Rav Noah Weinberg ZT"L"s Timely Message from Decades Ago

[Applause] there aren't many of us here who remember 48 but everybody knows the story the Arab world seven standing armies invaded a nation brought from The Sword saved from the sword gathered together left by our British patrons without weapons they turned the weapons over to the Arabs it was an embargo on Israel getting any weapons while the Arabs armies were being formed by being and supplied by Europe and by Russia and by the United States what would our people say today have no hope we're finished well what would we say today our leaders what can we do maybe we can save something we fought off seven standing armies we fought them off a number of times you remember then in 56 remember 56 France and British were scared of the Egyptians they called on us to do the Dirty Work pick out their chestnuts state of Israel we did it and the Americans condemned us but they also condemned the French and the British yeah you remember in ' 67 how many of us were here we remember all the foreigners were evacuated the British Fleet the American Fleet the Italian French took every foreign citizen because the airplanes couldn't take him the whole world was waiting for Israel to be wiped off than that the guarantees of the UN just pulled out guaranteed you end yeah n said leave they said for sure they were supposed to protect the state of Israel from just this they just evaporated the British and the United States and the French were are gathering a fleet to take off the Embargo of a lot we'd still be waiting today and in six days miraculous the whole world just stood amazed Jewish people the whole world looked at us the Jewish people we defeated Syria Egypt Jordan 6 days wow then you number 73 what a shock I had my first Isa then not my first my fourth one before this ohome the Jewish people we rallied the Arabs attacked the Onan Kipper andan Kipper they attacked us andan Kipper when all the Jews were Ure surprise attack it was the miracle that saved the Jewish people I was there I remember the Army came with trucks from sh to sh and it was the fastest mobilization ever in all human history because they knew exactly where the soldiers were in the Golden Heights on of that year there were 20,000 civilians who were clogging the roads onion Kipper none they were able to bring up the artillery and they were able to bring up the tanks the reserves and we survived and we beat them no question about it the world had to come running to save the great Egyptian Army what happened to us running away from Lebanon what happened to us his b ter the seven standing armies we didn't have any tanks nothing no we got them what in the world happened to our proud Jewish people I tell you we forgot who we are we forgot why we came we knew land we forgot our destiny I'm asking you to think for a moment take the time out to think every one of us think can you imagine one nation in the whole world that would be bombed one day from a neighboring country that wouldn't immediately go to war come on can you tell me one nation that bombed for a whole day civilians being bombed for a whole day and they wouldn't go to war to protect their people seven years 7 years and we don't go to war what does that mean is that the spirit of 48 is that the spirit of 56 or 67 or even 73 is that the spirit of ani our people are being terrorized for 7 years and we don't lift the finger what does it mean we're betraying our own people is there one nation I'm asking you thing please think is there one nation in the whole world that would be bombed one day that would go to war and wouldn't be backed by the whole International Community the whole International Community would say sure that's what you got to do you got to protect your people we go to war will'll be condemned roundly not only by the UN not only by the Arabs not only by NATO but by the United States overreacting 7 years being bombed you're overreacting what does that mean please think what does it mean that we can't defend ourselves what does it mean that demanding Jews you don't have a right to life die quietly will you don't make too much noise you can you imagine one nation in the whole world that would be bombed one day that would continue to give their enemy electricity fuel water humanitarian Aid is there such a nation I'm asking is there it's it's unbelievable it's surrealistic what does it mean that we continue everybody knows that if we cut off their electricity and their fuel and their water and their supplies everybody knows that Kamas would be thrown out in two weeks a month two months come on what does it mean that we don't do it it means we're afraid of world opinion Jewish blood a world opinion who are we and then the attorney general in the you the Supreme Court says that it's it's forbidden to cut off the electricity 7 years people are living in terror terror people are getting killed you can't do anything about it you can't do anything you can't cut off the electricity that's not you man Arian hey man who taught this world about being our brother's Keepers who taught this world about charity who taught the whole bloody World about the Dignity of the individual who taught the whole world about Justice for All About the Brotherhood of Man about peace on Earth who did it if not the Jewish people and the Jewish people says when you got to defend your people you defend them what we've got to do is we've got to wake up our people remember 48 we have nothing to be afraid of 56 67 even 73 if we're proud if we know who we are if we know our destiny the world needs us we have nothing to be afraid of thank you [Applause] than