Well, the thing is, that what we are up against in this war, is not just the physical fight, it is more the moral fight.
Potentially this will lead to a kingdom og Jerusalem, and we all kind of have a hard time wrapping our heads around that.
Let me try, and shed a bit of light over that subject.
First of all, being chosen by g-d does not mean, that you do not have say in that choosing. For me, I could just step away, don’t bother, do my life. To be honest, my life is heading in a positive direction. I am probably going to do SOME production in Easter Europe, to support the Democratic development. I am also going to work in forest issues, making green change.
That is really all I care for, it will be a good life.
But then, as we have just seen, I am intrically bonded to Israel and the Jewish people. When I fall, Israel falls with me.
Why? Because in the eyes of everybody else, this is my role.
So I could bail, but just imagine the fall out. It would, potentially, mean the end of Israel. And if I get in there and do my job, we win, we are united and strong.
See?
It is not as if I get a lot of money or anything else from this work. It is a sacrifice. I give you unity and progress, and I expect nothing in return.
So we can talk about it, or whatever. The fact of the matter is, that somehow I ended up here, and I am not going to put lives in danger. I am a Jew myself, my family went through the Holocaust.
If I have opportunity to help that from not happening again, I will.
But, and this I really mean, I am not in it for the money or that fame. It does not matter.
G-d bless the will for Israel to survive.