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They [soldiers] also act not necessarily for rescue, but for the honor of the state. They kill people for the sake of honor. What am I supposed to say? I’m not very familiar with all the details; others can explain this better. They accuse each other, and they’re all telling the truth... all of them are telling the truth. Telling bachurim about all this isn’t simple, but this is the reality of salvation."
Rosh Yeshiva: "So what should be done in such a situation? I don’t know what would have happened at the beginning of the state if they had established a UN-administered government here—it would have been a great situation. There’s a letter from the Brisker Rav from back then, a political letter against Shertok—[later] Sharett—a letter from 1948 sent abroad.
It was possible to live well without a state, together with the Arabs. If we go even further back, we could have done as R. Chaim Sonnenfeld did—show them respect. It was quite good when the Arabs ruled here. That was the best situation. The Arabs were in charge, they were respected, no one interfered with them, they brought money into the land—the Arabs love money."
A few thousand Jews amongst the arabs, 100 years ago - there is no telling how that would have continued. No more Jews would be allowed to move to israel, and the regime would keep changing with every different dictator taking over, and probably slaughtering the Jewish minority.
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