Tuesday, July 14, 2015

What Is A True Jewish Leader? by YJ Draiman


What Is A True Jewish Leader?

The Torah (The Jewish Bible) clearly expresses the true character traits necessary for leaders of the nation. It is not great rhetorical skills that will help a person succeed in leading "The Nation of Israel". The gift of self-expression is not a necessary component in the skill set of national leaders.

A Jewish leader is one who is meant to represent the nation as a whole, externally and internally, expressive ability is no more than an impressive external trait that occasionally has the power to cover for an internal void. That is not what sets apart the leader of the Jewish nation. A Jewish leader must have the ability to withstand external pressures and protect his people and the Jewish nation at all times.

The Jewish nation that appeared on the stage of history thousands of years ago did not begin as a nation with an impressive external appearance. On the contrary, for long periods, the Jewish people lacked military and political abilities. However, since its inception, the Jewish nation has represented a huge world of moral, ethical and just values, values which the entire world learned, some more and some less, and spread to cultures everywhere throughout the world .

A leader of the Jewish nation is not meant to stand out as having an impressive external appearance, but rather a significant internal appearance that also expresses the special characteristics of Jewish culture and humility. Moshe (Moses who lead the Jewish people out of Egypt, after hundreds of years of slavery and oppression. Moses who lead the Jewish people during their Exodus from Egypt, were attacked by various nations. Hence, the Jewish people had to learn how to defend themselves. Thus with the help of the almighty they were victorious), the Jewish nation’s first leader Moses, was “heavy of mouth and heavy of tongue,” and with this he signaled for us the correct path and the worthy considerations which should guide us as we choose our nation’s leadership.

A true leader of Israel has to lead from a platform of absolute faith. He cannot be just a politician. He has to embrace the history of the Jewish people and Israel. A leader of the Jewish nation has to understand what the Jewish people had to endure for thousands of years and still endure today in order to survive.

A true leader must act from a foundation of humility and perseverance; understanding the welfare of Israel and the Jewish people should be the foremost reason before any action is taken. One must lead by action and example and not by rhetoric.

A faithful Jewish leader must be one who will not compromise Jewish values.


A true leader of Israel has to have fortitude and determination to overcome internal and external obstacles!


He must stand relentlessly behind the defenders and supporters of Israel.



YJ Draiman

8 comments:

  1. End the Unjust Arab Occupation of Jewish Land
    When a poison strikes the human body, the only way to address it, is to remove it and destroy it completely. That is the way the terrorist organizations should be treated. The big mistake is that people are missing the economic benefits for Israel and its neighbors. That is if there was a true peace, The Qur'an 17:104 - states the land belongs to the Jewish people

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  2. No U.N. Resolution against Israel is enforceable. (biased)
    No U.N. Resolution against Israel is enforceable.

    History and Archeology is the best proof Greater Israel belongs to the Jewish People and non-other.
    The Arabs have no claims whatsoever to Israel.
    Prominent PLO Arab says there are no 'Palestinians' and no "Palestine"

    PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhsein admitted in a March 31, 1977 interview with a Dutch newspaper Trouw.

    "The Palestinian people do not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct 'Palestinian people' to oppose Zionism. "

    The Qur'an 17:104 - states the land belongs to the Jewish people

    If the historic documents, comments written by eyewitnesses and declarations by the most authoritative Arab scholars are still not enough, let us quote the most important source for Muslim Arabs:
    "And thereafter we [Allah] said to the Children of Israel: 'Dwell securely in the Promised Land. And when the last warning will come to pass, we will gather you together in a mingled crowd'.".
    YJ Draiman

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  3. You would find out that the Arabs in all the Arab and Muslim countries have been persecuting the Jewish people since 627 (over 1500 years), they also beheaded over 700 Jews in Medina and took their wives and daughters as slaves and confiscated all their assets
    The Arabs in the past 80 years have expelled over a million Jewish people and their children and confiscated all their assets including Real estate property; 75,000 sq. mi. which is 5-6 times the size of Israel and is valued today in the trillions of dollars. There is much more you can read; From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine; The Claim of Dispossession: Jewish Land-Settlement and the Arabs, 1878-1948 by Joan Peters and The Claim of Dispossession: Jewish Land-Settlement and the Arabs, 1878-1948 by Arieh L. Avneri

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  4. In order for Israel to protect its population, Israel needs to stand strong and maintain Greater Israel without any concessions. I hope you are right. It is not going to be easy. Israel needs a strong government that does not capitulate to world pressure and stops any appeasement or concessions to the Arab-Palestinians.
    Any and all concessions and appeasement of the past has resulted in more terror and violence and the enrichment of the Arab-Palestinian leaders at the cost to the masses. They teach hate and violence to their children and the masses. That is not the way to peace and co-existence.
    It is time to use extreme strong arm and crush the Arab-Palestinian terror and violence. No holds barred.

