Wednesday, September 8, 2010

 
When I first found out what happened on the high seas off the coast of Israel I was grinning from ear to ear. I didn't know the details of the raid, but I did know that the death toll was between 9-20, which gave me a lot of nachus. Usually the IDF is so weak and pathetic, that they come off looking more like meter maids than they do the world's most advanced military fighting force. Sadly, my nachus turned to nausea within a matter of hours, as the details of the deadly raid started to unfold.
 
Videos started to surface that backed the IDF claim of self-defense, but they also provided a microcosm of everything that is wrong with the State of Israel in modern times. The commandos rappelled from helicopters onto a ship with terrorists waiting, and they were armed with nothing but paint-ball guns. If there is anything more ridiculous and disgraceful than this then I would like to hear it. Risking the lives of our precious Jewish troops, and arming them with a weapon that can barely break the skin, is not only completely wreckless, but it goes against everything that the Torah teaches us we should be.
 
I am sick and tired of watching Jewish soldiers and civilians die because the pathetic left wing power system in Israel is more concerned about world opinion, angering the world powers, and appearing cruel in the media than they are about protecting the lives of the Jews in their own Land. Baruch Hashem these soldiers made it out of this mess alive, but Israel as a nation did not. Our pride should have hit a low point on this day, but instead Jews from all over the world rejoiced that we stood up for ourselves for a change…BUT DID WE?
 
Watching commandos getting thrown off the boats like ragdolls, isn't really my idea of having pride and respect for the defense forces of the Jews. Watching them rappel onto a boat armed with a child's toy doesn't really seem to me like it strikes fear into the hearts of our enemies, and watching our leaders whine and complain to the world, like a fat kid who just dropped his last piece of cake, doesn't really seem like the kind of leadership that can lead us through a world that is growing more anti-semitic by the second. I'll be completely honest when I say that this raid was a low point in Israeli history, and it could have completely avoided by doing one thing…standing up for Jewish people in the name of Hashem.
 
The leadership of Israel is not only secular, but they are so removed from the ideals of the Torah, that it's almost as if they're goyim themselves. No other country in the world tolerates more hypocrisy, double standards, threats, and assaults than the Jewish nation, and no other people have leadership that is so inept to handle this. Netanyahu did his usual "tough guy rhetoric" after the incident, but then at the end of what would have been a brilliant speech begged the world like a 3 year old with pig-tails to just treat us like every other nation. WE ARE NOT LIKE ANY OTHER NATION, WE ARE THE JEWISH PEOPLE, THE CHOSEN NATION OF G-D. How many more tragedies and downfalls do the Jewish people need to endure before we realize this.
 
The world hates us, it's a basic fact and principle that this world is built on, but instead of always blaming our enemies, we need to blame ourselves for a change. The Jewish people are not doing what we are put on this earth to do, so G-d uses the 70 nations as His stick with which to punish us. Yet, instead of crying out to G-d, and begging for his assistance, we are constantly sucking up to the stick that beats us, constantly trying to win the approval and acceptance of the nations that are here to scorn us. It is told the Jewish people very explicitly, "behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised." Why is this so hard for Jews to grasp, it is literally spelled out in the Torah what fate befalls us when we stray from Torah?
 
The bottom line is this. Jews have no clue how to handle the current predicaments we are in, and what's worse we keep electing leaders that are even more clueless than our masses. It says that at the end of times are leadership will be so worthless that they drive us deeper and deeper into the abyss that are already in…doesn't sound that far off does it? I am so fed up with reading the same news articles and watching the same youtube videos that "prove" and "justify" why these commandos were on the boat in the first place. What do you think russia would have done in this situation, or north korea, or china? They would have fired one warning shot, and then sunk every single ship in the pathetic flotilla, and they would not even think twice about it, or give the media 10 seconds to justify their actions. Why don't these incidents happen to them? The world knows exactly what they would do so they aren't tested, whereas Israel loves to make themselves into the proverbial doormat, thus we get stepped on at every turn.
 
