Op-Ed EditorialOp-Ed
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6:39 am | כ ט סיון תשפ א
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6:39 am | כ ט סיון תשפ א
Barring a last-minute miracle which always remains a possibility in the coming days, a new government will be sworn in in Israel, one that will put in grave danger virtually everything that is vital and precious to Torah Jews. Perhaps more than anything else, what is at stake is what is left of an understanding that predates the founding of the State of Israel, one that has long been referred to as the “status quo.”
In order to understand what lies behind these two words, some historical background is in order.
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Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880-1944) was a member of the well-known Anglo-Irish Guinness brewing family who began his political career in 1907, gaining prominence during the 1920s while holding a series of cabinet positions. A close ally of Winston Churchill, he served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assassinated by the Lehi (acronym for âFighters for the Freedom of Israelâ), also known as âthe Stern Gang.â
Photo of Lord Moyne
Moyne played an important role in the hated White Paper, which sharply limited Jewish immigration to