Kleiner Guide 2 - PAKT

The Jewish people are commanded by Almighty G-d to live in peace with all peoples and nations
on the face of the globe. Our agenda is simple – It is to humbly worship the Creator at all times.
As Torah Jewish we are called upon to feel and express our sense of compassion when any
person or group of human beings suffers, In the words of King David, the Psalmist, “And His
Mercy is upon all His creatures.”
All men are created in the image of G-d. As Torah Jewish our prime imperatives in dealing with
our non-Jewish brethren – and certainly our cousins the Arab peoples – are peace, respect,
mutual understanding and empathy. Thus, it is obvious that the Jewish people has no quarrel
whatsoever with any Arab nation. Why have the tragic events of last 52 years come to pass? The
answer lies in one word – Zionism. In the name of believing Jewry the world over, we ask that you
do not confuse Zionism with Judaism. Judaism is the faith of the Torah and the Talmud. It demands
fairness and kindness towards all peoples. Zionism is the substitution of the Jewish religion for an
empty nationalism. When we look at the cauldron of suffering which the Middle East has become
for the Palestinian people we stand back aghast – homes and lives lost, family suffering, the list
goes on and on. We know all too well the evil with which the Palestinian people grapple daily. We,
the Torah people have faced this enemy for over a century.
Zionism rejects G-d and the basics of Judaism. It is ruthless in its dealings with all men, non-Jews
and indeed, Jews as ourselves who dare to stand in its way. We condemn Zionists beliefs and
aggressions in no uncertain terms. And, of greatest importance today we wish to publicly state
that the Jewish people never has had and does not have any quarrel with the Palestinian people
– anywhere on the face of the earth. Zionism has misled some Jews into thinking that there
exists a need to pursue aggressive policies against the Palestinian people to steal their land and
persecute their people. This is hardly surprising as it is a creed in direct opposition to the basics
of our Torah faith.
The justice of the current situation lies entirely with the Palestinian people. They have been
dispossessed. Political control over the land belongs to them. This ist the position of the G-d
fearing Jewish people. They have opposed Zionism from its inception over one hundred years
ago. Zionism is an embarrassment to the Torah Jew. Our prayers for the Messianic era are
centered on the future – a future when G-d alone, without any human involvement, will redeem all
mankind, who will then worship Him together in peace. Of course, we are saddened by the loss of
Judaism life today in the Holy Land as well. But we must not let our sense of personal loss as Jews
blind us to the true right and wrong of the moral drama before our eyes. My friends, for 52 years
the world has ignored the just claims and rights of the Palestinian people. And, yes, for that same
amount of time, some people, blinded by the dogmas of militant Zionism, have first created and
then perpetuated this horrible abuse of an entire people. We are here to proclaim that the crimes
committed against the Palestinian people when they were exiled from their homes in 1948 and
deprived of their basic human rights, firs as refugees and later as persecuted subjects in the West
Bank and Gaza were not done in the name of Torah or of Torah believing Jews.
They were the deeds of Jews far from the letter and spirit of their ancestral faith. We condemn their
actions these past weeks, and for the last 52 years and for the entire past century when Zionism
has steadily pursued the policy of the ethnic cleansing of and land that hat and large and cultured
indigenous population.
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Kleiner Guide 2