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Ze'ev Orenstein is a member of the Moledet Central Committee, and serves as Programming Coordinator for Yavneh Olami, a Religious Zionist student organization. He currently lives with his wife and daughter in Ma'aleh Adumim, and finds himself taking an active role in the compelling drama that is the life of .
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By Ze'ev Orenstein
July 31, 2006
No one in the Jewish State of Israel likes war.
No one in the Jewish State of Israel wants to send his or her sons off to fight (and possibly die).
No one in the Jewish State of Israel wanted this war.
Unfortunately, we do not yet live in a perfect world. Sometimes, one is forced to take actions that they would ideally prefer not to have to take.
The question that we must ask ourselves now is:
What steps can be taken to ensure the long-term security and viability of the Jewish State?
The answer is an immediate attack on Iran.
How could attacking Iran now possibly help improve the Jewish State's overall security?
Read on...
Does anyone truly believe that Israel declaring a ceasefire and retreating from Har Dov (Shaba Farms) is going to appease Hezbollah enough to make them stop attacking the Jewish State, or empower the Lebanese army to secure their southern border?
Does anyone really believe that Hezbollah started this whole conflict over the Shaba Farms?
Is it really that difficult for the world (as well as ourselves) to believe that this is about the desire of Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran to wipe the Jewish State off the map, and no amount of territorial concessions is going to change that?
Does anyone truly believe that an international force made up of Lebanese and French soldiers (with a UN mandate) is going to act against Hezbollah or prevent Syria from rearming arming Hezbollah? If the UN couldn't get it right 6 years ago, what makes anyone think that this time wil be any different?
Does anyone really believe that within the next few years the Jewish State of Israel won't find itself right back where she it is now -- fighting (no less than) a two-front war against the "Palestinians" and Hezbollah?
It must be understood that the Jewish State of Israel is not at war with Hezbollah or Hamas. Hezbollah and Hamas are just pawns of Iran -- who is responsible for the creation, funding and arming of both terrorist organizations. In order to defeat Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel must crush the head of the snake.
Now consider that neither Hezbollah, nor Hamas are going to stop their efforts to destroy the Jewish State in the near future, and Iran is not going to cease supporting their efforts.
Israel has a stark choice before her.
It can either take on Iran now, before it acquires nuclear weapons, or wait another 5 years (or less), until Iran has at its disposal the means to utterly destroy the Jewish State, and will not hesitate to do so?
True, waging war on Iran (and Syria) won't be pleasant. War never is. But if we truly want to eliminate the sword sitting at the throat of the Jewish State, it is a step that must be taken....
And taken now!
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