The Ashkenazi Revolution

21interest in territorial expansion. They only wanted a small area, the areaneeded for them to forge a path, as a bridge for advancing the true agenda,the conquest of time.Study of the condition of the tribes will show that they had no otheralternative. There were only two ways they could have expanded greatly.One way was through destructive war with nearby nations, which wouldinvolve completely obliterating them. But this would have involved manysacrifices, and it would have aroused widespread opposition due to itsbrutality. Saul’s opposition to the destruction of Amalek points to thedifficulties with this route. The second way would have been a morebenign conquest. But this path would have required appeasing the nearbynations and their religions, which would have brought about religiousassimilation and the dilution of the tribes of Israel among foreignpopulations. The only option left to the tribes was that of “a people thatdwells alone and considers not the other nations” (Numbers 23:9). That isto say, a people that does not lust after territories, does not manage foreignnations extensively and concentrates on its struggle to conquer eternitywhile also struggling with its God.The campaign of King David was the exception that proves the rule. Davidwas an unusual personality who acted during a unique situation. He ruledover the tribes and conquered such large areas that his nation gained thesemblance of an empire. King Solomon continued on this path in adiplomatic way and completely left the isolation of “a people that dwellsalone”. However, the consequences were not long in coming. Solomonwas lead astray after other cultures and strange religions and, at the end ofhis days, he and his surroundings became known for their intensiveassimilation. The People of Israel were always forced to answer thequestion: Which does it want, a maximum of time, or a maximum ofspace? In general, the maximizing of space meant the minimizing of time,and vice versa.The phenomenon of the squandering of territory has duplicated itself in ourown time, in the critical days of the year 1948. At this time, only a few