The Original Words of Ze’ev Jabotinsky Can Be Followed For Israel-Iran

by Ronn Torossian | October 11, 2012 12:01 am

The Original Words of Ze’ev Jabotinsky Can Be Followed For Israel-Iran

History has been said to repeat itself, and if so then one can simply heed the message of: Ze’ev Jabotinsky[1], who is considered to be the ideological father of the Likud Party (the current ruling party of the Israeli Government).

“I would like to point out one permanent assignment that is entrusted to each of us, old and young, men and women, educated and ignorant, as a group and as individuals; this assignment is the defense of our people’s honor. All too easily we allow this honor to be impinged. So far have we become used to humiliation, that in a simple curse we no longer find insult, and just say to ourselves: ‘thank you for only swearing at us — after all you could also have beaten us!’ Everywhere, even in public places, our ears pick up vulgar outbursts against our people, and we pretend that we did not hear them, and console ourselves that ‘they did not mean us’.

This is a lie: It is always aimed at us, and we must respond. We must end this abuse of ourselves, at all costs. And it is very easy. They spit in our faces without fear, ‘in passing’, for no reason — not because our insulters are blessed with courage and want to pick a fight with us, but because this pleasure is so cheap for them: they will spit at us and go on their way, and nothing will happen.

We must accustom them to the thought that from now on this pleasure will come at a hefty cost. A new commandment must enter our hearts: that even where there is only one Jew, the word ‘Zhid’ must not be heard without response. Wise people will come and try to dissuade us: ‘You are weak — what can you do?’ But it is not our purpose to win in every single incident. Our objective — to create about us the belief that a slur on our national feelings is no longer what it once was, a small diversion free of cost — but will rather, with an absolute certainty and a mathematical precision, result in a sharp and unpleasant confrontation”

In 2012, someone is threatening the existence of Israel, and one recalls the words of Ze’ev Jabotinsky, “The idea that as soon as the sun of progress rises prejudices will thaw and discrimination and persecution will cease – is a mistaken notion.”

The words of: Ze’ev Jabotinsky[2]: are so relevant today for the dispute with Iran.

(Compiled by: Ronn Torossian[3]).

Endnotes:
  1. Ze’ev Jabotinsky: http://digitaljournal.com/blog/16032
  2. Ze’ev Jabotinsky: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/11816
  3. Ronn Torossian: http://www.ronntorossianfoundation.com/

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