The saddest part about this whole incident is that another few boats are now leaving for gaza, and Israel is now backing down from their tough rhetoric, and is now saying they will participate in "creative methods" to get the goods to gaza, one of which involves letting u.n insepctors oversee the searching of the ships. If my pride was already buried in the ground, then this latest revelation is the dirt that is covering my pride's coffin. The same organization that has spent the last 62 years vilifying us is now the one that we turn to so the world will realize we're a "really sweet and gentle" nation, who just wants to be loved.
 
Until Jews have real leadership that understands our role in the world and Who we answer to, we will continue to be a worldwide punch-line. The more we try to be "just like one of the guys", the more the world will detest us for it. We are not like the other nations, and this should be very clear to us by now. When the secretary-general of the u.n's home nation has a warship sunk, and he remains silent, but then Israel defends itself in a raid, and he goes crazy, that should be the icing on the cake for the knowledge that we will always be detested no matter what we do or why we do it. It's time for Jews to start looking inward and realize that only WE have the ability to change our standing in G-d's eyes, the only perspective that truly matters on this earth. We as Jews follow one of two paths in life, either the road of observance or the road of desecration, and right now there is no doubt that we are on the road to incidents that will make this "peace flotilla" truly seem like the love boat.

By Eliyokum Hakohen exclusively for Emunah Magazine

Here is a video blog update from our very own Emuna Online columnist Eliyokum Hakohen, enjoy.

Here is a video blog update from our very own Emuna Online columnist Eliyokum Hakohen, enjoy.

Hating Israel Is New Form Of Anti-Semitism

Posted by eliyokum On April - 20 - 2010 4 COMMENTS

By: Eliyokum Hakohen

Apparently people think that hating Israel is a new form of Anti-Semitism and that hating Jews is the old treacherous tale which never ceases to end well I must say you’re WRONG! I was just surfing youtube and I found some of the most atrocious comments about Jews I have ever seen in my life…ABOUT JEWS NOT ISRAEL. Currently it appears people don’t like being called Anti-Semitic, and they don’t want people to know that they dislike Jews, so they cleverly try to mask this hatred by saying that it’s Israel that they have a problem with, not Jews.

HHHMMM, so you mean to tell me that you have a problem with an army that drops leaflets which tell it’s enemies when they are going to drop bombs, you have a problem with a country who accepts 10,000 rockets on it’s civilians before actually engaging their enemy, you have a problem with a country who bows to world pressure and evicts it’s own citizens from land that eventually is used as sites for rocket attacks, you have a problem with a country that has offered a ridiculously generous peace to their enemies 5 times (all of which were flatly refused). This is the country you find uncivilized and filled with hatred?

The world hates Jews, and unforunately plenty of Jews hate Jews too (as a matter of fact as we now are counting hopefully every night Sefirat HaOmer one can only think… these people we mourn over died just because they hated their fellow Jew, imagine what could happen if we did not have self hatred among ourselves). Only someone who is blind and unwilling can’t see what’s going on in now. There have been Anti-apartheid rallies all over the world about Israel? Are you kidding me? Guess people don’t really care that the Muslims don’t pay taxes here (Israel), and they get benefits from the government, the soldiers and police do a greater amount of damage to their own people than to the Muslims, and only under Israeli sovereignty are they actually allowed to live as free people. I guess they also don’t want to hear that in every single poll of the Muslims who have an Israeli I.D. card, the overwhelming majority do not want the creation of “Palestinian” state. Why? In Israel they have jobs, they have a purpose, and they don’t have to live with the fear of a masked gunman coming to blow their heads off for playing music in their homes. They live better in Israel than in any Muslim country in the world…FACT.

Now I have a message to all the self-hating Jews out there. If you want to criticize Israel and have your garbage opinion of what goes on here then that’s fine, but until you actually come to Israel and especially to the “settlements” then shut your mouths, because you don’t have a clue how things work here. Jews are the ones that live in an apartheid state in Israel. Try living under the most radically left-wing Supreme Court, a media which constantly makes them out as the aggressor, and a police system which make the Jews the victims in Israel, not the rag-heads that have no business being here. Jews can’t even go to our own Holy Sites in peace because the pillars that rule Israel are more concerned with appeasing a Muslim president than they are taking care of their own people.

