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Tsafrir Ronen, a man on a mission - to save Israel from itself
by Jerry Gordon
http://www.israpundit.com/2006/?p=3597

I met a man with a mission in Manhattan this past week, an Israeli ex-
kibbutznik by the name of Tsafrir Ronen. Ronen, as my friend Avi
Goldwasser who met him in Israel described him is a typical kibbutznik:
curly haired, open, energetic and optimistic that he can win for all Israel.
Another friend, Adina Kutnicki who had met him here in the U.S.
enthusiastically said in an email to me that Ronen may be ‘the real deal.’ A
man whose vision could’ help Israel from imploding ‘after the disastrous
Gush Katif unilateral withdrawal, the botched mini-War against Hezbollah
while confronting the existential threat of nuclear annihilation from radical
Shia Iranian President Ahmadinejad..
Ronen is not doing this as a politician. Instead he’s doing this as an
effective communicator and grass roots activist. Something that resonates
with me and others who have met him.
From my Manhattan meeting and conversation with Ronen, I took away a
distinct measure of Tsafrir Ronen, the man and his mettle.
Ronen organized kibbutzim all over Israel to protest the Gush Katif
expulsion. He showed solidarity in Hevron against the Sharon/Olmert
‘disengagement’ policies on the eve of the Amona ‘event.
He’s discovered and destroyed the ‘blood libel’ of Israeli ‘settlers’ cutting
Arab olive trees with chain saws to find out that the Arabs were doing it as
a provocative act bankrolled by Israeli leftists.