Ze’ev Jabotinsky: A Prophet For the Jewish People!

by Ronn Torossian | June 28, 2012 12:01 am

“In every generation and in every country, I swear unto you, Rosh Betar,: Ze’ev Jabotinsky[1], to remain loyal to your ideals–the ideals of Betar, to the banner of Betar, and to the name of Betar.”

I grew up in the Betar youth movement, and today so many years later it remains such an important of my life. And I am far from alone -: today the majority of the members of the current Israeli government would classify themselves as “Jabotinskyites.” There is no political leader today who would describe themselves as Ben Gurionites, or Weizmannites — but plenty of followers of Jabotinsky.

His words and his wisdom remain so vibrant today:

“Who are we, to make excuses to them; who are they to interrogate us? What is the purpose of this mock trial over the entire people where the sentence is known in advance? Our habit of constantly and zealously answering to any rabble has already done us a lot of harm and will do much more. …”

“We do not have to account to anybody, we are not to sit for anybody’s examination and nobody is old enough to call on us to answer. We came before them and will leave after them. We are what we are, we are good for ourselves, we will not change and we do not want to.”

Ze’ev Jabotinsky[3]: wrote about Samson, and in the most well-known passage of the book Samson declares: “Tell them [the Jewish People] three things in my name, and not two: they must get iron [i.e. weapons]; they must choose a king; and they must learn to laugh.”

This saying hangs on the walls of my NY: PR Agency[4]: today.

Ronn Torossian[5]: is the CEO of: 5WPR[6], a leading PR firm.

Endnotes:
  1. Ze’ev Jabotinsky: http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/04/01/ze%E2%80%99ev-jabotinskys-answer-to-hypocrisy/
  2. Ze’ev Jabotinsky: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/11816
  3. Ze’ev Jabotinsky: http://digitaljournal.com/blog/16032
  4. PR Agency: http://www.5wpr.com/
  5. Ronn Torossian: http://www.forimmediatereleasebook.com/RonnTorossianAuthorBio.html
  6. 5WPR: http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/5w-public-relations

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