One People in One Land, Despite Our Differences

As Assaf Wohl commented on YNET news, a picture has the ability to say a lot. The above picture was published all over Israel, following the rescue of the charedi boy by the police officer.

A Charedi Boy Is Missing

A charedi boy, Yankele, went missing in the north last week.

It appears the entire country had trouble falling asleep. A young boy spending the night alone in a nature reserve without water or any other means does not make for a promising start. The last days in the area were very hot, and when temperatures rise, the snakes come out at night. This certainly did not sound like a story with a happy end.

The Rescue Mission Begins Instantaneously

Meanwhile, hundreds of people rushed to Moshav Megadim to offer help. Police officers, Nature Reserve Authority, inspectors, and others. Assaf describes seeing members of Zaka, people wearing knitted kippas, and residents of area moshavim and kibbutzim. It was clear that the fact the boy was ultra-Orthodox made no difference, even to the pork-eaters among the searchers (this is not a false accusation – Assaf personally know many of them.). After all, religious rescue workers also don’t care about who they’re helping when they take care of them.

The Jewish People Are One And Always Will Be

If only a week ago I would have asked Israelis to present a situation where a police officer and a haredi teenager appear side by side, what would have been the result? Most of us would have described a police officer dragging a rioting haredi boy to a police cruiser, against a backdrop of fire and smoke. Others would have described a police officer hit in the face with a soiled diaper hurled by a young haredi rioter.

Yet who would have believed that haredi parents would love nothing more than to see their son being led to the police station? That an entire country holding its breath overnight sighed a collective sigh of relief after seeing a photo of a haredi teenager embraced by a policeman?

The photo posted on the front pages of newspaper says it all. A police officer hugging a religious boy and everyone is overjoyed. All of those who were already celebrating the disintegration of Israeli society would do well to enlarge this photo and hang it in their offices. Those who wish to understand the secret of the Jewish people should closely examine the photo.

Through and through, the Jewish people are one, especially when living in Eretz Yisroel, and it will always be that way, irrespective of how much we argue with each other.

(Source: YNET)