This is all rather reminiscent of the Book of Revelation (or Hallucination, as I prefer to think of it)–opaque enough to mean anything to any damn fool looking for something sensational to justify his unjust acts:The Rabbinical Council of Judea and Samaria issued a statement Thursday in which it said that the results of the incident in which Israel intercepted a flotilla trying to break the naval blockade of Gaza seem like the Biblical description of “the beginning of the Gog and Magog process where the world is against us, but which ends with the third and final redemption.”The statement explained that while secular Zionism always wants Israel to be beloved by other nations, “the legitimacy of our people is not derived from the nations of the world and their poisonous traditions, rather from the Torah of Israel which teaches us that [Israel] ‘is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations'” (Numbers 23:9). They emphasized that there is no reason to be alarmed by the world’s condemnation as it is a predicted result of fear of Israel’s success.The Council blessed the soldiers of the IDF and called for the formation of an emergency unity government that will lead the nation from a position of strength.[…]‘Gog and Magog’ is a reference is to chapters 38 and 39 in the book of Ezekiel, a part of which is read on the intermediate Sabbath of Sukkot (Tabernacles). These chapters describe a vision of a war where the world is united against Israel that will precede the final redemption of Israel and the world. The prophecy’s symbolism involves a prince called Gog of Magog, leader of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, who leads a coalition that includes Persia (Iran), Cush, Phut, Gomer, and Beit Togarmah against Israel. There are various opinions regarding the modern identity of these nations.
And this is what they’re using to justify a massacre of humanitarians.Theocratic fundie whackjobs: Israel has them too. Only difference between these “Jewish” fundies and their “Christian” counterparts is which testament they draw their loony justifications from. The guys in the felt hats and long sidelocks use the Old Testament; their rapturist pals in the big hair and polyester use the New.Or, to put it another way: Nauseating fundies are nauseating no matter their persuasion. And despite superficial differences, they are really nauseatingly alike.PS: Speaking of nauseating, Daniel Pipes just made the connection between fundies painfully explicit–on Patwa’s show, no less. Clicky here.And thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say: Thus saith the Lord G-d: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; and I will turn thee about and lead thee on, and will cause thee to come up from the uttermost parts of the north; and I will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel; and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the peoples that are with thee; I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort and to the beasts of the field, to be devoured.(…)Therefore thus saith the Lord G-d: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have compassion upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name. And they shall bear their shame, and all their breach of faith which they have committed against Me, when they shall dwell safely in their land, and none shall make them afraid; when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations. And they shall know that I am the Lord their G-d, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them unto their own land; and I will leave none of them any more there; neither will I hide My face any more from them; for I have poured out My spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord G-d.’
So there argument is to do everything possible to enrage the world, the more heinous the atrocity the better, because it is all part of God’s plan, This the exact philosophy of a serial killer.
Exactly. It’s just like a paranoid schizophrenic listening to the evil voices in his head and acting out on them. People who think their TV sets are giving them direct orders are just like this. Only people who do that get hospitalized and put on medication. These guys? Hailed as prophets, practically.
It’s nutso.
Excellent blog! Thanks!