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I was teaching at this school in Toronto today and I was lucky enough to sit through an Earth Day assembly. It was very educational. Unlike a typical school assembly, this gathering was in many ways very similar to a Southern Black Baptist church service. There was singing and shouting. One of the songs was "We've got the whole world in our hands", which I guess is the Leftist version of "He's got the whole world in His hands". It's revealing when you think about it. It's not just that we have to take care of the world; it's that we are gods and the world is our kingdom. It's that since we are atheists, the Left generally and environmentalism specifically is our religion. I looked at the student body, a group of kids aged 5-12, and I looked at the teachers and the parents who had come, and what I saw was a sea of ecstatic faces with glazed over eyes. They had all been indoctrinated into this cult long ago. I saw a choir of brainwashed 4th graders, singing about how we should only use what we need, and how it was our moral responsibility to re-use and recycle all that we use. I saw a slide show of polluted waters, littered fields, and carbon-belching smokestacks, all set to sinister sounding music, and I heard people (kids and adults) shout out in horror and anger at those pictures. It reminded me of the "two- minutes hate" from Orwell's 1984. Kids were actually crying during this slide show. The last slides were of hippy children and adults wearing Earth Day t-shirts and flowers in their hair picking up and throwing away litter. (By the way, there were several children and teachers at the assembly who had flowers in their hair.) At the sight of these last couple of slides, the audience cheered ecstatically (much like at the sight of Big Brother at the end of two-minutes hate).

As I said, this was not a school assembly in the typical sense; this was a meeting of a religious cult. When men like Mark Steyn, Dennis Prager, Mark Levin, and the people at PJTV talk about how the Left is taking over America (which is the last place in the civilized world where their takeover is not yet complete) it is crucial to realize that this is not hyperbole on their part--It is a literal description. It is not alarmist or xenophobic to call out the Left for their attempt to undermine the American revolution and replace it with their own modern brand of Marxism. The First of the Ten Commandments is "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me". When God gave Moses this Commandment 3,500 years ago, God may have been referring to Baal or Molech or any number of idols that other civilizations sacrificed their children to. Nevertheless, despite the fact that these idols are no longer relevant, this Commandment remains entirely applicable today. The false gods of today include: nature, social justice, cultural and moral relativism, feminism, gender equality (which is code for undermining the family), and anything else the Left values. The best way to smash these idols is for those of us who were chosen by God to reveal Him to the nations, to continue to affirm the One true God of Israel and to proclaim His name and His Law throughout the Land. If we don't, the Left will win. If this is frightening to you, so be it. If fear is what it takes to motivate us to defeat the Left, then it is worth it to be afraid.

Palestine, Amalek and Nazi Nation

During some points of the recent wave of terror which has plagued Israel, there were reports showing attacks against Jews every 10 minutes. The official PA schools run by Israel’s “moderate” peace partners openly support terror against Jews as does the Arab media. Arab mothers praise their children who kill Jews and glow with happiness when their martyred offspring die, as long as they kill a Jew along the way. This sweeping type of hatred against Jews is unprecedented in Jewish history. If anyone wants to get a better understanding of the rationale of the mitzvah in the Torah to wipe out Amalek – men women and children or the similar law that applies to the 7 nations, one need only look at the Arabs in Israel, where men, women and children are part of the armed terrorist struggle against the Jews. It is no surprise then that the Gematria – The mathematical sum of the letters that form the word “Phalastin” - “Palestine” and the sum of the word “Amalek” are equal to 240 (239 plus the kolel). The Nazi nation (haleum haNazi) is also equal to 239 (with the kolel).

7 Nations is a concept and not just about genetics

The Or Hachayim says that any nation that lives in the Land and that believes that we are thieves who stole their land, must be wiped out or expelled, because they will never settle for anything less than the expulsion or annihilation of the Jews- the people who they view as thieves – who stole “their land”. Indeed, it is us or them. There will never be peace and security until they are removed from Israel or until we lie down our arms and leave Israel.

Amalek is also a concept

Rabbi Yosef B. Soloveichik Z”L held that Amalek, as well, is not exclusively determined by genetics. He maintained that the German Nazis were halachically classified as Amalek. I know the Arabs have not succeeded in murdering 6million Jews, yet, G-d forbid. However, I also know that the so called “Palestinians” reached new heights when it comes to their level of Jew-hatred. I have yet to hear of Nazi grandmas who were happy to see their grandchildren perish in battle as long as they could aid in the murder of Jews. I have yet to hear of 11 year old German children who brandished weapons to hunt down Jews, or of 72 year-old German women who joined the hunt. These are not people you can reason with. These are not people who you could live side by side in peace with. No Jew will be able to cross a street or walk 4 meters in Israel without turning his back in fear of being attacked by Arabs. That is the reality whether we want to accept it or not.

They must go or we must go

They must go or we must go. Currently it is only legal to speak of expulsion of Jews and surrendering more land in a futile exercise of appeasement that only makes the Arabs more brazen, and thirsty for Jewish blood. To propose the expulsion of Arabs is considered racist according to Israeli law and can land the one espousing such words in prison. That has to change and will change if we wish to retain our Jewish homeland and if we wish to live in peace, security and tranquility. There is no other alternative.

Israel will survive

It is likely that when Israel ultimately takes the type of action that it needs to take to finally quell Arab terror and to distance the hostile Arabs from Israel, that this will bring international condemnation and sanctions against Israel. Better sanctions and life for the Jews and the Jewish state, than accolades, Auschwitz and funerals and flower sympathy wreaths to be laid at a new Yad Vashem that will G-d forbid memorialize the Jewish state that was. Israel will survive, but Israel will need to wise up and legalize the only program that could yet save the state. Legalization of Kahane? Call it whatever you want or show me another alternative that is based on Torah and/or logic that could save Israel.