Shalom Pollack – Amalek Down

 -In my mind, I saw a combined Israeli naval and air operation

successfully destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities and all forces

returned safely to base. It was clear that Iran would order

its proxies on Israel’s borders to let loose with hundreds of

thousands of deadly missiles they have been stockpiling for

years. To save Israel’s population and infrastructure from this

mortal threat, a preemptive assault was launched, successfully

eliminating over ninety percent of their targets. The entire

terrorist leadership, down to the lowest level of command, was

eliminated in surgical air strikes and commando raids.

With the heavy military activity going on, massive attacks by

PA Arabs and personnel in Israeli settlements and transportation

erupted in Judea and Samaria. Quick on its heels came the Arabs

of East Jerusalem. Not to be left out of the jihad, the Arabs of

Israel joined in.

The scenario of violent Arab uprisings in Israel was not a

a figment of my Yom Kippur stupor or a faded historical episode,

but memories of a few months ago during the May 2021 pogroms.

My dream continued. As the Bible describes on a number of

occasions as a hero who arose to lead the people against an enemy,

“the spirit of the Lord filled him.”

Israeli military superiority and prowess were not the exciting

part of the dream; rather that the Israelites were finally able

to shrug off the chains of self-doubt and apologetics as a “new

spirit of God entered them.”

This time the rioting Arabs were met by confident

unhesitating Jews determined to protect Jewish life, property

and honor at all costs.

In the village of Awarta in Samaria, where the terrorists

who killed the Fogel family in the neighboring Itamar village

came, there was a bloody confrontation. Some Arabs there

approached the security fence of Itamar and began throwing

gasoline bombs. One of the residents responded by shooting

two of the attackers. Normally, this would mean the immediate

arrest of the Jew and years in jail. This time it’s different. A new

spirit entered Israel.

Instead of protecting the Arab attackers, the Israeli authorities

joined the Jews and chased the terrorists back into their village.

There, many used weapons and gasoline bombs against the

soldiers. Loudspeakers ordered them to deliver their weapons

and to gather in the town square. All unarmed civilians would

not be hurt.

Not yet aware of the renewed spirit of the Israelis, they

played by the old rules and used their families as human shields

and shot from behind them. This time Israeli soldiers acted like

normal armies and were not deterred by the old suicidal game rules.

Jewish lives now came before those of the enemy.

There was a firefight. Casualties were taken on both sides.

Many Arabs, including civilians, were killed. It did not take long

for word of the “massacre” to reach every Arab between the

river and the sea. They were on their way out.

Israeli Arabs were certain that the old rules still applied,

especially for those holding cherished/hated Israeli

citizenship. In Lod, where Arabs torched hundreds of Jewish

vehicles and homes and killed Jews just a few months ago, they

were ready for round two. Alas, they faced a new spirit. Who

knew?

This time, as the Arab mob streamed out of their mosques

screaming “slaughter the Jew!”, they were met by gunfire from

within besieged Jewish homes. They in turn let loose with

their own armory of illegal weapons just as the security forces

appeared. Unlike in May, they did not arrest Jews for daring to

defend themselves, but rather joined their Jewish brothers and

sisters in repulsing the Arab mob.

The Arabs retreated into the main mosque, dragging a Jewish

policewoman with them as a hostage. They were given a choice:

release the hostage and be tried in a court of law or be killed on

the spot and their families banished to Gaza.

They came out unarmed with white flags. One of them had

a pistol hidden, and hiding behind some others, opened fire on

the police. They responded with a fusillade that killed him and a

few near him. Some of the enraged Arabs rushed the police and

they were cut down.

Word of this “massacre” reached every Israeli Arab within

minutes. They were on their way out too.

In Jerusalem, Arabs attacked isolated Jewish communities on

the Mount of Olives and in the Old City. The same thing happened.

The new spirit. They hurriedly packed their bags.

The result of these events was a mass exodus of Arabs from

Judea and Samaria towards the Jordan border and Israeli Arabs

in every direction. It was a deja vu of 1948.

In the War of Independence, one incident more than any

other caused the panicked exodus of the enemy population;

Deir Yasin. In that hostile, armed Arab village that controlled the

entrance to Jerusalem, Jewish troops entered and demanded the

Arabs disarm. A fight ensued and some Arabs used as human

shields were killed. The story of Dir Yassin was exaggerated in

in order to stiffen Arab resolve to fight. It had the opposite effect

and thus the exodus began.

It happened again. All Israeli villages that had been previously

surrendered to the enemy in Gaza and Samaria was to be rebuilt

and expanded immediately.

We were rid of our enemies from without and from within as

the “spirit of the Lord rested upon Israel.”

The confused, apologetic devil within was purged.

Amalek down.

Based on a chapter in my book

“Jews, Israelis and Arabs"

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