314	The Story of the Jewish Defense League

bof the state and its continued survival and victory over its benemies, do not lie in the foolish realpolitik with which the bspiritual assimilationists of our government play. ‘Those bcome with chariots and these with horses, but we will re- bmember the name of the L-rd, our G-d.’ Are there any bamong us who are so blind as to fail to see the mighty hand bof G-d in the creation and sustenance of the state? Did we bdefeat armies and nations in a matter of days with the loss of ba relative handful of men because of our allies and our brealpolitik, or even because of our own strength alone? Do bcountless efforts by terrorist groups go awry in New York band in Rome and in Israel simply because of continuous bgood luck? Open your eyes and understand, as did King bHezekiah as he faced the mighty army of Assyria, and told bthe people:

b“‘Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed bbecause of the King of Assyria nor for all the multitude that bis with him; for there be more with us than with him.

b“‘With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the L-rd our G-d bto help us and to fight our battles.’

b“I declare to you that the very future of our people and bstate is at stake here. If we persist in the sin of assimilation band gentilization of our state, if we continue our folly in brelying on the gentile who will turn on us at his pleasure, if bwe continue to commit the most terrible of crimes that any bJew can commit, the betrayal of Jews for the sake of self- binterest, then I tell you that the wrath of G-d will be loosed bupon us and we will be scourged with the agonies of His bpunishment.

b“Will jailing me put an end to the affair? Do not think so. bThe evil of perfidy against our brothers in the Soviet Union band Iraq will remain and will be compounded by my impris- bonment. Will this government of Israel follow the path of bthose who smote Micaiah the son of Imla for speaking the bJewish truth? Will it follow the path of Asa, who in a rage bthrew Hanani the Seer in a prison house for predicting bdefeat for Israel ‘because thou hast relied on the King of bSyria and not relied on the L-rd, thy G-d?’ Will it do as was bdone by the princes of King Zedekiah who threw Jeremiah b