No moment in life is more
difficult than the moment in which we must confront the one we love. Proverbs
27:4 states: ” Better is open rebuke than hidden love.” So, I must
respectfully disagree with an official of the government of a nation I love as
much as my own who has declared that Israel will prevent the entry of hundreds
of pro-Palestinian activists from Europe and North America this weekend. Public
security minister, Yitzhak Aharonovitch said: "The provocateurs will be
dealt with in a determined and quick way." "If they arrive to Israel
they will be identified, removed from the plane, their entry into Israel will
be prevented and they will be moved to a detention facility until they are
flown out of Israel."
Do I understand their reluctance to let these protestors on
their soil? Absolutely! The intentionally provocative attempt by foreign
activists to enter Gaza by an illegal flotilla in May of 2010 ended in
bloodshed. Another forced black eye for a country rarely treated fairly in the
international press. Yet, this blessed nation of divine promise must stay true
to its own moralistic democratic ideals; not an easy task while surrounded by
avowed enemies and constantly misrepresented even by its few supporters. My
concern? That Israel not fall victim to the hatred and antics of its rivals. Political
expediency at the cost of a piece of the nation’s soul would not serve its best
interests.
In the final analysis, the opinion of any of us who are not
in the daily struggle for life in Israel matters little. So, I pray. I pray
that truth will prevail. I pray that no weapon formed against the Land of
Promise will succeed. I pray that the leaders of Israel will choose morality
over fear. I pray that the forces of darkness will be exposed and defeated. I
pray, as always, for the peace and well-being of Jerusalem.
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