In the few days between Passover, the holiday of our salvation from bondage in Egypt, and our upcoming Independence Day, the holiday of our resurrection, we also mark two days of sadness: Holocaust Remembrance Day and Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism. Throughout the generations, the Jewish people were hated as they wandered the world without a home of their own, but even after this home was created, this hatred persisted.
Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
This is the fate of "a people that shall dwell alone." (Numbers 23:9) In recent years, some have attempted to create a new equation, as if the Arab countries that attacked Israel upon its inception had a rational reason for their actions other than hatred. Nonsense: Just as there was no rational reason for the pogroms or the expulsion from Spain, there was no rational reason for the murder of Rabbi Avraham Shlomo Zalman Zoref, the first victim of terror, in 1851, struck down by a sword-wielding Arab while he was trying to expand the Jewish community beyond the walls of the Old City to the agricultural fields beyond.
Maj. (res.) Avraham Wolanski, a great-grandson of Zoref, continued these efforts together with his wife, Avital. In 2002, on their way home, they were murdered by "Palestinian" terror. A direct line between the two acts of murder, despite the time between them. Hatred of Jews. Antisemitism.
How could it happen that after signing the peace agreement with the PLO terrorist organization, terrorism intensified to claim the lives of hundreds of unnecessary victims? Because we sinned in shunning the moral imperative not to talk or negotiate with murderers and terrorists, and instead of fighting them to the death and serving as a light unto the nations, which we were in the early years of our independence, we agreed to sign a "peace" deal with Yasser Arafat and other terrorist leaders in Oslo and the White House. And the results? The moment we brought them to our doorstep from Tunisia to Ramallah, they had convenient conditions from which to attack their "neighbors" in the house next door. We paid a heavy price in blood for this.
Dismantle the Palestinian Authority
When "Israel's hand is weak," incitement to terror streams from the Palestinian Authority to the mixed cities inside Israel, which resulted in attacks on Jews and Jewish property during Operation Guardian of the Walls, and has recently continued in the form of numerous terrorist attacks. The waves of incitement wash over these Arab cities and villages like a storm, flooding social media sites and college campuses. These college students have waved the PLO flag, which is against the law. To stop this, and in the memory of our loved ones, we call on the entire defense establishment, the government, the cabinet, and the Knesset to launch a series of steps that will ultimately lead to the dismantlement of the PA, which in our eyes is the mother of all sins.
Subscribe to Israel Hayom's daily newsletter and never miss our top stories!
