Such people should be spurned by our government, certainly not welcomed by it. It is bad enough that our government fails to recognize its acts of self deprecation, but that our chief rabbis can participate as well is only further reason to lament. While many have cheered Ovadia Yoseph's referring to Yossi Sarid as Amalek and that it was good to curse him like Haman on Purim, I found that reference to be disgusting and totally unacceptable. It is true that Sarid is a self-hating Jew. . . Like Purim, everything is upside down.
Truth is hidden and falsehood is lauded.
Patriotic Jews languish in Jewish jails while murderous Arab terrorists are freed to continue to murder. As we celebrated our redemption from Haman, we demonstrated our self-contempt as we surrendered more of our holy inheritance to Arafat, and bowed down before the insignificant symbol of the near extinct remnant of the ancient Roman empire. While, on the surface the facts are enough to make anyone lose hope in our future, in truth they are actually encouraging. Redemption is not merely an act of national liberation, rather it is a G-dly process which is destined to unfold. The further we sink and the more desperate things get, the closer we come to the climax of redemption.