The Doctrine of Beitar

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"The East" is split from within due to the savage hatred between its two main elements: the 200 million Hindus and 70 million Muslims in India. And in the Arabic-speaking countries, there is also a deep rift, between Saudi Arabia on one side, Faisal and Abdullah on the second side, and Egypt on the third. In the European camp as well, there is no unity. It seems each one sees itself as the inheritor, as not one of the involved governments would be worried at all if the other governments were driven out of America or Asia—as long as it alone could remain and perhaps also receive the inheritance.

Until now, and this has always been the rule: such a state of affairs has always been resolved by war; however, a war over the lands of the East is beyond any doubt. One can argue about the place and time of the war, between whom it will be fought; which countries will participate in it, and with whose victory it will end—but that the smell of gunpowder emanates from there is undeniable. Of course, it is not enough that a war for the East is the most general "conjecture" at this historical moment. Of course, the Holy One, Blessed be He, remains the master of the world for the future as well; He can show miracles and a war over the East will not break out. But only by a miracle can this be avoided—and one does not build a political perspective and stance, nor the education of the youth, upon miracles.

The joke about that Sepoy is very funny, but as for the matter itself, it is not conclusive. He saw the affair only as a dream, and he has no "will-desire" for the dream to be repeated. With us, it happened differently. Not a mere affair—but a stormy event, with elements of both doubt and clarity, and not as a dream, but in reality. And this storm is something that is bound to return again; when one sees clouds gathering on the horizon, it is almost certain one understands the intention—and this is a very logical idea. We do not insist that the end must be so; there can be other instruments and tools, and not even tools but a certain psychological readiness. These are only details; the main thing is to prepare.

And in this is symbolized the core of the holiday of the first Jewish Battalion Day.

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