Ari Bussel has been a more active in submitting posts in the past. He is an honest fellow and a big supporter of Israel. That translates into I usually agree with him. In this submission Ari muses on being born American and looking at his Jewish heritage that also has led to an active citizenship in Israel.
In Ari’s musings he touches on a couple things I do not
agree with. Ari believes former Vice President Pence conducted his Electoral
College count with dignity and that the January 6 protest of a fraudulent 2020
Election began as peaceful but ended as an Insurrection with a capital “I”.
It is my opinion Pence at best acted in cowardice and at
worst in collusion to treason. And the peaceful protest was infiltrated by
Dem-Marxist agitators who made peaceful Trump supporters appear violent and, in
some cases, agitated for violence. There was never an Insurrection with a
capital “I”. In hindsight of the ever-increasing proof of an Election Coup
perhaps a countercoup is not out of the question. Dem-Marxist criminals
definitely would view a countercoup as an insurrection against their
illegitimate despotic regime.
Ari’s thoughts on the USA’s power transition are not the
focus of this essay. The focus is the ironic nearly mirror transition of power
occurring in Israel. Angry Conservative Israeli Jews are seeing their leader
pasted with unproven smears and the exercise of Parliamentary shenanigans by
Israel’s Left to depose Prime Minister Netanyahu. Christian Zionist supporters (of
which I am one) are
uneasy with how Netanyahu is getting the boot.
Benjamin Netanyahu -
Naftali Bennett
Ari is calling for calm. I’m still not calm about what
transpired in America, I can only imagine the displeasure Conservative Israelis
are experiencing.
Info to consider about Netanyahu not typically available
in the USA:
o Netanyahu
alleges Israeli election fraud, accuses rival of duplicity; By Jeffrey
Heller; Investing.com
via Reuters-Wire; 6/6/21 03:05PM ET
o A
coalition bent on election rigging: By considering a bill
that singles out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Bennett and Lapid are
undoing Israel's democracy; By Amnon Lord;
Israel Hayom;
6/8/21 17:16
o Israel’s
Netanyahu lashes out as end of his era draws near; By Josef
Federman; Washington Times
via AP-Wire; 6/11/21
o Anti-Bennett
incitement now includes infamous Kabbalistic curse: Posters call for
Pulsa diNura ceremony against the "evil Naftali Bennett, who wants to
attack the world of the Torah."; By ILH Staff; Israel Hayom; 6/11/21 09:52
o The
burden of proof is on Bennett: Sadness at seeing the Right lose
power is mixed with joy over the end to the political chaos and pride that
Israel is about to have its first religious prime minister; By Yifat Erlich; Israel Hayom; 6/11/21 10:30 - Last
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I Wear Two Hats
By Ari Bussel
Sent: 6/8/2021 5:47 PM
“A Song of Ascents: Out of
the depths I have called Thee, O, God. Lord, listen to my voice, let Your
ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.” (Psalms 130:1-2)
“A Song of Ascents: I will
lift my eyes onto the mountains, from where will my help arrive? My help
from the Lord, who makes heaven and earth.” (Psalms 121:1-2)
I wear two hats: I am American by birth and Israeli by
lineage.
As an American, I learned of unintended consequences when
unleashing great powers over which we may not have complete control.
President Trump said, “let us walk to the Capitol,” meaning let us march there
and continue our peaceful protest. This day in the park turned into an
Insurrection with a capital I.
Vice President Pence was under immense pressure at that
time, both by his boss, the President of the United States, and by the
Democrats. And yet, he handled himself with dignity and has earned the
right to walk his head high. At the end of his term he would say “It was
the greatest privilege of my life serving you” or maybe “It was the greatest
honor of my life serving you.” Mike Pence has earned my vote if he will
choose to run in three and a half years.
As an Israeli and an officer in the Israel Defense Forces, I
know that without the IDF, we would cease to exist. We, the Jewish
people, have only one homeland. When we did not, some eighty years ago,
six million of us – and many of my family – were systematically
slaughtered. My parents, the remnants who Survived the Holocaust, vowed
with an entire nation: “Never Again.”
Israel today is a thriving country. She is the
laboratory of the world, in terms of both innovation and testing.
Creativity there knows almost no bounds, so does ingenuity. And the
people are most grateful for having a country of their own, after two millennia
of exile. We also know we can count on no one than ourselves, and that
our fate is in our hands. Indeed, we have an ancient promise and a
Covenant for a thousand generations, but God only helps those who help
themselves, and being the children of God does not allow us extra privileges in
this respect (only extra responsibilities, being a “Light Unto the Nations”).
We had the most amazing four years when President Trump was
President, likely the best during our existence as a modern country.
Promises that each previous President had made to move the embassy to Jerusalem
became a reality. Jerusalem was recognized as Israel’s de facto
capital. And a new day has dawned on the Middle East, with normalization
of relations – the Abraham Accords – that cannot be undone. Unlike any
other action by President Trump that is being demolished, reversed, cancelled
and erased, the new reality is here to stay.
