Theodor Herzl: Self reliance is
the only logical path a Jew can take
The Tundra Tabloids believes that PM Benjamin Netanyahu now understands that thought better than most in times past. The nightmare policies of the Obama administration vis-a-vis the Jewish state of Israel has been a serious dose of wake-up for J’lem, it’s only those invested with the responsibility for safeguarding Jewish self government that will have the answers, not Washington.
Yes Israel will continue to maintain its old alliances, but that will not stop them from obtaining new ones, especially when Washington, which has long been one of Israel’s greatest supporters (and more than likely will remain so to some varying degree), has with some considerable ease distanced itself from a more eye to eye understanding” of Israel’s situation.
It all boils down to Jewish self determination founded on a strong sense of self reliance, which doesn’t mean a rejection of its friends, on the contrary, but a renewed sense of reliance upon themselves to ensure their own future, in an accompaniment of their friends. KGS
PM quotes Herzl: Don’t rely on foreigners
At time of unrelenting US pressure, Netanyahu quotes State visionary: ‘Nation that wants to stand upright must rely on itself alone’On the eve of Israel’s 62nd Independence Day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened the weekly cabinet meeting with a quote from State visionary, Theodor Herzl: “Don’t rely on the help of foreigners”.As the cabinet marked 150 years since Herzl’s birth, Netanyahu said, “On June 11, 1901, Herzl said something that captured me: ‘Do not rely on the help of foreigners, nor on benefactors. And do not expect stones to become soft because benefactors give humiliating donations. A nation that wants to stand upright must rely on itself alone.’,” Netanyahu said, “I was not familiar with this quote, but you learn something interesting and important every day.”Netanyahu’s comments were not in reference to Israel’s ties with the United States, but at a time when the Obama administration continues to pressure the Israeli government, the connection is hard to overlook.According to Netanyahu, “The 62nd Independence Day marks the State’s achievements on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Herzl, the man who began his activity at age 36 and ended it at age 44. In eight years he changed the history of the Jewish people and the history of mankind.“He took a scattered people and gathered it. He foresaw the deterioration in Europe. It is incorrect that he did not write about the Holocaust – he wrote about it dozens of times.”He added, “It is important for every boy and girl to know who the State’s visionary is. This rare personality that is, in my eyes, comparable to one of Israel’s ancient prophets. Without him, there would be no State, and we would not be sitting around this table.”
