This last week the portion of the Torah read in the synagogues around the world was Shelach Lecha ( Numbers 13).

The portion of the Torah deals with the sending of the spies into the Land of Canaan.

The spies came back with a report that indeed the land of flowing with milk and honey. However the majority of the spies also came back with the report that the people that live in the land are fierce and their cities are fortified and great.

But, Caleb the son of Yefunah, tried to stem the talk by saying "We should go up at once, and posses it, for we are able to overcome it"

But the other spies spread what the Torah called an evil report. They spread the lie among the people saying that the land is a land that eats up it inhabitants and the people in the land are of great stature.

Even worse these spies spread the report that compared to the people of the land, we viewed ourselves as grasshoppers and they saw us as grasshoppers.

So we were afraid to fight our enemies all those many years ago and again today we see the cowards for what they are.

The majority of the spies were cowards, scum and traitors, as today all the Knesset are cowards, scum and traitors.

We entered into a cease fire just a few days ago and today we learn that two major terror attacks were stopped by the Israeli security service and that smuggling of weapons into Gaza has increased.

Today we see ourselves as grasshoppers and the Palestinians see us as such also.