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Moshe Feiglin is head of the Jewish Leadership faction in the Likud and can be reached via the web site.
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By Moshe Feiglin
January 23, 2004
Noam Federman is being held in "protective custody". His arrest is, of course, quite legal. An IDF bulldozer destroys a synagogue built with loving care on an exposed hilltop in the heart of the country. The law must be enforced.
In The Hague, jurists from the International War Crimes Court are beginning their day's work. IDF officers (who gave the orders for the bulldozer) are in their sights. Sharon has in the meantime evaded conviction for war crimes, while the "sane" Leftist proponents of the separation fence, and in fact the whole country that has been overcome by this madness of fences, are now standing trial. "The law must be enforced," explains the State Attorney, "I cannot defend you."
"What is your attitude to the concept, 'The Rule of Law?'" Ha'aretz reporter Lily Galili asked me a month ago. I replied that this concept is abhorrent to me. "This is a totalitarian idea. I am in favor of the rule of justice."
A small criminal acts in contravention of the law. A medium criminal evades the law. A big criminal acts using the law.
However, those who chose to act criminally using the law, those who destroyed a synagogue instead of thousands of other illegal buildings in the same region, are in fact saying that they believe in the law of the strong, not in the law of those in the right.
Israel is now trying to obtain American agreement that the court in The Hague has no legal jurisdiction. Perhaps America will throw us a bone on this occasion.
Together with America we will seem to be strong for another few days. But perhaps America won't agree. However, it is clear that by adopting this militant culture towards those of its citizens in the right, Israel has cast aside any possible defense that could be presented.
It is only a question of time until we all are charged with war crimes in the Hague court. It is of no importance what will be decided there. We ourselves have formulated the principle. They will treat us precisely in accordance with the law of the strong, just as we act towards Federman and the settlers.
But despite this we will win in the end.
We will do so because in some dark cell (of Federman, and of Pollard) and on some destroyed hilltop in Samaria, there are a few people who have been humiliated and tormented. Their brothers decided to trample them underfoot. But they are holding for all of us the strongest weapon of all -- they are holding justice.
Because of this we shall win.
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