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| United Torah Judaism Knesset member Moshe Roth. (Knesset) |
In the early hours of Saturday, when most people are asleep, an ultra-Orthodox Knesset member, Moshe Roth, orchestrated a daring rescue of Israelis stranded in the perilous wilds of Jordan, as reported by Israel National News.
These were not mere travelers but families caught in a Kafkaesque nightmare, their flight from Larnaca to Aqaba delayed until midnight, leaving them at the mercy of a border shuttered since 8 p.m. Jordan, a land now so hostile to Israelis that it bears a Level 4 travel warning, offered no solace, except for the rare exception of rescue flights permitted to land in Aqaba, a lifeline for those fleeing to a homeland where Ben-Gurion Airport lies largely dormant.
Roth, a disciple of the Sanz Hasidic movement and a voice for United Torah Judaism, received a desperate call late Friday night. The Sabbath’s sanctity might have bound lesser men, but Roth, grasping the mortal peril facing these unguarded families, acted with the urgency of a man who knows history’s cost. He rallied his comrade, Deputy Transportation Minister Uri Maklev, alongside security officials and the Foreign Ministry’s Situation Room. The diplomatic machinery whirred to life: a Jordanian officer was roused from sleep, the crossing flung open, and the families, escorted by Jordanian police, crossed into Israel at 3 a.m., a mere breath from Eilat’s safety.
“In the end, the ones who took action, made the effort, and cared were the Knesset members from United Torah Judaism,” one of the rescued declared. “It didn’t matter to them who was stranded: religious, secular, young people, or families. They gave us genuine help without asking questions; their only concern was to help Jews in distress.”
Roth, a disciple of the Sanz Hasidic movement and a voice for United Torah Judaism, received a desperate call late Friday night. The Sabbath’s sanctity might have bound lesser men, but Roth, grasping the mortal peril facing these unguarded families, acted with the urgency of a man who knows history’s cost. He rallied his comrade, Deputy Transportation Minister Uri Maklev, alongside security officials and the Foreign Ministry’s Situation Room. The diplomatic machinery whirred to life: a Jordanian officer was roused from sleep, the crossing flung open, and the families, escorted by Jordanian police, crossed into Israel at 3 a.m., a mere breath from Eilat’s safety.
“In the end, the ones who took action, made the effort, and cared were the Knesset members from United Torah Judaism,” one of the rescued declared. “It didn’t matter to them who was stranded: religious, secular, young people, or families. They gave us genuine help without asking questions; their only concern was to help Jews in distress.”
Such words cut through the cynicism of our age, revealing a truth too often buried; that in moments of crisis, identity and duty can still bind a people.
Roth, born in New York, carries the weight of his grandfather’s suffering, a Holocaust survivor beaten near to death “because of his Jewish identity.” In his first Knesset address in January 2023, he spoke of this as a “fundamental” force, a call to fortify the Jewish soul of the nation. Now, as head of the Knesset’s Ethics Committee, he has shown that such words are not mere rhetoric but a creed lived in the dark hours when lives hang in the balance.
Roth, born in New York, carries the weight of his grandfather’s suffering, a Holocaust survivor beaten near to death “because of his Jewish identity.” In his first Knesset address in January 2023, he spoke of this as a “fundamental” force, a call to fortify the Jewish soul of the nation. Now, as head of the Knesset’s Ethics Committee, he has shown that such words are not mere rhetoric but a creed lived in the dark hours when lives hang in the balance.
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