Tough Like The Sabra Of Israel

 Nadene Goldfoot                                           

A sabra or tzabar is an informal-turned-formal modern Hebrew term that defines any Jew born in Israel. The term came into widespread use in the 1930s to refer to a Jew who had been born in Palestine, though it may have appeared earlier.

That's right.  Israelis are like  prickly plants called Sabra.  "The term alludes to a tenacious, thorny desert plant, known in English as prickly pear, with a thick skin that conceals a sweet, softer interior. The cactus is compared to Israeli Jews, who are supposedly tough on the outside, but delicate and sweet on the inside."

Here are some examples of that sweetness on the inside, though they seem 

appear tough on the outside just from today's news.  

                        Sabras going elsewhere on their day off, don't  visit the Temple Mount.....

"The Jerusalem Magistrate court ruled yesterday that Jews who prayed on the Temple Mount, in violation of the "status quo" in existence since Israel regained sovereignty over the site in the 6 Day War in 1967, were not in violation of any law.   The Waqf, an arm of the Jordanian Ministry of Sacred Properties, administers the Temple Mount site. Visits by religious Jews to the  area are monitored by Waqf guards and Israeli police – and all Jewish prayer, including silent prayer, is forbidden, according to the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. No sacred Jewish objects, such as prayer books or prayer shawls, may be brought onto the mount, according to the tourism website Tourist Israel.    (It would  be hard to arrest a Jew for praying silently.) 

Israeli security forces walk past the Dome of the Rock shrine, as they arrive at the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 11, 2019, after clashes broke out during the overlapping Jewish and Muslim holidays of Eid al-Adha and Tisha B'Av. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Not peace-makers but stone-throwers, Arabs making problems on Temple Mount for the police...what...do they see a Jew praying?  Could be though rabbis really don't want us there to pray, feeling one could be standing over the sacred part of Solomon's Temple where only the high priest was to stand.  Still, Jews want to at least see the area as it's so well known.  

Yehudah Glick, below, it NOT a Sabra, but he is an American-born Orthodox rabbi.  Glick is an, activist, and politician. As the President of Shalom Jerusalem Foundation, he campaigns for expanding Jewish access to the Temple Mount. He was a member of the Knesset for Likud, having taken the place of former Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon in May 2016 until April 2019.  On 29 October 2014, Glick survived an assassination attempt by Mutaz Hijazi, a member of Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine. 

 (Does anyone remember that King David was also said to be a gingy?  A red-haired man?)  He was also a fighter, AND a Sabra, though Israeli borns weren't called that then.  David was born in Bethlehem, which was in the tribe of Judah's  territory. )      

Jews are prohibited from praying or bringing religious items onto the 

Mount – and are removed and sometimes jailed if caught doing so.

The Police are planning to appeal the ruling, and stopped Jewish worshippers for going up to the Temple Mount today, saying that they will not change the status quo."  Well, at least the court was understanding, and that's what counts.  I feel for the police, though.  The Muslims will throw the fit if they see praying Jews on the Temple Mount, and then, what will take place?  "WAFA’s English-language website claimed that about 432 Israelis entered the complex, however the news agency’s Arabic-language website put the number at 814 Israelis. WAFA claimed that the Israelis performed "Talmudic rituals and prayers" on the Temple Mount."

Oy, vah ah voy!  The shame of it!  Just think!  A Jew, praying!  Such harm to Muslims!  They're doing just what the Muslims supposedly are doing!  Praying!  

                        Sabras of Israel 

Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi (Arabic: غيداء ريناوي-زعبي; Hebrew: גִּ'ידָא רִינָאוִּי־זוּעְבִּי, born 28 September 1972) is an Israeli Arab activist, politician and diplomat. She is currently a member of the Knesset representing Meretz.  She was born in Nazareth, also a city in Israel and part of our ancient tribal land of Judah.  

The first Arab woman to head an Israeli diplomatic mission, Zoabi told Kan radio that her appointment was “a source of pride of all Arab women in the country,” adding, “I am the first to break this glass ceiling and I’m proud about that.”  She doesn't even know the words to Hatikvah!  

"Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie-Zoabi, who announced she was leaving the coalition government, has changed her mind and is back in the coalition. A no-confidence vote to bring down the government has thus been averted." Zoabi softened up, can't have your cake and eat it too, Ghaida.  You did shake up the government with your threat, though. It looks like Yair Lapid is the Sabra that softened up his attitude towards Zoabi. He was born in Tel Aviv on November 5, 1963, 10 years younger than my own son.  

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday appointed Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi as Israeli Consulate General in Shanghai, China, subject to government approval. Lapid praised Zoabi as "having rich managerial experience and impressive and varied economic and public experience," according to The Jerusalem Post.

"I wish her luck and am certain she will lead the Israeli consulate in Shanghai to new and important achievements," Lapid stated, a true Sabra.

"There is no dispute about China's importance and that of Shanghai, in particular, to the global economy. Our economic relations with China are an important engine of growth for Israel's economy and we should continue promoting them."

Seems that Yair Lapid also had to soften up towards Zoabi. 

Looks like the Sabra plant is in danger these days, like our Israelis have been for many years.  "  Israeli scientists fight to save iconic Sabra prickly pear from devastating pest | The Times of Israel.  Israeli scientists appear to be winning the war — or at least holding the fort — against an insect that has been decimating the iconic prickly pear cactus in northern Israel.  A team working under entomologist Prof. Zvika Mendel at the Volcani Center Agricultural Research Organization has been dispatching armies of predatory beetles and flies to devour a destructive scale insect, Dactylopius opuntiae.

The Indian fig prickly pear (botanical name Opuntia ficus-indica, Arabic name sabr, Hebrew name sabra) has been adopted by Israelis as the symbol of the typical local persona of the Jewish tribe — tough on the outside, but sweet inside.

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https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/02/23/mk-ghaida-rinawie-zoabi-named-consul-general-to-shanghai/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehudah_Glick

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-scientists-fight-to-save-iconic-sabra-prickly-pear-from-devastating-pest/

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/police-remove-jews-praying-from-temple-mount-as-hundreds-enter-complex-604924

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/FMfcgzGpGBBltVTPhBxssBDrZJThkqKr