Praying for Rain

 

Before relocating here to Israel, neither my wife nor I were ever as busy as we now are.  I have been going back and forth to various places, including Beersheva, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and, of course, the Holy City of Jerusalem. 

 

Looks as though my prior posting called it correctly --  The security situation in Israel has been intentionally enhanced.  At that large mall in Tel Aviv, in addition to walking through the usual metal detectors, they are now using scanner wands on those who walk through to enter the mall.

A former client of mine who came here almost 20 years ago has just received his carry permit, and is carrying.  His son is now in an army combat unit, and, of course, is now carrying his weapon.

 

And, of course, there is the wildfire situation.  If the fires are not soon controlled, it likely will present a political crisis for the governing coalition, and Bibi Netanyahu will have to do something physical and visible.

 

We have already begun to ask G-d for rain in our daily prayers.  Bibi is not very religious, but I do believe that he is praying for rain as we enter the rainy season here.

 

 

Terror Sprouting in Belgium

I write this post as the story from Belgium is still unfolding.  It will not have anything resembling a happy ending.  There are all types of paybacks involved here, not the least of which is that to the excesses of King Leopold, but neither is the Europeans' welcome of the "refugee" jihadist invaders.

The events in Belgium, and what is now happening in Europe, are the natural and logical result of Europe's own follies.  The Europeans still can't directly acknowledge what is happening, and cannot learn from their past mistakes.  They have persisted in condemning and denigrating Israel in order to curry favor with the Muslim invaders.  This tactic has long been counterproductive.

The Jewish people are the canaries in the mineshaft.  The world should have listened to Israel years ago, instead of directing its energies towards Israel-bashing.  There now is hell to be paid for the past inattention and scoffing.

Is Carly Switching Horses?

News item:  "Carly Fiorina, the former tech CEO, criticized the Obama administration for the 'murder, the mayhem, the danger, the tragedy that we see unfolding in Paris, in the Middle East, around the world and too often in our own homeland.'"

Hey, Carly!  It was not all that long ago that you yourself have carried water for the Islamic terrorists.

America, Read the Warning Labels!

Here in Israel, the past few days have seen a troubling trend in terror attacks:  Assailants going into public areas, pulling knives, and stabbing, sometimes fatally, people who have gone out into public places.  Much appreciation is now extended to all of you who have expressed concern for my well-being and that of my family.

Are we concerned for our safety?  Yes, obviously we are.  How has this impacted our normal routines?  The answer is that we are still following our normal routines.  G-d gave this land to the Jewish people, and we must behave as though it is indeed ours.

When I was in Tel Aviv this morning, all normal routines seemed to be operative (though there was heightened discussion regarding the situation).  More security guards are to be seen in buildings and public places, and more soldiers are to be seen visibly carrying their weapons in public areas.  And, if an old friend of ours is any indication, more people who are licensed to carry firearms are carrying them when they go out.

My wife and I are here for what likely will be an extended period.  And yes, we are concerned about our safety here; but we are even more concerned about what public safety will be when we return to the USA.  I hope that my fears prove unfounded, but it does not take a long stretch of the imagination to envision similar shtick being pulled in the USA.  Nor need such bloody tactics be necessarily confined to America's increasing Muslim population; it is quite possible that deadly carnage from knife-wielders in public crowds may turn into a color-based thing;  if so, then there is little room for doubt as to how the professional oddsmakers will paint which boxes which colors.

America, don't you see the implications?  You have already had ample warnings!  You have been ill-stanced to deny the possibilities ever since September 12, 2011 came around.  As the U.S. Constitution becomes increasingly mutilated, so will the governmental functions, including the function of prosecuting violent criminals.  Once that gets significantly underway, it will be a signal to the domestic terrorists and their inciters and enablers to start with the stabbings.

You in America can no longer say that you have not been warned!

Remember Munich

Now that I will soon be in Israel for a while, I am paying even more attention to the Israeli news stories (not that I didn't pay much attention to them before).  And now that we will be leaving in a little more than 2 weeks, I'm quite preoccupied with all kinds of things.

So this posting will be limited to a short comment.  A question I have not yet seen or heard asked.

As is well known, the so-called Palestinian Authority's soccer league has just gotten a slap in the toochas in their ill-fated efforts to have FIFA ban Israel from international match play.  The dynamics of this have been alluded to elsewhere, and will not be rehashed here,

My question:  Aren't the Palis the ones who have actually committed acts of deadly terrorism, victim section based upon ethnicity, at international athletic events?  And by their own standards as whined to FIFA, shouldn't they be excluded from ALL international athletic events?