�� ���� ����� The leaders of many countries have an insular approach to the world. They believe that they are the most important part of the world, and that other people or nations are of no interest to them.
In most cases, we shrug off those countries or leaders. We say that they are misguided, and that it is important to live in the family of nations.
However, a problm arises when you live in a country that is rejected by the family of nations - a country that represents the Chosen People, and that is ordained by the Bible to be insular.
Yes, our little Israel is the most important country in the world, and the other countries are less important. But how is it possible to explain this to nations that consider themselves to be the center and the most important part of the world, with the greatest leaders and idealists? How do we explain that their country exists only through the good graces of Israel, and that it could collapse in an instant?
People who read this would think that you were crazy because obviously little Israel is to them far less important than their country.
But they do this only to some degree. Deep down they do realize the significance and importance of Israel. That is why the things that happen in little Israel make headlines around the world and why everybody has so much advice to give Israel.
Much of this advice is not in Israel's best interests and every other country in the world gives advice, whereas with other countries people don't necessarily give them that advice.
Does that mean that Israel is an insular country?
Well, to some degree yes, it is. However, the other nations of the world understand, realize, and are disturbed and concerned with the fact that Israel is indeed a wonderful country, and that it deserves to be insular because there is indeed something that is different about Israel. It may be difficult, but deep down every country does accept that something is different and that Israel is indeed better and more important than the others.
Some peoplw will attack this article because it is chauvinistic, unfair, and unpleasant, and because it may upset the other nations of the world.
C'est la vie.
These countries are concerned because if Israel has a right to be an insular country, if it is entitled to it and deserves it then it gives their country less credence and less significance to its own insular nature.
Except for the fact that Israel's insular nature was granted to it by a Higher Force.
Am Levadad Yishkon
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