left’s motivation for far-reaching concessions "for the sake of advancing the peace process."
Regards, Shlumiel ben Tzuri
The Lod police officers also sense which way the "commander’s wind" is blowing. When they see that Merav Michaeli will soon be Minister of Public Security, the police understand that they need to be soft as a reed toward the Arab rioters and tough toward the Jewish defenders, and by doing so they will save their own skin from investigations by the "gatekeepers."
Regards, Governor Listening via shorthand as above
Bibi doesn’t need to be strong.
What’s needed is for the High Court of Justice and the State Attorney’s Office to be weak. That will never happen under any rule that is not Bibi’s rule. The High Court, the jurists, and their deadly self-righteousness — that is the obsession of the left. There will never be redemption for Israel until they are brought to their knees. After that, we need to unite (at least those who believe in the Jewish people) in order to stand against the rest of the world (more precisely, the leftists of the Western world and the collection of barbaric and primitive nations in Africa and Asia), and the Holy One, blessed be He, will do His part. What will we do against Hezbollah and its 150,000 precision missiles? Obviously then there will be no choice but to kill civilians, and in large numbers, if we want to create deterrence. No Iron Dome will help here. And they can also hit the power stations.
The question is not trolling, but stems from anger at your justifying Yaron London’s feelings of hatred and presenting them in a supposedly "rational" light. A distortion unlike any other.