'If we give up on Lod, we'll lose Jerusalem too'

Arutz Sheva ^ | 20/5/21 | Yoni Kempinsky

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On Wednesday, the Chief Rabbi of Tzfat, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, arrived in the city of Lod, along with other rabbis from the “Torat Ha’aretz Hatovah” organization of Religious-Zionist rabbis, in order to encourage the Jewish population of the city and call on the government to act with determination to protect the Jewish community there.

The battle for Lod isn’t just about what’s going on here,” Rabbi Eliyahu said. “It’s also about Ramle, about Jaffa, about Haifa, and about Jerusalem. Maybe it’s even chiefly about Jerusalem, because the Arabs in Gaza, as well as those in Judea and Samaria, have one single goal – to drive us out of the Land of Israel, little by little.”

“If we give up on Lod, we won’t remain in Jerusalem,” he stressed. “And we intend to protect Jerusalem, and the protection for Jerusalem is right here, in Lod.”

Referring to the violence that has seized the city over the past few weeks, with Jewish residents feeling abandoned by the government to the extent that people have been arriving from across the country to defend the Jewish inhabitants of Lod, Rabbi Eliyahu said, “Protecting Lod can’t be left to volunteers who come with their own weapons. We have a police force here, and all it needs is to receive the order to protect this city.”

That hasn’t happened yet, the rabbi said. “People here were shooting from their own apartments – live fire – and the police didn’t enter those buildings and confiscate the weapons. People here burned buildings, synagogues, hundreds of vehicles – and meanwhile, the police stood with arms folded and did nothing. No rubber bullets, no water cannon – nothing.”

Alleging that the police inactivity is due to a policy decision made by the government, Rabbi Eliyahu demanded a change...

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Reminiscent of Crown Heights in 1991, and Hebron in 1929. But this is Lod, in the State of Israel, circa 2021. Where do the high muckety-mucks get this idea of "letting them vent". If the government does not keep the social contract, whether in Israel, at the border states or in Portland in America, or in London or Cairo, the contract becomes null and void and is by default replaced with vigilante justice. The only question is when, not if.

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Prayers for Israel.

[Jewbacca]

Government expressing the same mentality that lost me my home (and my neighbors and friends) and synagogue in Gush.

Maybe they will remember Gush and not give up here.

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Meir Kahane was right when he demanded Arabs be removed from Israel. It is far too late now.

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islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.

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