Ki Tetze / Isaiah

Elections (again... unbelievable...) is on this coming Tuesday, and everyone seems to be sleepy and indifferent, there's a lot less 'noise' than there was in the last elections, just a few months ago. I'm going to vote the same way - to the National Religious party: those who will not give up even one small part of our G-d given Land, and those who will make room for the Torah in our secular way of life.
Our prime minister, Netanyahu, disappoints me a lot recently, sometimes even angers me, but I do not think there is anyone else who can head the government at this time. I guess he will be elected for one more term, until a new leader will emerge. Hopefully THE leader, if you know what I mean. As Shabbat was over and I turned the radio on to hear some news, I heard that Netanyahu got a 'promise' from US president Trump to "grant Israel a defense treaty". What? Really? Is this what we need? This is so infuriating. In Hebrew it sounds even worse: ברית הגנה ("brit haganah", translated loosely as a "covenant of protection") - the only brit (covenant) we have is with G-d. The only protection we have is G-d's. There is no other covenant, and no other protection. Talking and thinking and seeking a covenant of protection from human beings is such an affront to G-d. It shows weakness of character and weakness of faith. And such a treaty, if signed, is going to tie our hands. We will have to get America's approval for every military operation we will do. Remember Operation Opera (Operation Babylon) in 1981, when Israel attacked the nuclear reactors in Iraq? This was such an important operation, and it took the whole world by surprise, but now - if the "defense treaty" is signed, we will not be able to do something like this if there is a need - we will have to ask permission from Trump to do it! Remember Operation Entebbe, in which Israeli soldiers (including Yoni Netanyahu, Bibi's older brother) flew to Uganda, to liberate Israeli and Jewish hostages who were kidnapped by terrorists on an airplane? If the need arises to have such an operation today, we will have to ask for the USA's permission! Remember the Sabena Flight 571, that was supposed to go to Israel but the plain was hijacked? Israeli soldiers (including Bibi himself!) went there to liberate the hostages. In such operations, every second of delay is fateful and can ruin everything - and now we'll have to ask permission from the USA? For what? What will we get in return - "protection"? Thanks, but we're not interested. We need protection from the ONE and only power who rules the world. Not from humans like us. I hope that such a defense treaty will not be signed. We have survived miraculously without it so far, we will prosper forever - without it. This Shabbat we read in synagogue from the book of Isaiah, and it is so relevant in this regard: "For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall My covenant of peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath compassion on thee."

Think about it. There's a lot more to say, perhaps I'll write another post soon.
In the meantime,
Shavua tov (have a good week),
R.