Israel Matzav: What Israel could use right now

What Israel could use right now

In an earlier post, I noted the isolation that we're feeling here in Israel right now. Interestingly, this weekend I read the chapter in Daniel Gordis' Saving Israel called A Nation that Dwells Alone. Pure coincidence, but it really drove the point home.

A lot of you are probably wondering what you can do for Israel right now. There's one thing I can think of that would probably do more to lift spirits here than anything else: A letter signed by 300+ Representatives and 80+ Senators urging the Obama administration to tone it down. We've had some individual expressions of support, for example from Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) (pictured above) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), but a strong letter from a large part of Congress would probably do a lot to bring the Obama administration back to reality. I know that there are some members of Congress who follow me on Twitter - hopefully some of you will grab the ball and run with it.

Here in Israel, the Knesset is trying to get a substantial part of its membership behind Prime Minister Netanyahu on this issue.

Members of the Knesset lobby for the Land of Israel began signing Knesset members on a declaration in an attempt to create a united front against the American rebuke suffered by Prime Minister Netanyahu during the last few days over the Ramat Shlomo diplomatic crisis.

MK Ze'ev Elkin, chairman of the lobby explained the value he finds in such a signing, saying, "We want to give an expression to the fact that there is a broad consensus that on Jerusalem there is no dispute."

Maybe if large majorities of the Knesset and the Congress sign on, the Obama administration will realize that it is picking the wrong fight.

If you are connected to someone in the US Congress (House or Senate), please do pass this on.

Israel Matzav: What Israel could use right now