Posted on 03/30/2005 12:28:21 PM PST by Nachum
A student brought the President's wife to tears when she asked how the government can expel Jews from Gaza, when the weapons that Israel gave the terrorists at Oslo already cost so many lives.
When a student asked the President of the State of Israel, attending a conference at a college in Ariel, how the government can expel Jews from their homes in Gaza, after the failure of Oslo and four and a half years of war with the Palestinian Authority, the President’s wife broke out into tears.
The student, Batya Gutman, from Bet El, approached the microphone suddenly, after the conference chair, Prof. Moshe Arens, former Minister of Defense, asked if there were any questions from the audience for the President.
Arens was startled when she grabbed the microphone just as another student started to speak. “You’re grabbing the microphone!” Arens shouted. But Batya refused to relent, saying she had an urgent question for the President. President Moshe Katzav then asked her to speak.
“The first time I met you, Mr. President, was when you arrived at our home to console my family on the death of my brother, Hezi, who was killed in an IDF operation in southern Gaza two years ago. Sitting next to me is my friend Aliza Siton, whose brother was murdered in a terrorist attack in Itamar,” said Gutman.
“I would like to ask you, Mr. President, how we can implement the disengagement plan when we already know the catastrophe of the Oslo accords? We already know the disastrous results of the weapons [that Israel put] in the hands of the Palestinians”
Gutman spoke for about three minutes as her classmates listened attentively, maintaining absolute silence.
As she spoke, the audience saw the President’s wife weeping. When Gutman ended her words, the audience applauded.
The President responded, saying that Israel chose its representatives to the Knesset democratically, and as such, it represents the will of the nation. Gutman interrupted his words. “We didn’t vote so that for the price of NIS 700 million, they would pass such a dangerous measure.”
Gutman was referring to Shinui’s decision to support the State budget after receiving an allocation of NIS 700 million for projects favored by the party. Had Shinui not received that appropriation and voted against the bill, new elections would have been called, and the expulsion plan might have been disrupted.
The President responded in the same vein, saying that while he identified with Gutman’s family’s sorrow, the Knesset, which approved the expulsion plan, democratically represents the nation.
The President thanked Gutman for her statement and expressed his pain over the government’s decision to destroy the Jewish communities of Gush Katif and Northern Samaria.
“Every Israeli citizen needs to feel the pain resulting from a plan to uproot Jewish communities, a difficult decision that’s not limited just to the Knesset. My heart goes out to the Jewish communities of Gush Katif,” the President said
SSDD. The entire government just shrugs it's collective shoulders as if they are not responsible and have no power to anything different.
Ping!
She spoke the truth.
A woman of valor!
She is a true patriot of Israel. A treasure to her country.
Smells an awful lot like "Ve are just followink or-ders, or-ders vich must be obeyed at all times!"
Kill Jews and Americans for several years, worship satan, burn American flags, so naturally bush rewards them with their own arab, muslim terror-state carved out of Eretz Yisrael.
allah smiles Mr. President, but G-d isn't. In fact, I'd wager he's rather Angry.
Hebron, 2005-3-30
Katsav is a good man. He and his wife must indeed be profoundly heartbroken to see this happening. His position is not like the president of the U.S.; while he is respected widely, his position is largely ceremonial.
I guess the strong armed tactics of Sharon firing all who vote against him and handing out high paying jobs for those who will vote for him is demockery also. Oh he said "democracy"! Ah, then it is just corruption and graft...
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