We are all living in a period where our economy is weak, unemployment is at an all-time high, our infrastructure is crumbling and our debt is the highest in US history. We have a president whose antagonism toward Israel is clear. Are we in a second Weimar Republic the prelude to more horrors? I say this because it appears that we are. George Bernard Shaw said the following, if history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.
I say this because of the recent article written by distinguished Professor Dr. Alan Dershowitz in which he comments on the book “The Wondering Who” which describes Jews in the typical anti-Semitic fashion endorsed by prominent academics. There is an undercurrent of anti-Jewish sentiment not only in universities, but also by people who believe that Jews control the world. A case in point is the people movement of OWS that blamed Jews for our financial trouble.
A record of anti-Semitic behavior in the US, Europe and elsewhere would be too long a list to mention. Nevertheless, the fact is, we are entering an era where Jews are not safe in the place they call home. If Jews think, they can live in Europe, the Americas and not be traumatized by blatant anti –Jewish threats and assaults then we are truly incapable of learning from our past.
This brings me to the main point and has to do with Israel. Israel was primarily founded to be a haven for Jews from all over the world escaping centuries of Jewish hatred. With changes taking place in this geo-political world and the increase of anti-Zionist sentiment (Jew hatred), it behooves us to seriously consider making alyiah to Israel. Here is the big question, can the government of Israel absorb thousands of Jews into Israel and provide places to live and jobs without raising the specter of land grab by the Palestinians?
If the government of Israel would say to the Palestinians that they are not partners for peace and that the whole concept of land for peace is a hoax, thousands of Jews would arrive in Israel in droves.
The government of Israel must have the courage to say NO to a Palestinian state especially as Ismail Haniya the leader of Hamas partakes in his six-country tour of raising money for Hamas. Jews would come and make alyiah if certain conditions in Israel where met, simply because there is more opportunity in Israel to advance and the economy in Israel is much better than the US. Israel’s economy is growing while most nations are seeing a decline in their economy, even more reason to live in the land and help see it grow. Jews are better off living in their ancient homeland then living in the diaspora. Perhaps now is the time to come home, if not now when?
If we do not understand our historical past and act on it, we will truly repeat another looming disaster. Anti-Semitism will not go away and it is growing. Discussions groups on this subject and debates will not change the hearts of people who believe that Jews are the problem. Now is the time for us to begin a new year and make a commitment to visit and live in the land given to us.
Esther 4:14
For if, you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?"
(Holy Bible New International Version)
© Abraham J. Santiago
