By David Bedein
August 26, 2005
On May 2nd, 2004, the opposition suceeded in defeating Sharon in the Likud referendum.
How? By training people to appeal to the voters and to the media to view the Sharon Plan as a threat to all of Am Yisrael, and not only to Yesha (Judea, Samaria and Gaza).
The teams that went out to canvas voters got people to READ the plan for what it is: PLO EMPOWERMENT.
The campaign against the Sharon Plan, since that time, used a totally different tactic:
Appealing to people to endorse the narrowly focused idea of sentiments for people who live in Katif (the Jewish settlement bloc in Gaza) and the Shomron (Samaria).
This tactic only appealed to the convinced to become more convinced, and did not reach outside of the ideologically strong circles.
The only way to win now will be to adopt all of the principles of kiruv (approaching and nearing to the people), and to develop an approach which will convince the movers and shakers of the Jewish people that withdrawal from Judea and Samaria and the creation of a PLO State represents a threat to ALL of am yisrael (the People of Israel) ... and the West as a whole.
A battle has been lost.
The war has yet to be won.
The time has come to learn the lessons of arrogance, and to realize that no one took the time to educate the movers and shakers of am yisrael. That must be done now.
Most people in Israel never even knew the location of Katif or the Northern Shomron, nor the proximity of these places to the population centers of Israel.
Most people never even read the easily accessible Sharon plan.
Most people have no idea that the focus of the plan is to arm and fund the PLO entity without any quid pro quo whatsover.
Most people have no idea that the PLO strategy of phases is still in force and that the PLO covenant has never been changed.
Mosy people have no idea that 70% of the Arabs in Gaza wallow in UNRWA camps, under the premise and promise of the right of return, and that they are pushed by the Palestinian Authority to reclaim their lands from beyond Gaza.
Without a massive effort to educate and reach out to am yisrael, or Judea, Samaria and even Jerusalem will be lost.
If the business community of Ramat Gan and the population of 33 development towns are not convinced that Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria should stay in Jewish hands, the fight will be lost.
Let my people know.
Views expressed by the author do not
necessarily reflect those of israelinsider.
 
|
|
|
|
Click on the blue headline to read a Talkback comment and respond to it. Click on the  icon to send a private email to the talkback writer. The icon appears only if the writer has decided to be contacted. If no popup window appears, please make sure your popup blocker allows israelinsider.com.
|
|
| |
|
