Random Thoughts From Ronn Torossian

  • Am so confused when people talk about the “One” or “Two” State Solutions. Aren’t there 22 Arab countries? So which is the state they are talking about that is a one state solution?
  • Cute story I just came across I wanted to share:

“Do you feel lonely in Washington?” the Lubavitch Rebbe asked the Israeli ambassador to the US, Yitzchak Rabin in 1972. “True, many ambassadors don’t speak to me…but that’s their problem, not mine. I’m proud to be Israeli.” “Are you proud to be a Jew?” asked the Rebbe.: : “Of course, very proud.””Do you find that sometimes people are not sure what a Jew is?” the Rebbe questioned further. “Yes, just the other day a fellow ambassador asked me: ‘What are Jews – a religion or a people?’ I told him both.” “Do you know why?” the Rebbe asked a now captivated Rabin. “Because we entered history from the ashes of the Egyptian slavery as a people heading to Sinai…the two are inseparable. Many have tried separating them, never have they succeeded and never will they succeed.”

  • A few years ago a great piece was circulated and wanted to clip part of it as its relevant now with all the talk of Iran in the air:

“Our condition, in Israel, has never been better than it is now! Only the television and the media make people think that the end of the world is near. Only 65 years ago, Jews were brought to death like sheep to slaughter. NO country, NO army. Only 60 years ago, seven Arab countries declared war on little Israel, the Jewish State, just a few hours after it was established. We were 650,000 Jews against the rest of the Arab world. No IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) or Air Force. We were only a small group of stubborn people with nowhere to go.

Remember: Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, and Saudi Arabia, they all attacked at once.

The state that the United Nations “gave” us was 65% desert. We started it from zero. Only 41 years ago, we fought three of the strongest countries in the Middle East, and we crushed them in the Six Day War.

Over the years we fought different coalitions of 20 Arab countries with modern armies and with huge amounts of Russian-Soviet ammunition, and we still won. Today, we have a beautiful country, a powerful Army, a strong Air Force, an adequate Navy and a thriving high tech industry. Intel, Microsoft, and IBM have all developed their businesses here. Our doctors have won important prizes in the medical development field. We turned the desert into a prosperous land. Israel today is among the few powerful countries that have nuclear technology & capabilities. (We will never admit it, but everyone knows.)

To think that only 65 years ago we were disgraced and hopeless. We crawled out from the burning crematoriums of Europe. We won in all our wars. With a little bit of nothing we built an empire. Who are Khaled Mashal (leader of Hamas) or Hassan Nasrallah (leader of Hezbollah) trying to frighten? They are amusing us.

We overcame everything. We overcame the Greeks, We overcame the Romans. We overcame the Spanish Inquisition. We overcame the Russians pogrom. We overcame Hitler. We overcame Germany and overcame the Holocaust. We overcame the armies of seven countries.

We will overcome our current enemies. Never mind where you look in human history…think about it, the Jewish nation, our condition has never been better than now. So let’s lift our heads up and remember: Never mind which country or culture tries to harm us or erase us from the world. We will still exist and persevere Egypt. Anyone know where the Egyptian empire disappeared to? The Greeks? Alexander Macedon? The Romans? Is anyone speaking Latin today? The Third Reich? Did anyone hear news from them lately?

And look at us, the Bible nation, from slavery in Egypt, we are still here, still speaking the same language. Exactly here, exactly now. Maybe the Arabs don’t know it yet, but we are an eternal nation. All the time that we will keep our identity, we will stay eternal. So, sorry that we are not worrying, complaining, crying, or fearing. Business here is beseder (fine). It can definitely be much better, but it is still fine. Don’t pay attention to the nonsense in the media, they will not tell you about our festivals here in Israel or about the people that continue living, going out, meeting friends.

Yes, sometimes morale is down, so what? This is only because we are mourning the dead while they are celebrating spilled blood. And this is the reason we will win after all.” Be proud and stand up and say: I AM A JEW!”

Whatever the circumstances, as the Zionist prophet: Ze’ev Jabotinsky: said, “Jewish religious tradition is not an archaic object of our history, but an active pulsating power which exists today and will continue for all eternity.“

Ronn Torossian: is a Jewish philanthropist, and CEO of: 5WPR, a NY: PR firm.

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