ARIK, YOU'VE LET ME DOWN!!
Yehudit Tayar, The Jerusalem Post Feb. 22, 2005
I once so admired you, Ariel Sharon. Now you, along with your patched-up opportunist government, have joined the pathetic ranks of those who have caved in to terror, all those "enlightened" people who have, for reasons of overconfidence, corruption and conceit, given up on the ideals this country was built on.
You have with your bulldozer style trampled on our rights as citizens; but even worse, you have virtually ripped the country in pieces.
You, who send our sons into the houses of terrorists, endangering their lives in order to try and save innocent lives, are now releasing those same terrorists and rewarding and encouraging those who have perpetrated and been involved in terror.
You plan to uproot Jewish homes, synagogues, shops and cemeteries for no justifiable reason using our sons, daughters, and husbands as tools of destruction. This will never be forgotten. You will never be forgiven.
We understand the enemy and his plans; it is obvious that you no longer do.
No matter how many embraces or promises you receive from any head of the Palestinian Authority or president of the United States you forget one important lesson:
Listen to what is said, not what you wish to hear, or imagine you are hearing. We have been through many signatures, many guarantees from US governments and Muslim leaders. We have paid for these in blood and tears.
You will be remembered in the annals of our history as a gambler, or worse. You will be remembered for your autocratic approach. You will be remembered also as a corrupt politician.
Do not weep crocodile tears for us; do not attempt to embrace us. We see through all of this. We will not be a part of your charade.
The threat of a criminal investigation hangs over your head. While we do not need to curry favor with anyone. At the same time, many, many members of our nation are disheartened, discouraged and have lost direction.
We, however, must live with ourselves and our God.
At the end of the day we will persevere despite the wrong-headed decisions railroaded through by you and your political partners.
We have a mandate to protect our Torah, our Land and our people.
Do not fool yourself. This Land does not belong to you. Many of us think you are attempting to erase your shady, arguably criminal activities by directing media attention toward the disengagement scheme.
I can only express my disdain at your decision to destroy the national fiber, and for what? For nothing.
Abraham Lincoln said: "A house divided against itself cannot stand." [Luke 11:17, Jesus said, - Zionsake Editor]
You are ripping apart the country, and callously using the Israeli Defense Forces, police and Border Police to tear Jews away from their homes. You are threatening to incarcerate citizens of Israel who will oppose your policies, much like the British did in the bitterly remembered days of the Mandate.
You were elected to protect us. Instead we feel you have stolen our votes. We feel betrayed. Still, we have faith in God that your plans will not be implemented.
We represent the covenant that the Jewish people have between our God and our Land. No prime minister or government decision can change that.
As our first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, said: "No Jew has the right to give up parts of our heritage, the Land of Israel. The Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people now and forever."
Some things, Mr. Sharon, do not change.
The Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people now and forever. And we will continue to protect that heritage by being there, in Katif, Judea, and Samaria and building the Land.
The writer, who resides with her family in Samaria, is one of the veteran spokespersons of the settlement movement. _____
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