The results of
the upcoming election for chairmanship of the Likud (to take place on 7
Shvat, 5772 / Jan. 31, '12) will be analyzed by the Likud ministers and
MKs with a fine-toothed comb. The reason? These are the same voters who
will vote in the Likud primaries before the general elections in Israel.
The intensity of the struggle for Israel's settlements will be
determined in large part by the results of the upcoming elections. In
other words, these elections are actually the new Likud referendum; just
that this time the Land of Israel loyalists will have the opportunity to
vote before the withdrawal program is put on the table, not after. A
clear result in the upcoming elections will ensure that the entire Likud
faction in the Knesset will stand firmly against attempts to destroy the
settlements in the future.
This is not the reason why I am running for chairmanship of the Likud. I
even ran when the Likud was in the Opposition and had negligible
influence over the government. My decision to run is based on the same
principles that have guided us since the very beginnings of the Manhigut
Yehudit faction in the Likud. Nevertheless, the fact that we have
established a faith-based alternative now directly dovetails with our
tactical goal to defend the settlements in Judea and Samaria. We see the
settlements as the platform for the ideology that must lead and save the
entire State of Israel.
The revolution created by Manhigut Yehudit, leading the faith-based
public to the national helm - is the beginning of the changing of the
guard in the process of the Return to Zion. Many of the Land of Israel
loyalists who have recently joined the Likud see their move as strictly
tactical; a statement that is meant to increase the pressure on the
people making the decisions. It is difficult for them to understand why
I insist on running for chairmanship of the Likud.
This race is part of the rung-by-rung climb to the helm of the State of
Israel. Each time I run, I win a significantly larger percentage of the
votes. Nobody can promise that this will always be the case, but if I
hadn't run in 5763 (2003) and won only 3.5% of the vote, I would not
have progressed to 13% of the vote in 5766 (2006) and to 23.5% of the
vote in 5757 (2007). Every race is another rung in the ladder that leads
to leadership of the Likud and the entire State of Israel. With G-d's
help, the upcoming race for chairmanship of the Likud will be the last
rung on the ladder to leadership of the National Camp. From there, it is
only a short way to leadership of the State of Israel.
But even if I will need to climb an additional rung before reaching the
goal, every faith-based vote in these elections draws us nearer to
leadership. This time it is completely clear that a vote for faith-based
leadership strengthens the settlements in a new type of voter referendum
– the voter referendum that precedes the catastrophe and with G-d's
help, will head it off.
So instead of packing your sleeping bags to go to yet another
anti-expulsion demonstration, come to our
opening
campaign rally on Tuesday, 8 Tevet, (Jan. 3). Bring your friends and
family and do all that you can to elect genuine Jewish leadership for
Israel.
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