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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
October 21, 2004
"The murderer already exists. The question is when and where he will attempt to assassinate the prime minister." This was more or less how the television news broadcast began this Tuesday. What is the motivation for such biased reporting? What causes the GSS and the media to wage this campaign of intimidation?
In a normal democratic regime the leaders are not threatened by assassination by local elements. Precautions should, of course, be taken to prevent an assassination attempt by external enemies, but an attack by members of the leader's own nation is not likely, since the public can express its views in the voting booth. In contrast, in dictatorial regimes the leader is threatened by his own countrymen all the time, since the people have no means of expressing their views. When the leader gravely harms certain parts of the nation, they regard an attack on the leader himself as their sole method of redress.
Ten years ago Rabin led the State of Israel to the Oslo Agreements, totally contrary to the mandate that he received, and while crushing underfoot all the rules of democracy. The Zo Artzeinu movement succeeded in expressing the lack of public agreement for this move, by means of a democratic struggle (non-violent civil disobedience), and achieved heights never previously reached on the Israeli political scene.
Prime Minister Rabin lost his public legitimacy and in fact hesitated to appear in public in the face of the protests accompanying every attempt of his to speak. The opinion polls predicted an overwhelming victory for his opponent, Binyamin Netanyahu. Zo Artzeinu's struggle was repressed with grave acts of violence perpetrated by the police and the courts. The last safety valve for the public's capability of expressing its opinion and waging a struggle was blocked. From this point the road to the murder of the prime minister was a short one. (This is not the place to discuss the part played by the GSS in the affair.)
Ten years later nothing seems to have changed. A prime minister elected in order not to implement the disengagement plan of Amram Mitzna and the Labor Party is ignoring the wishes of those who voted for him, and intends to carry out the exact opposite of the mandate given him. Manhigut Yehudit, the direct continuation of Zo Artzeinu, is currently active on the political scene and is expressing the Prime Minister's lack of legitimacy in the supreme institution of his party -- the Likud Conference.
The Prime Minister did not give in and tried to obtain legitimacy from Likud members. Here also Sharon was soundly defeated. In a normal, healthy democratic regime the process would have been halted, but Sharon, with the backing of the media, the State Attorney's department, and the Left, is breaking all the rules. He treats with contempt the Likud members, and his moral commitment prior to the referendum to accept its results. He makes threats, fires ministers who do not obey him, and in effect ignores the results of the elections to the Knesset that clearly indicated a desire for a strong, Right-oriented coalition linked to Jewish traditional values.
This is a splendid example of dictatorship in action.
The last safety valve before the explosion is the referendum. The referendum will not decide if it is morally justifiable to evict Jews from their homes. The answer to that question is quite clear. A black flag is flying above such an order and every right-thinking Jew will refuse to carry it out even if the majority of the nation votes in favor.
If this is the case, then why hold a referendum?
The referendum will be an opportunity for us to once and for all smash the Leftist lie that the majority of the nation supports them. The referendum is a historic opportunity for the Jewish people to express its love for Eretz Israel, to display its determination, without involving political, party, or personal considerations.
The Left, headed by Ariel Sharon, know this and are therefore opposed to holding a referendum. Against the background of this refusal, the fear with which we began is increasing. When the pressure cooker is boiling and the safety valves are blocked, the explosion is only a question of time.
The GSS know this and they are therefore trying in advance to attach the blame to the Right. We shall not bow our heads in submission. We are declaring loudly and clearly that those who break the rules will be held responsible for the results. Those who intend to give orders to the IDF to evict Jews from their homes will be responsible for mass refusals.
Those who intend to use the seats in Knesset given to the Likud to prevent retreat and flight, in order to join forces with the Arabs and the Left, and implement the disengagement plan, will be responsible for the disintegration of the Likud. And the person who acts like dictator will be responsible for the destruction of the delicate democratic fabric of the State of Israel.
In conclusion, we bring a quotation from the book The Little Prince.
"The king should please tell me over what he rules," the prince requested.
"Over everything," the king answered simply.
"Over everything?"
The king pointed to his own planet, to the other planets, and to the stars.
"Over all this?" Asked the little prince.
"Certainly over all this," answered the king, because he was not only the local ruler but the ruler of the world.
"And the stars obey you?"
"Certainly," said the king. "They obey me and carry out all my orders. I can't stand lack of discipline."
"I should like to see the sunset? If it pleases the king, let him order the sun to set."
"If I were to order one of my generals to glide like a butterfly from one flower to another, to compose a great play, or to become a sea bird, and if that general refuse to carry out my order, which of us would be to blame," the king asked, "the general or I?"
"You!" replied the little prince emphatically.
"You're right," said the king. "You can only ask a person to do what he is capable of. A regime must be based on reason."
"If you order your countrymen to jump into the sea, they will rebel against this," the little Prince observed.
"I am entitled to demand obedience because my orders are reasonable," the King responded.
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