Essentially this portrays Satan as the ruling spirit of Esau-Edom. Esau being the chaff and Jacob-Joseph the wheat. Just as Joshua, a descendant of Ephraim, earlier faced down Amalek, descended from Esau, the House of Joseph will be called upon to vanquish the House of Esau. We would not think of suggesting the course the leadership of Israel should take in response to Arafat s latest intentions except that the State of Israel already is making concessions to the Palestinians within the territories Hashem deeded to Joseph s children. It is time that the Israeli leadership wake up and see the dying olive branch.
War is inevitable.
And according to both the Torah and the interpretations of sages with far greater wisdom than anyone alive today, Israel s only hope in this war will be the Return of the House of Joseph the branch of Jacob who will cling tenaciously to Esau s heel.