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The measure of a prophet did not depend on his popularity, nor even on his effectiveness. A prophet is a person whose whole being is possessed by a compelling sense of holy mission, a sense of agency and inescapable responsibility. This absolute dedication looks strange in the eyes of ordinary people, it seems as if “the prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad” (Hoshea 3:7), but there is nothing more true, or more holy, and the people ignore the prophet to their detriment. <\/span><\/p>\n

I never knew a prophet, or thought I would meet one, until I met Elie Joseph, an uncompromising soldier in the battle to save Israel’s soul from the cynicism of real-politik that hides the corruption of big money and deep state. Elie, an educator, and ardent Zionist raised in the Beitar movement, has dedicated every ounce of his energy to waging a war against Israel’s weapons sales to murderous regimes. <\/span><\/p>\n

Inspired by the actions of Raoul Wallenberg, and by a deep love of humanity, Elie is an island of sanity in an insane world in which we congratulate ourselves for Israel’s moral standards, while willfully ignoring our active support of some of the worst human rights violators in the world- governments committing genocide and ethnic cleansing, sponsoring mass killing and rape. As we read the prophets, Elie is a reminder that their call is as relevant, as challenging, and as demanding as ever. Will the modern state of Israel guide itself by the light of these moral demands, or will it speak the language of the prophets while acting just like the kings of old, claiming pragmatism but enabling corruption? <\/span><\/p>\n

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