G-d is very explicit in the Torah when He says, “I shall curse those that curse you”, but the sad part is that our biggest enemy comes from within. Jews would rather get their news from a liberal like Anderson Cooper than from someone who actually knows what they are talking about. They would rather believe a group like “Peace Now” than actually come to Israel and form their own opinion, and the worst is that they would rather adhere to the codes of western society than to follow the only Divine Book that was given to us as a gift. Until Moshiach these things will continue to plague us, the subordinates that are the most pathetic will continue to do the most damage, and the ones who are the most righteous will continue to bear the biggest burden for the ignorance of others.
How can this possibly be fair? Very easily…G-d rewards people in this world so He can destroy them in the next. The people that deserve Divine retribution are the ones who have troubles and who are punished in this world. These smiling and arrogant Jews who think that they know what goes on in this world are the ones that B”H will spend an eternity of misery regretting that they never took the time to see Judaism and Israel for what it really is. So next time you see a Jew in “Peace Now”, just remember where he’s going, the next time you see a Jew who will vote for Obama again, just know where they will be going too, and the next time you hear anyone tell you that they are anti-Israel just know that person hates Jews…HATING ISRAEL AND HATING JEWS ARE ONE IN THE SAME.

Eliyokum Hakohen: New Emunah Magazine Columnist

Posted by Emuna Staff On March - 21 - 2010 3 COMMENTS

Emunah Magazine is happy to have renowned author and blogger Eliyokum Hakohen join our editorial staff. Mr Hakohen is a popular blogger and has strong opinions with a huge following and we are happy to have Mr. Hakohen join our staff.

ABOUT ELIYOKUM HAKOHEN In His Own Words
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I’M A JEW. I’m a Jew who was lost but found his way, a Jew who spent 27 years of my life trying to be “cool” and “popular”. I spent years trying to be the one who was the life of the party, the one that girls would find attractive, the one that had it all. I wanted nothing but physical pleasure and instant gratification, and I got it all. I thought I had a perfect life until I realized I was a LOSER. I was drowning in the secular world, just like you are if you bother to take a look at yourself. Sitting alone in a cell in an orange jump-suit, no money, no possessions, no friends, no family… not the best way to spend a long weekend. Or was it. I finally realized what was important in life. Peace of mind, spirituality, purpose. None of those can be realized in the filth that the secular world has been ramming down the throats of the Holy Jews since we received the Torah 3322 years ago. I started learning with a Rabbi because I wanted to find truth. The only truth in the world is Torah, and that Torah was only given to the Jews. If nothing else at least have some pride that youre G-d’s Chosen People. You can spend the rest of your life ignoring His Holy Book or you can take some time to start embracing it. I never planned to become an Observant Jew; I just wanted to find some meaning in a world devoid of purpose. TRUTH comes to those that seek it. And Baruch Hashem it came to me. Once you have the truth there is no escaping it. It’s everywhere at all times. The beauty of life becomes as evident as a simple math problem. If you’re not Torah Observant then, YOU’RE LIVING LIFE WRONG, YOURE GOING TO GEHINNOM (Jewish Hell). Im going to prove it to you, if you let me. Jews are bound by the Laws of the Torah whether you agree with them or not. You can’t just live however you want and think youre a good Jew. That makes no sense and it shows a complete disregard for Judaism and for Hashem. I am here to save your soul and show you the beauty of a life that G-d laid out for the Jews 3322 years ago. There is only one way to live life correctly, and that is a life of purpose and direction through Torah. You have nothing to lose by exploring the wisdom of your own religion. In fact, if you get nothing out of these video lectures and are 100% convinced that there is no G-d, no Torah, no afterworld, then I’ll buy your misguided soul with all the good deeds that you have done in your life. If you are 100% certain that life ends when you die, then you don’t deserve the reward that G-d has promised the Jews, and only the Jews. I’m putting my money where my mouth is. I am so sure that there is a G-d that I will gladly buy your soul. Its no good to you if you don’t want it to be. To me its priceless and by priceless I mean whatever price we agree upon. Watch the video, its amazing. Why. Because its G-d’s words from the Book He gave His beloved Jews 3322 years ago. You as a Jew are the highest form of creation. G-d tells you that in a Book that youve probably spent your whole life ignoring. One click on my video could change your life. All you have to do is click. If you don’t its because youre scared what you might hear, not because you think its a waste of time.

