Israel mourns the loss of Erlich the Liar

Alameen Templeton

A fake state needs a lie and, like a mushrik swami scrabbling for “proof” amidst the dust of a Indian masjid, Ze’ev Erlich always knew the sand of the Holy Land conceals as much as it reveals.
He’s dead now, and the same concealing sands that he used to sift with such partisan intent now cover him for a final examination, his final reckoning.
Resistance fighters killed Erlich last week Wednesday in a skirmish outside the small, Lebanese village of Shama after the occupation army’s elite Golani Brigade targeted the settlement for a “special mission” aimed at erasing some of the tortured land’s past and digging up evidence to prove the ancient “kingdom of Israel” once stretched to Sidon in Lebanon.
A ‘special mission’
Sidon is, of course, to the north of the Litani river, that is the current current target of the genocidal state’s attempted invasion of its northern neighbour. Israel is insisting all Hezbollah units must be stationed to the north of the river.
But clearly it is not seeking to merely establish a demilitarised zone; it is seeking to steal more land as it has done in Golan and the Bekaa Valley.
And Erlich was a vital part of the programme. The special mission that claimed his life and ended his lies was meant to provide propagandistic substantiation for the theft. Underlining its importance, the mission was personally organised by the commander in chief of the Golani brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Yoav Yoram.
It was a high-risk mission, extending miles beyond the Israelis’ faltering front line into “enemy territory”, a mission only the “special forces” of the Golani Brigade could handle.
The mission’s purpose was two-fold – to erase a past that undermined the lie on one hand and to magically pluck from the soil “proof of Israel’s existence” on the other.
Erasing the past
Shama village was chosen for a specific purpose – it’s the burial place of Shimeon, one of the disciples of Issa alayi salaam and the cousin of his mother, Maryam, alayi salaam.
The Israelis immediately blew up the Shimeon shrine (presumably blowing kisses to the Christians in America while doing so) while Erlich set about digging for his “proof”.
But their intrusion had not gone unnoticed and resistance fighters were soon engaging the invading delinquents with intense gun battles. It is unclear if the fighters were from Hezbollah or the Lebanese army, but two of them took up position on the site and opened fore on the invaders, Al-Akhbar reports.
They shot at Erlich, killing him and a sergeant instantly. The Golani commander, Yoram, was lightly injured in the exchange of fire.
Settlers united in grief
The fatal bullet immediately transformed the vandalising mission into a disaster. Helicopters had to be called in to evacuate the wounded and Yoram suddenly had a lot of explaining to do.
Northern Israel, that houses so many land robbers who are now huddling fearfully in Tel Aviv, is undergoing paroxysm of grief over the loss of Erlich, one of their favourite weavers of myths and lies.
The “researcher of the Land of Israel,” the founder of the “Sde Ofra” school, and the author of the “Shomron and Benjamin” and “Judea and Samaria Studies” book series, was dead, just like his lies. His body was flown to the illegal Ofra settlement in the West Bank for a return to the vengeful soil.
The Times of Israel reports Erlich was killed while “attempting to study a rumoured burial location for an obscure Christian figure”.
Shimeon, known as “Simon” to modern Christians, was one of Issa alayi salaam’s disciples and, as the cousin of Maryam alayi salaam, would hardly be described as “an obscure Christian figure” by most Christians.
Questionable practices
The Times noted that Erlich’s final, “attempted study” had raised questions about his past research activities.
Blowing up the shrine of an “obscure Christian figure” doesn’t usually feature among the common practices of archaeology and is a reminder of the “scientific rigour” Israel applies to most problems confronting it.
The ToI said the “amateur historian” was a “stalwart of the settler movement and an expert on Jewish people and the land of Israel”.
“According to a preliminary IDF probe, Yarom allowed Erlich to enter southern Lebanon to examine the (shrine) and accompanied him on the visit.
“The IDF Spokesman’s Office said that the colonel did not have the authority to approve Erlich’s entry, and that the proper process for a civilian to enter with troops was not followed,” ToI reports.
It added: “The incident was apparently not the first time the archaeologist has forayed into potentially dangerous territory for his research.
“The Haaretz daily reported on Thursday that Erlich had entered Lebanon previously during the period of the IDF’s intensified campaign against Hezbollah, which began in September.”
Judging by Erlich’s “research method” of blowing up sites he is “examining”, that may explain why Israel has taken such pains to destroy so many historical sites confirming the end of the kingdom of Israel about 2000 years ago.