           In the traditions of Rabbi Meir Kahane, z"l
                      by Gershon Ben Shabtai
                        January 23, 1992
               What are You going to Do About it?

       A good many years ago I remember when the toll on the Throggs Neck Bridge was
raised from $.25 to the then incredible $.50!  On the evening news we saw a dauntless reporter
trying to interview commuters while they were waiting to pay the toll.  The above question
was put to them, but evoked little more response than a smile and a shrug of the shoulders.
       Here, in Israel, just recently, I heard a foreign reporter ask the same question of
Jews living in Judea and Samaria concerning the recent spate of terrorist shootings and the
apparent inability of the IDF to stop them.  I could not help but think of that hapless commuter
and make a comparison.
       The fact is that the commuter, had the issue truly been important enough to him,
could have done something.  He could have initiated a commuter toll strike and tried to get a
large scale refusal by commuters to pay more than a quarter.  Who knows?  Maybe the toll
never would have gotten to the ridiculous level of two dollars!
       It could be that we owe those pushy reporters a debt of gratitude for forcing us to
think about our options.  Why is it that most people accept their fate no matter how much
others take advantage of them?  Whether it be family relationships; business relationships; or
the way we get treated or mistreated by government, why can we not see that we do not have
to accept injustice?
       Granted the reporter is certainly trying to provoke a violent and newsworthy
response from an angry and frustrated citizen by asking that question, yet is it not a reasonable
question?  Does not a Jew have an obligation to ask himself that question every time he or his
people are threatened?  
       If our government refuses to rid our country of murderers and our people are
continuing to get murdered, is it wrong for the citizen to consider other ways to protect his life
and the lives of his family and friends?
       How long can people be expected to trust in the "authorities" while innocent
civilians continue to be attacked and murdered?  
       The length of time the citizens of Israel have willingly tolerated relentless terrorist
attacks by the Arabs in this country must be a record worthy of the Guinness book.  Isn't four
years long enough to have trusted in the government to have put an end to the so called
"intifada"?  Isn't it four years too long?  Shamir has told us, on a number of occasions, that we
can live with it.  Is that a Jewish response?  Is that a human response?  The fact is that we are
dying with it!  Why is it that our government's policy has been to accept an outright rebellion? 
Does not any normal country automatically crush such an outrageous expression of treason?
       Perhaps if reporters seek out enough people and keep asking that question, maybe
someone will have the courage to come up with a real answer.  There is only one answer
which no one beside Rabbi Meir Kahane, z"tl, h'yd, had the guts to give, "They Must Go".
       Ghandi, and his new born Moledet party, still seeks to capitalize on Rabbi Kahane's
popularity with the people of Israel.  He is a patent fraud who is not willing to follow through
on any good idea he may offer, stolen or otherwise.  Whenever his stated views are challenged
by leftist self haters, Ghandi simply apologizes.  He came up with the sugar coated term
"voluntary transfer".  Perhaps next he will suggest that murderers be given a "voluntary" death
sentence!  
       There is no pleasant or easy way to solve this problem, but the worst response
possible is to do nothing.  Of course our G-d will not permit our state to fall again, but he
expects us to do our part by acting with self respect before the nations of the world, rather
than groveling before them.  The only way we should be attending a peace talk is after we
have rid ourselves of our internal enemy and officially incorporated Judea, Samaria and Gaza
as part of our country.  Our so called "leaders" concern themselves with day to day problems
based upon political expedience.  We need leaders who will think about tomorrow and give a
damn about Jewish life!  Our people are needlessly being murdered in this country and no one
can tell me that my army cannot stop it.  No loan guarantee or outright gift of billions of
dollars is worth the life of even one Jew.   How dare we allow our leaders to play with Jewish
lives?
       My fellow Jew, wherever you are, there are problems facing our people.  What are
YOU going to do about it?







 