By Rabbi Stephen M. Wylen
Temple Beth Tikvah, Wayne, NJ
TORAH:
Ad-nai spoke to Moses saying, “You shall avenge the Israelites against the Midianites ....”
(Nu. 31:1-2)
COMMENTARY:
The Midianites conspired with the Moabites to destroy Israel. Why, then, does God command Israel to fight the Midianites, but God commands Israel not to attack the Moabites (Dt. 2:9)? One possible answer is that Ruth, the grandmother of King David, was destined to be born among the Moabites. God said, “If Israel goes to battle against the Moabites the ancestor of Ruth might be killed, and then the Israelites will be deprived of their future salvation.”
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This is a very nice analogy. If only Sharon would apply it to his own people as well. Instead, the brave souls who are trying to exercise their democratic right to protest the expulsion of their brothers and sisters from their own land are being strong-armed and arrested by Israeli police, en masse. If Sharon used as much determination and force against true terrorists as he does against Jews protesting his political policies, there could be real progress toward peace.
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