Sufficient and defensible

Which countries in the world, beside Israel, have more than 1% of Jews? The
answer is three: USA (2%), Canada (1.2%) and France (1%). Russia and the
UK have 0.5%, after that the percentages fall rapidly. Its amazing of course,
how much of a contribution this small percentage of Jews makes to each of
their countries and the world. It's also amazing how much of a threat vast
numbers of Muslims, Christians and liberals still see us Jews. Its vastly out
of proportion to our numbers.
I made a decision long ago that I no longer want to live among them, even
though many of them are tolerant and even supportive. They may be friendly
now, but as we have seen time and time again, they may become deadly in a
generation or two. I don't want my descendents to have to suffer again what
was suffered so constantly in the past. Weakness invites persecution.
Before WWII there were nearly m18 Jews in the world, then the Holocaust
came and we were down to m12. Sixty years later now we are up to m14,
but not increasing much in numbers. It is doubtful that we will ever reach
m18 again. That's why Israel is so important. At least here our numbers are
increasing, both by natural reproduction and by immigration.
I become impatient with those who say that the demographics mean that Israel
has no future. One can never predict the future. Noone predicted that Pres.
Sadat of Egypt would visit Jerusalem and make peace with us, noone predicted
that the USSR would release all its Jews and then collapse. Things have a way
of happening, and chance favors the prepared. We must be prepared to take
risks to ensure our survival and our presence here in Israel. Let the Arabs
increase in numbers, that doesn't mean that we must give up or even give them
all the land. We must ensure that the land we have is sufficient and
defensible for our future!
The Muslims claim all the land and regard our mere presence here as a
dishonor. Ask them what they mean by "occupation" and you will get two
answers, one is the West Bank, and the other is all of Palestine! That's why
the Iranian clerical regime is preparing to destroy us, that's why the
Palestinians elected Hamas, the most extreme regime they could find. Of
course, we have internal problems, not enough money, too many poor, not
enough education, a defective electoral system. But, the priority must be
security, the assurance that we will survive and defeat these enemies. I fear
there will be significant challenges in the future, but I am confidant that we
will be able to handle them and once again come out on top. It seems to go
on for ever, but eventually even they will recognize that they cannot destroy
us.
The upcoming elections will be vitally important to see which way the Israeli
population chooses. As long as we elect a responsible and strong
leadership, I have confidence in the future.