Expelled then Disengaged

OK, now I finally get what Yassir Sharon really meant by his Gaza disengagement plan. First, expel the Jews from Gaza, THEN disengage the evictees from Israel once it's done.

According to a report from Israel National News, the sad reality for the evictees is that most have been left homeless and wandering since the State of Israel turned its military upon them to appease the Arabs two months ago.

"No democratic country should ever abandon its citizens like this," stated MK Dr. Uzi Landau on Wednesday after viewing the conditions of Jews expelled from Gush Katif and northern Samaria.

Left to live in horrible makeshift tent cities and eating in soup kitchens, these once successful, hard working Jews have cried out to the government that's abandoned them for the financial assistance they had been promised. To date, there is no indication of when or if that aid will be made available.

Said Landau, "There was a disengagement, and there are now ten thousand people here who need to be taken care of." He added that it was time to demand a more humane response from the Prime Minister's Office, and that he hoped the issue would also stir the members of the Knesset and the general public. "Let's put the politics to one side and just help the evictees."

Now, if another nation's leader hated Jews and hated Israel enough to do something like this the outpouring of support for these Jews, and condemnation of the government responsible for their plight, would be overwhelming from the American Jewish community. Yet, the silence is deafening.

So, the question that begs to be asked is this: Why is the Jewish communal world not screaming for social justice? How come there are no statements at all from our great, charitable, do-gooder organizations on the evictees behalf?

The answer is pure politics. The liberal Jewish establishment is only interested in supporting the plight of LIBERAL Jews, and since the "settlers" were viewed as right wingers they are coldly left to suffer without a single finger being lifted in their defense.

Save the whales? Great, liberal Jewish America sends the check. A militant homosexual cause that needs extra funding? You got it! A check is on the way! Someone tried to put up a menorah in a public square? Send in the big bucks to make them take it down!

But, about 10,000 mostly observant Jews are forcibly left homeless and hungry by military force, and then denied their promised financial aid to boot? Let them eat cake!

A disgraceful shondah, indeed.

BTW, if you care to donate to the needy evictees, please go to One Israel Fund


Thanks,

-MZ