GUEST POST: What Exactly Did Israeli President Herzog Say to the U. S. Congress? UPDATED

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So, what exactly did President Yitzchak "Bougie" Herzog say, in his speech to a joint session of Congress?

Let's go through each of the code phrases and virtue signals mentioned in his speech, one by one, shall we?

The Jewish people returned home and built a national home, which became a beautiful Israeli democracy, a mosaic...

Multiculturalism replaces nationalism, becoming a nation like all Western, democratic nations. Democracy from Greece is the ideal, not the Torah, which authentically Jewish.

Minority rights

Expect more of them to come, more minorities, and more rights for the minorities, while the rights of Torah-observant Jews continue to diminish. This is a signal to the "international community" not to worry. The fight continues for "democratic votes," against the increasing population of haredi (ultra-orthodox) and settlers , both right-wing and right of center.

Honoring people's choice... protection of human and civil liberties

This marks a commitment to the continued battle against Torah, which clearly lays out limits on behavior. Instead Herzog signals that the progressive, Western approach of doing whatever you want, eating whatever you want, sleeping with whomever you want, worshipping what and whomever you want are the ultimate objectives of his vision. 

The sound of the Muezzin calling to prayer, blends with the siren announcing the Sabbath in Jerusalem

Complete Arab integration into Israeli society, a "marriage," if you will, between Muslims and Jews.

A strong and independent judiciary

Not just independent, but strong and independent judiciary. Even though the role of president is supposed to remain apolitical, just like past president Shimon Peres, Herzog is anything but apolitical, demonstrating his support for the continued judicial dictatorship, instituted by past Supreme Court President Aharon Barak. In Israel, the expression "legislating from the Bench" is an understatement. 

I should say that everything else stated above is also political. However, these progressive, Western exilic "let's be like the goyim" shenanigans are standard among many on the so-called center-right.

The people of Israel are grateful to no end for the ancient promise fulfilled and for the friendship we have formed.

It was very clear what President Herzog told the joint session of the U. S. Congress the other day, especially when he expressed gratitude for the fulfillment of our ancient promise and Israel's friendship with the U. S., seemingly placing them on the same level.

We want to be just like you. 

Please allow us to continue to lick your boots.

Maybe one day, President Herzog will realize that we cannot pick and choose what we like, and disregard what we do not like, in the Torah. The Torah, the original source of Zionism, does state The Almighty's promise of the Land of Israel to the People of Israel. In fact, it is stated many times.

What Herzog seems to miss is that "our ancient promise," was made to Abraham, was then made to his heir Isaac, and not to Ishmael (Arabs / Muslims). The promise was made to Isaac's heir Jacob, and not to Esau (The West / Christians and progressives). "Our" promise, and not anyone else's.

I am not optimistic about President Herzog finally accepting this.

I am optimistic that authentic Zionism, the Zionism expounded upon in the Torah, will eventually prevail.

The evolving, make-it-up as you go along, Zionism of the left and of the mamlakhtim (religious, diehard State loyalists) indoctrinated in Israeli's public schools, will eventually be revealed to be the distortion that it truly is.

Michael Rainsbury, in his blog post Rewriting Hatikva: The significance of President Herzog’s speech, writes...

In asserting the hope that we can strive to 'heal our fractured world,' Herzog put forward a new conception of Zionism... 

...But what is most significant is that Herzog has dared to reinterpret the sacred word “Hatikva,” which cuts to the core of Israel’s national identity, from “to be a free nation in our land” to “healing a fractured world.” What has held Israel together until now has been the dream of independence. And it was an impossible dream. But, remarkably, it has now been realized, despite the many threats posed by our enemies....

For the record, and it should be obvious, I completely disagree with the praise Rainsbury showers upon Herzog. But he deserves credit for pointing out the direct connection between the State of Israel's national anthem "Hatikva" (The Hope") and its quintessential line “to be a free nation in our land,” as well as Herzog's [not so] new conception of Zionism.

I write not so new, since this certainly would not be the first in the list of times Zionism has been creatively re-interpreted. However, each re-interpretation has been with the same intent, to move the "hope" of the State of Israel in the same direction, farther away from Torah.

Nation here in “to be a free nation in our land” is עם Am in Hebrew, which can just as easily be translated to people, as nation. I propose that this is exactly what Herzog, and his Labor Zionist predecessors before him, have been plotting and planning all along. To be a free people to them does not mean being free from oppression outside of Israel. Rather, it means to be a people free to do whatever it wants, free of עול מלכות שמים the yoke of Heaven, free from following the Torah, free to be a people or nation, like any other people or nation on this planet.