Arutz Sheva is reporting that the Rabbinical Congress for Peace (RCP) has met with America’s Ambassador to Israel to request a change in American policy in the Middle East.
This isn’t the first time that the Rabbinical Congress for Peace has sent a message to Obama:
The Rabbinical Congress for Peace (RCP) comprised of over 350 leading rabbis in Israel and 850 abroad has sent a message through a personal contact to President-elect Barack Obama congratulating him on his election and at the same time reminded him of his prayer at the Western Wall and the biblical promise of Jewish sovereignty in the entire Land of Israel.
The RCP wrote that “we appreciate the fact that on your last visit to Israel you prayed to G-d at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the holiest Jewish site, and according to media the following was the text of your prayer: “Lord-Protect my family and me. Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will.”
“Consistent with your focus on the will of G-d we trust that you are aware of the will of G-d when it comes to Jewish sovereignty in the entire Land of Israel. We therefore trust that you will accord the will of G-d concerning all of Israel the same divine importance as you do with regard to other areas of the will of G-d.
“The last 15 years have proven without a shadow of a doubt that the “land for peace” formula, besides being a formula that goes against the Divine will, is ineffective, obsolete, and an exercise in futility. Most of all it is a dangerous policy that only leads to bloodshed and instability in the region…”
Rabbinical Congress for Peace reminds Obama of G-d’s promise
In today’s meeting with America’s Ambassador to Israel, Mr. James Cunningham, the Rabbinical Congress for Peace explained everything to him with a refreshing directness that needs to be promulgated in America on an ongoing basis.
Rabbis to US Ambassador: Time to ‘Go Biblical’ with Arabs
December 31, 2009
(IsraelNN.com) A delegation of the Rabbinical Congress for Peace (RCP) met with U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mr. James Cunningham, today and called for a reassessment of the entire U.S. policy vis-à-vis the Israelis and Palestinians. The rabbis told Ambassador Cunningham that it was time to try the Biblical approach to the dispute over the Land of Israel.
“The past 17 years have proven without a shadow of a doubt that every square inch ceded by Israel to the Palestinians was transformed into a platform of hatred and terrorism,” RCP Director Rabbi Avrohom Shmuel Lewin told the ambassador. “In other words, the ‘land for peace’ formula in the Israel-Palestinian context, besides being a formula that goes against the Divine will, is ineffective, obsolete, and an exercise in futility. Most of all it is a dangerous policy that only leads to bloodshed and instability in the region and harms vital American interests in the region as well,” Lewin said.
‘Land for peace doesn’t work’
The delegation was headed by Rabbi Joseph Gerlitzky, Chairman of the RCP, who is also the Rabbi of Central Tel Aviv where the US embassy is located. Rabbi Gerlitzky presented the ambassador with the Halachic (Jewish legal) ruling signed by over 350 prominent rabbis in Israel that it is forbidden to give up even one inch of territory controlled by Israel today because it will bring bloodshed and instability to the region.
“In the name of the overwhelming majority of rabbis in Israel,” he said, “we request of you Mr. Ambassador, to convey our Halachic message to President Barack Obama that it is time for a complete reversal and reassessment of U.S. policy in the Middle East. The ‘land for peace’ policy never worked and harms U.S. interests in the region and the world at large.”
…Ambassador Cunningham told the rabbis that he does not see how the problem can be solved “without taking into consideration the Palestinians,” to which Rabbi Gold remarked: “Ever since we started taking the Palestinians into consideration the situation only worsened.”
The ambassador asked the rabbis, “So what is your solution to the problem?”
Rabbi Gerlitzky replied: “You must switch the entire approach to the situation. We all believe in the Holy Bible and up until now we tried every formula except for that which is delineated in the Bible. Let’s try it and who knows, Mr. Ambassador, maybe this is your defining moment, that G-d Almighty has placed you in this capacity in order to precipitate a new course which will bring a true peace to the entire region.”
The Bible says that the Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people exclusively, and commands the Jews to defeat any enemy nation that encroaches on that sovereignty.
Rabbis to US Ambassador: Time to ‘Go Biblical’ with Arabs
The Rabbinical Congress for Peace is right! There is NO Middle East Peace Process and the attempts to pretend otherwise have resulted in nothing but bloodshed and war. Repeating the same mistakes for another 17 years would be monstrous.
It’s time to understand that Israeli sovereignty over the land is the only solution. It doesn’t mean that all Arabs would have to be expelled. Israel has 1.5 million Arabs living inside the green line.
Israel could give some Arabians in Judea, Samaria and Gaza a type of residency permit that would NOT allow them to vote Israel into an Islamic state while also NOT allowing them to have access to all of Israel again (as they had prior to the first and second intifadas).
Israel must have sovereignty over all the land from the Jordan River to the Sea.