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Benjamin Netanyahu

By: Eliyokum Hakohen

A few weeks ago in dubai, one of the world’s most despicable terrorists was killed by a group that more than likely began with an M and ended with a D. The exact details of this case are irrelevant, what’s important is that yet another murderer of Jews, who wears a diaper on his head was eliminated. Unfortunately, for the rest of the world this assertion is not good enough. Outrage and shock spread through this pathetic world like a fire in a village of straw huts. There is only one answer for this, and that answer is anti-semetism.

Fake passports were used to carry out this mission, and the countries who’s passports were used vilified the Israeli government for it’s subterfuge and deceitfulness. I’d like to ask a question to Ireland, Australia, and Britain…how in the heck to you guys carry out your covert operations? Do you not have any operatives with foreign passports? Do you not use the exact same methods that Israel does? The hypocrisy in the world in regards to the Jewish Homeland is disgusting, and what’s worse is the a vast majority of the Jewish world doesn’t care or doesn’t see it.
A small pathetic town in Ireland, one of the countries who’s passport was used by a member of the hit squad, used this as a excuse to unleash a wave of dormant anti-semetism that is the hallmark of virtually every single place in europe. They even had the nerve to rip the signature of a distinguished visiting ambassador as a protest to passport usage. Carrickmacross, a town that no one has ever heard of, and no one really cares about has now stamped it’s place in the long line of european countries that makes their feelings on Jews known very well. Dr Zion Evrony, the ambassador who was nice enough to visit this dump of a town is now a source of derision and ridicule by people just itching for an excuse to unleash their animosity towards the Jews. Herein lies the problem.
Jews try so hard to try and separate feelings about Israel and feelings about Jews. What people don’t understand is that they are one and the same. Hating Israel, for the non-Jewish world is the same as hating Jews. Period end of discussion. There is no other country on earth as moral, as accommodating, or as righteous as Israel. No other country on earth actually calls the people of the town they are about to bomb to warn them of impending danger, no other country takes as much care to avoid the death of innocent civilians, even though it usually ends up killing their own Jews, and no other country on earth bends over backwards to accommodate a world that wants it gone. The world pointing a finger at Israel for the killing of a terrorist is like patients pointing a finger at a Dr. for curing their disease even though they had to have a painful procedure.
The world hates Jews, and the world hates Israel. G-d makes it very clear to us, but for some reason the majority of Jews always disregard this and blame themselves. Dubai is a perfect example of this. The Mossad knocks out a piece of trash that should’ve been killed years ago, and the world unites for an instant assault on the Jewish nation. Does anyone out there see what’s going on here. The usa is pressuring Israel to give up vast amounts of territory and safety, europe is becoming a breeding ground for massive anti-semetism in worthless countries like norway and sweden, and what’s worst of all, liberal Jews are fueling the flames. Idiotic comments from people like Rahm Emanuel, j street, and leftist leaders in Israel allow the world to keep burying us under a mountain of diplomatic grief. How low can we possibly fall as Jews?
The enemy of our people has always come from within. We don’t need a hamas, or an obama to contend with because we have much stronger enemies within our own ranks. Dubai has kicked off a fury over the existence of Israel, and sadly a lot of Jews out there ask themselves the same question…would the world be a safer and better place without Israel? Ask the Jews who lived in Hebron in 1929 if the world was safer for us, or maybe the Jews in berlin in the late 1930’s. Dubai is the reason the world needs the Jews, we’re the only ones smart enough to stand up to the enemy of all humans, islam.
Instead of calling for sanctions and apologies and concessions, the world should be bending over backwards to support Israel. We are the front lines of the war on terror and the war on islamic extremism, and if Israel deems it necessary to knock off you countries’ passport to keep winning this war, THEN SHUT UP ABOUT IT. Without the Jews this world would be the same pathetic joke it is in all of the nations where Jews can’t be found. I am proud to be a Jew, I am proud to live in Israel, and I’m even prouder that there are thousands of diaper heads all over the world that don’t sleep a wink at night because they know that a Jew with a fake passport might be in their closet, waiting to put them out of their misery.

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Eliyokum Hakohen is a featured columnist with Emunah Magazine. His video blog is SellMeYourJewishSoul.com

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