Israeli intelligence once again failed to read the Egyptian writing on the wall. Just a week ago, the new head of military intelligence Major General Aviv Kochavi said, "There are currently no doubts about the stability of the regime in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood is not organized enough to take over, they haven't managed to consolidate their efforts in a significant direction." How could he have missed target so miserably?
History repeats itself. In 1973, both the Israeli Government and military intel made the same mistake, by refusing to believe that Egypt and Syria would attack Israel.
In all fairness to Israeli intel, none of the other Western Intel agencies had an inkling about what was about to explode in Egypt. Same goes for the media.
So what's wrong with both the media and Israeli Intel? Simple - they fail to look at events through the eyes of emuna. The fail to realize what Hashem is doing and therefore miss obvious trends that any emuna-oriented novice would pick up on immediately.
First Ben-Ali's 23-year pro-American regime fell in Tunis this past month. Hezbolla's quiet takeover of Lebanon has turned the country of cedars into an Iranian satellite state. Then came Egypt. The naive console themselves that Dr. Mohammed ElBaradei will become President of Egypt, but ElBaradei - an Iranian pawn - will turn our Southern neighbor into an Iranian satellite state too, together with massive support from the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Iran-controlled Hamas has already turned Gaza into an Iranian base of operations long ago. If that's not enough, there's now serious unrest in Jordan, and King Abdulla has dissolved the current government.
The Islamic noose is tightening around Israel's neck. You've heard me say many times that Hamas will eventually take over the West Bank of the Jordan from Abu Mazzan and the PA, which will complete the Iranian-sponsored air-tight seal of Israel's land borders.
The Israeli Government is in a cold sweat from current events. If they would only strengthen emuna, they'd be cool, calm, and collected. Why?
Hashem has promised to redeem us. But He also told us that before the Redemption, we'd be surrounded by bloodthirsty enemies who will attempt to destroy us. Their designs will end in defeat by way of a massive sanctification of Hashem's Name (see Ezekiel 38: 16-23).
What can we do? Spreading Emuna neutralizes enemy missiles. How? Lebanon, Hamas, Hezbolla, the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran and all others that threaten us are merely sticks in Hashem's loving hand. By spreading and strengthening our emuna, Hashem doesn't need to use them as a wake-up call for us.
Israel has a nasty track record of drifting away from Hashem when life appears to be fat city (see Book of Judges, especially Judges 10: 16-23). We must break this cycle once and for all. Only a massive awakening of emuna can deter a massive barrage of ballistic missiles. This is no joke; that's why we must move forward in emuna now, wherever we are. The time of Moshiach is fast arriving, and with it, the end of moderate Islam.
If there's any doubt in your mind, we have no loyal allies other than Hashem. Just ask Ben Ali and Mubarrak if anyone came to their aid. But, this is great news - with no one else to trust, hopefully, our people will return to Hashem en masse, and soon, Insh'Allah (Arabic for G-d willing).
