Netanyahu To Campus Shluchim: “We See How The Rebbe’s Influence On The Jewish World Is Growing!”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Thirty Chabad Shluchim from Eretz Yisroel and around the world, on Wednesday at the Prime Minister’s Office in Yerushalayim • Full Story, Photos, Video
By Chabadinfo Reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Thirty Chabad Shluchim from Eretz Yisroel and around the world, on Wednesday at the Prime Minister’s Office in Yerushalayim.
Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs, Rabbi Avi Weinstein of Chabad on Campus, Rabbi Moshe Shilat of Chabad on Campus Israel, and Rabbi Hirschy Zarchim, Shliach at Harvard also participated in the meeting.
“I saw the Rebbe the first time in Simchat Torah, 42 years ago. He said three things: ‘Ahavas Yisrael, defend Eretz Yisrael and fight the lies,’” Netanyahu told the Shluchim. “Bechol dor vador kamim aleinu lechaloteinu [in each generation they rise up to destroy us]. VeHaKadosh Baruch Hu yatzileinu miyadam [and G-d will redeem us from their hands]. But we have to help the Kadosh Baruch Hu.”
“We have to take our own action against our would-be destroyers. We’re fighting back in Gaza, we’re fighting back in Lebanon, we’re fighting back in other parts of the Middle East. But we also have to fight the battle for public opinion, for justice and for our own solidarity, our own solidarity with our people who are beleaguered.
“We can win this war. We’re going to win it. We are winning it in fact. Pummeling our enemies with the force and the indomitable courage of our soldiers. They are tremendous heroes. No question about it. But we also have to win the war in the world. The quicker we end this war, the quicker we’ll be able to also fend off the slanderers, and that’s something that we’re going to do.”
“The most important message I have for you is don’t bend, don’t cower, don’t surrender, not to these antisemitic lies, not to the fear, not to the intimidation. You are our ambassadors in the spirit of the Rebbe. This is what the Rebbe told me. He said: ‘You are going to be the ambassador of the Jewish people in the Hall of Darkness,’ as he called the United Nations.
“He [the Rebbe] said, ‘Light a candle of truth. Stand up against our enemies and for our people and for our land.’
“That’s the same message. It hasn’t changed. It’s just become even more necessary, more acute, [and] more indispensable than at any time your lifetimes. Carry that message to our people. Carry that message of truth to the world.”
The meeting followed with those gathered singing “Hoshia Es Amecha” and “Utzu Eitzoh.”
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