Have we been grateful enough? Have we shown our
appreciation? I am ashamed to say that the answer to these two questions
is likely no. God must have meant to tell us something, hoping we will
see, observe and learn a lesson. He who brings down the mighty and lifts
the lowly at His will, in an instant, wanted us to change our ways. For
four years, President Trump had a Divine Iron Dome protecting him, then in an
instant it was all gone, taken away, and his presidency is now being
demolished, erased, cancelled, reversed and tarnished to oblivion.
Did we learn the lesson? Likely not.
An Evangelical leader with good people around the world his
followers, believers in the Word of God, stood up in rage. For a moment,
he felt the world is collapsing around him. Trump – gone. Netanyahu
– soon to be gone. He was filled with fright, to the point he threatened
to unleash forces of good to fight the outcome of Israel’s fourth election in
two years.
We are all fallible, and this Christian leader is but a
man. He too erred. He was so anxious that he wrote a letter to the
Prime Minister-designate, a letter that should not have been written or sent,
and definitely should not have been published. He later would apologize
for his haste, tone and verbiage. The Prime Minister-designate has likely
already forgiven, for he knew it was not personal; the writer was
hurting. Bennett’s kids, like all other kids, err at times too, and we
use such moments as teaching tools and move forward.
This Christian leader who walks with kings could have picked
up the phone, or knocked on the door of the Prime Minister’s residence and
comforted his friend, Benjamin Netanyahu. A Man of God would know how to
guide his flock in troubled times. After all, the Prime Minister did not
realize (or refused to recognize) until just days ago that these are his last
days as the prime minister of all prime ministers of Israel.
Indeed, it is President Rivlin who, at the height of the
Pandemic, instructed us to act in this manner exactly, enlisting the words of
the Prophet Isaiah (41:6): “One person helped the other, and to his
brother he said: ‘Be Strong!’”
It is evident this Christian leader did not mean to turn
friends into enemies, or to abandon the Jewish State of Israel. Christian
support of Israel and the Jewish people does not depend on any one person and
is not given as a reward or a punishment. It is not the annual monetary
and military aid by the USA that some radical elements in Congress are threatening
to take away. It is given, in whole, without any conditions or
expectation. It is pure and complete and enduring.
Those who oppose Israel are standing against none other than
Lord of Hosts, our God. Harm the Temple of God’s Eye, and what is to be
expected, that God Himself will sit idly and say “amen, good, please
proceed?” It may not have been evident to the onlooker, but a close
examination of what took place reveals a greater purpose.
So if the threat to unleash forces over which one does not
have full control was known to be wrong, what was the intention? We know
that when we step onto a path, we may have an idea of where we want to go, but
the path may take us elsewhere. And still we trust that all is known and
planned and happens for a reason. Likewise here: Only God is
all-knowing, and He guides his children and disciples.
The Christian leader started a tsunami that galvanized the
Christian leadership-at-large into self-reflection and action. On the
Christian side, it yielded reinforcement to oneself, “Why do we support
Israel.” Maybe even an opportunity for self-examination, “Have we done
enough? What can we do differently? Maybe better? Is our Lord God
happy with our actions?”
On the Jewish Israeli side, “Why do the Christians support
us, when some of our greatest detractors come from within? Why do they
need this headache?” And: “Have we been grateful, have we shown our
gratitude?” And further, “What can we – and the State of Israel – do in
action to show the Christians we value and appreciate them?”
This process is likely the most important outcome of the
current debacle. The Saturday and Sunday people having received a wakeup
call that made them reexamine themselves and realize the importance of
unity. As the Prophet Ezekiel said (37:15-28): “And bring them
together one to another … and make them one … and they will be one in [your]
hand … before their [own] eyes.”
The Prophet Ezekiel ends with “And the nations would know
that I AM LORD, Sanctify Israel, as My Temple is in their midst for ever.”
The support of the Jewish people and the State of Israel
comes from God and no other; and only God can bestow or withdraw it. We
are mere instruments. All things happen at God’s will, and we must
continue counting our blessings and be most grateful to God for having given us
life, and having sustained us and having brought us to the present.
A new day is coming to Israel. A new government is
being formed, one that represents the most amazing tapestry of its citizenry.
There are extraordinary leaders – individuals of great stature – who have been
anointed, and we must pray for their success, which will be our success.
In fact, we must do more – we must put action behind our very prayers and do
whatever we can to support and further enhance Israel, her leaders, ministers
and advisors.
The challenges Israel facing continue to grow. They
intensify in strength and frequency. Jews and Christians stand together
in support, a great army, a most magnificent one, an army full of soul, meaning
and determination – we are not a valley of very dry bones.
Jews and Christians may look like two hats, but we are one
and the same, part of the same most magnificent tree. Let us remember the
strength in unity, and let us continue to work together.
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Edited by John R. Houk, Blog Editor
This is the latest in the series “Postcards from America
– Postcards from Israel,” a collaboration between author and journalist Norma
Zager and columnist Ari Bussel.
Zager and Bussel collaborate both in writing and on the
air in a point-counter-point discussion of all things Israel-related.
Together, they have dedicated the past two decades to promoting Israel and
have become “the Jewish Voice on Christian Radio.”
© Israel Monitor, June, 2021
First Published June 8, 2021
Contact: bussel@me.com
