By Jerusalem Newswire Editorial Staff
Apr 28, 2005
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is, with his plan to uproot the Jews of Gaza and northern Samaria, violating a divine covenant whereby the Almighty deeded the entire land of Israel to the Jewish people as an eternal possession.
So said Knesset member Benny Elon (National Union) Wednesday in a speech to more than 50,000 anti-disengagement activists during a rally in southern Gaza.
Sharon’s treachery goes beyond violating God’s Word, however, and is directly endangering the lives of millions of Israelis, Elon charged.
"Sharon is committing two crimes," the MK emphatically stated, "he is violating a covenant that God gave us as an eternal heritage and he is endangering lives by the very creation of a terrorist state."
But “even when the knife is on our chest, it does not prevent us from praying and asking for [divine] mercy,” Arutz 7 quoted Elon as saying.
“Every one of us must act with determination and dedication to save the nation from suicide and from this satanic plan.”
MK Aryeh Eldad echoed his National Union colleague’s call to action, and urged the throngs to engage in civil disobedience in defense of their homeland.
“An historic injustice is on our shoulders. We are fighting for our homes,” Eldad said. “If [Sharon] closes Gush Katif, no one will travel in Israel. We will stop the country. No one will fly, no one will travel and no one will walk if Jews are not allowed to live in every place in the Land of Israel.”
Leftists elements of Sharon’s government later called on the Attorney General to prosecute Eldad for incitement.
Eldad later defended his statements, noting he had not called for violence.
He pointed out that “there are some racist laws which it is a moral obligation to break,” comparing the government’s decision to uproot Jews to the American segregation laws of the past century, according to The Jerusalem Post .
Such laws were defeated in the United States by the same kind of non-violent civil disobedience Eldad called for Wednesday.
Far from the sedition left-wingers accuse them of, opponents of Sharon’s plan are working to save the Jewish state, MK Effi Eitam told Army Radio Thursday morning.