           In the traditions of Rabbi Meir Kahane, z"l
                      by Gershon Ben Shabtai
                        February 5, 1992
                       American Friends of
                       Israeli Self-haters

       I guess anyone can have American Friends, but what a perverted effort at self-destruction for an organization of Jewish Americans to raise both money and political
awareness with patriotic fervor in support of those who attempt to harm the Jewish State from
within.
       Israel radio, which would never air the views of a Rabbi and Knesset Member who
literally gave his life for his people and country, saw fit to air the position of this perfidious
group of American Jewish misfits, supporters of the Peace Now movement in Israel, who have
openly declared their goal to get the United States Congress to withhold all monetary and
military aid to Israel in order to dictate how, where and when her citizens can build homes in
their own country!   I haven't heard the Arab lobby, nor any Neo-Nazi group work so
feverishly to stop American financial aid to Israel as is this group of self-hating Jews.
       Mark Rosenblum was given several minutes of time on the English broadcast, on at
least two occasions, to spew forth his group's open aim to attempt to convince Congress to
blackmail the Jewish State.  In his view Israel is in "desperate" need of this financial assistance
which has him convinced that the United States has a choke hold on the Jewish State. 
Rosenblum clearly is trying to exploit, what he sees as, Israel's weakness, by using the political
clout of his lobbyists to cause Congress to bring the Jewish State to its knees in order to force
that country to change its internal policies even if that might endanger the Jewish State.
       His unveiled threats do not worry me.  I know, even if our pathetic leaders don't,
that the future of Jewish State is totally independent of outside forces.  The G-d of History
watches over us here every minute and protects us from our enemies, friends, and even
ourselves.  What hurts me is the shame brought upon the Jewish People by such misguided
Jews.  If only they would stop and think about what they are doing.  Why can they not realize
that no one respects anyone who actively seeks his own self-destruction in order to curry favor
with his enemies?  
       If they have such stamina and dedication why don't they direct their energies toward
working for themselves and their people rather than in a self-destructive direction?  No matter
how hard they work against the Jewish State, in the end, their efforts will only bring harm
upon themselves and their fellow Jews in the Exile.  They certainly will cause no harm to the
Jewish State.
       Peace Now in Israel is merely a poor attempt to copy the flower children of the
sixties in the United States who protested that country's involvement in the war in Vietnam. 
While the concept of sending American soldiers to fight on the other side of the globe might
have been a point of debate, these well meaning but half-witted "idealists" went overboard by
trying to obliterate war altogether by suggesting that only one side refuse to fight.  The
obvious flaw in that philosophy is that the "peace" side will automatically be either killed or
enslaved.  If that is the kind of peace these people are fighting for, they deserve it.
       The remake of those intellectual artisans of self-destruction here in Israel, is nothing
less than outrageous. Aside from the fact that the Jewish State, more than any other country in
the world, has consistently sought to make peace with her blood enemies, all wars that she has
fought were wars of self- defense in response to others attacking her with the intent to destroy
her.  Where does one have the chutzpa to petition the victim to stop fighting?  Perhaps we
should greet those who stab women and children to death in the streets of Jerusalem with
flowers and pithy phrases.
       Someone should suggest to Mr. Rosenblum that there are enough haters of Israel
and the Jewish People amongst the goyim.  They are sufficiently able, eloquent and financially
backed to peddle their wares without the assistance of perfidious back-stabbing lemmings of
the Jewish persuasion leading the way.
       There are all kinds of American Friends to the Jewish State,  from the one who sits
in the White House, to those who are really friends.  The Rosenblums of the world may think
that they are friends of Jews who are fighting for a better way of life, but even if their
intentions are the best, we must remember that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.  
       While no one can have too many friends, it is vital that we recognize the difference
between those who truly seek our friendship and those who only seek to exploit us.  Any
friend of my enemy is also my enemy, even if he happens to be Jewish.  