[The following I wrote right after Hurricane Katrina had caused destruction along the Mexican Gulf coast.]
On August 14, Jews allover the world fasted with exceptional seriousness on the day of national Jewish mourning, Tisha Be'av. Their thoughts were preoccupied with the impending disaster in the Gaza strip. In the two weeks that followed, the world gleefully observed the expulsion of almost ten thousand Jews from the towns that they had built. The "roadmap" of the "Quartet", the international alliance that strives for the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Jews from their towns in the Land of Israel, achieved its first goals.
On the day of Tisha Be'av, the Jewish nation passionately prayed for a miracle, which many felt was sure to happen. The faithful Jews of the Gaza strip had created an exemplary and unique society - a world of Torah, morality, and honest economic success. How could it be that this was to be destroyed? For what reason?
We did not merit seeing the heavenly intervention that we so much hoped and prayed for. Many beautiful peaceful Jewish towns were destroyed. The refugees have no place to go back to. The flourishing Jewish coastal area of Gaza has gone.
Reality is subject to spiritual principles. One of them is that who interferes with the settlement of Jews in the Land of Israel, plays with deadly fire. With G-d's help, I wrote about this principle a couple of times - see The Secret of the Lion" and "The Sun is Signing".
The last paragraph of the latter article reads: "President George Bush, reconsider your steps. You are inviting disaster to your nation. The international alliance against the faithful of Israel that you plan to lead will cause the divine anger to burn immediately."
As it turned out, something did happen after all on the day of Tisha Be'av. East of the island of Antigua, a small turbulence was born that grew into hurricane Katrina as the expulsion of the Jews of Gaza proceeded. Katrina evolved in an unusual way, took various unexpected turns, until it unleashed its extreme power at the coastal area around New Orleans.
In the days that the last Jewish houses were destroyed, more than a million Americans were ordered to leave their houses and many of the refugees now have no place to go back to. As Jewish graves were removed from the Gaza strip, many of the Americans who could not bring themselves to leave their houses, paid with their lives.
The American administration and the other members of the Quartet are scheming to bring existential danger to Israel by forcing it to agree to the creation of a hostile Arab state in the Land of Israel. President George Bush, you have been misled by evil people, among them foolish Jews who discarded Judaism. You effectively joined their fight against the Torah of Israel and the G-d of Israel. To reverse the curse that ensued, you need only change sides: "I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse (Genesis 12:3)."