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  5. Link to 1925 Waqf Temple Mount Guide noting that the First and Second Jewish Temples were located on the Temple Mount
    http://www.templeinstitute.org/1925-wakf-temple-mount...
    For Jews, the Temple Mount is the holiest place in the world. The Jewish connection to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount originates in the biblical narrative, as it is said to be the location of the binding of Isaac.[2] The Talmud, Judaism’s supreme canonical text, says that the foundation stone on the Temple Mount is the location from which the world was created.[3] In Samuel II 24:18-25, King David bought the bedrock for the Temple from Araunah the Jebusite. Subsequently, Solomon, David’s son, used the bedrock to build the First Temple.[4] Solomon’s Temple was eventually destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon in 586 BCE.
    Link to 1925 Waqf Temple Mount Guide noting that the First and Second Jewish Temples were located on the Temple Mount

    For Jews, the Temple Mount is the holiest place in the world.
    Following the destruction of Jerusalem and Solomon’s Temple, many Jews were sent into exile. However, under the Persian King Cyrus, the Jews were allowed to return and began to rebuild the Temple. The Second Temple was completed in 516 BCE and expanded by King Herod in 19 BCE. In 70 CE, the Roman Empire, led by Emperor Titus, laid siege to Jerusalem and destroyed the Second Temple. Jews have maintained an unbreakable connection to Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount since that time.

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  6. How many holidays do the Arabs celebrate due to historical events in the land of ancient Israel. The Jewish people celebrate most of their holidays and fast days in memory of and the goal and aspiration to return to Israel and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem – where it was before it was destroyed and desecrated by the enemies of the Jews. Many of the Jewish prayers for thousands of years recite the love of Israel and the Jewish aspirations to return to their ancestral land and bring back its glory and holiness.
    In a Jewish wedding, they break a glass in memory of Jerusalem and the aspiration of the Jewish people to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Jewish Temple.
    YJ Draiman.

    In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
    Ben Gurion

    “Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its ‘right to exist.’ [As a Jewish State] Israel’s right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152 other states, is axiomatic and unreserved. Israel’s legitimacy is not suspended in midair awaiting acknowledgement. . . .There is certainly no other state, big or small, young or old, that would consider mere recognition of its ‘right to exist’ a favor, or a negotiable concession.”
    Abba Eban

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  7. Before you make unfounded comments about Israel. I think you should review the history in detail. You would find out that the Arabs in all the Arab and Muslim countries have been persecuting the Jewish people since 627 (over 1500 years), they also beheaded over 700 Jews in Medina and took their wives and daughters as slaves and confiscated all their assets
    The Arabs in the past 80 years have expelled over a million Jewish people and their children and confiscated all their assets including Real estate property; 75,000 sq. mi. which is 5-6 times the size of Israel and is valued today in the trillions of dollars. There is much more you can read; From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine; The Claim of Dispossession: Jewish Land-Settlement and the Arabs, 1878-1948 by Joan Peters and The Claim of Dispossession: Jewish Land-Settlement and the Arabs, 1878-1948 by Arieh L. Avneri

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  8. When Obama became president he unilaterally broke an agreement between the U.S. and Israel which said that the U.S. would not object to additional housing units in existing settlements outside of Jerusalem and would not object to any settlements in Jerusalem. When Obama broke that agreement the Palestinians made settlements a precondition for negotiations.

    When Obama talks about the settlements he ignores that Netanyahu made a very simple offer to the Palestinian President Abbas. If he were to recognize Israel as the Jewish State, Israel will enact a indefinite building freeze. As reported by Al Jazeera the answer from the Palestinians was a resounding no. But still Obama blames Israel.

    When he objects to the perception that he is not pro-Israel, President Obama ignores that during the 2012 convention his campaign stripped four pro-Israel planks from the campaign platform and only added back the one about Jerusalem. Not added back were the items about not dealing with Hamas, any deal would re-settle Palestinian refugees outside of Israel in Palestinian territory, and that "it is unrealistic to expect the outcome of final status negotiations to be a full and complete return to the armistice lines of 1949."

    He also ignores that his administration refuses to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel a big change from his predecessor President Bush (#43).

    In 1995 Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act endorsing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and requiring the US Embassy to move to Jerusalem. But Congress gave the executive branch an out, every six months the State Department/President can request and receive an automatic waiver. A waiver that President Bill Clinton issued to congress every six months as required.

    President Bush continued the policy every six months, but in Bush’s case he inserted into the legal jargon a sentence stating, “My Administration remains committed to beginning the process of moving our embassy to Jerusalem.” The phrase appeared in all 16 Bush waiver notifications. The Obama administration removed that phrase from their waiver requests.

    Obama wrapped up by orating against the scourge of Anti-Semitism. Ignoring the fact that during his first year as president he awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to two Jew-haters, former Irish President Mary Robinson, who ran the 1991 UN Conference on Racism, which turned out to be a conference for every type of Anti-Semitism in the world and Bishop Desmond Tutu a man who not only claims the Jews run the US government but “the Jews thought they had a monopoly on God."

    The president's words about Anti-Semitism also ignore that he counts Al Sharpton as an adviser. Sharpton led two Anti-Semitic pogroms in New York City, the Crown Heights riot, and the firebombing of Freddy's Fashion Mart.

    And that doesn't even count when he Left Bibi to stew in a WH conference room when he supposedly went upstairs to supposedly have dinner with his family (he lied his wife and kids were in NY).

    Or when he played bait and switch with Israel about a 2010 deal for a construction freeze...or that he publicly berates Israel for the settlement he created and NEVER has called for the Palestinians to recognize Israel as the Jewish State (HE has recognized Israel as the Jewish State, but has NEVER made demands of the other side).

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