Imagine Orwell’s fears, had he been alive
In Nineteen Eighty-four, when Bibi heard
He’d be PM when Messiah would arrive;
Since greater will to power this must have stirred.
It was Crown Heights’ Rabbi Schneerson who proclaimed
Such fatal “News”; then, having passed away,
Himself by faithful followers was named
The resurrected Saviour of that Day.
For “Big Brother Bibi”, though, the crucial fact
Was this rabbi’s love not only of “Jewish Law”,
But also the Occupation, the Christian pact
And belief Messiah’s linked with “Holy War”.
For him, in short, Rav Schneerson’s key prediction
Meant peace with Esau should remain but fiction.
Ramat Gan
6 August 2024