For the nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish, And those nations shall be utterly ruined. (Isaiah 60:12)

Chief Rabbi of London Jonathan Sacks told a special Internet rally held in solidarity with the citizens of rocket-ravaged Sderot Thursday that Purim has a message for Israel’s enemies:

They will suffer “the fate of Haman.”

This, the rabbi said, has been “throughout history, the fate of individuals and nations who try to destroy the Jewish people; that - in the end - they destroy themselves.”

On my laptop screen I have a poster bearing the following two-column list under the heading: “Civilizations, nations and empires that have tried to destroy the Jewish people.”

The left-hand column bears the following names:

Ancient Egypt, Philistines, Assyrian Empire, Babylonian Empire, Persian Empire, Greek Empire, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Crusaders, Spanish Empire, Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, and Iran.

In the right-hand column, across from each nation name except for the last, is the single word, “Gone.”

A question mark stands opposite “Iran.”

To this list I would add the names of all the Arab states, all Muslim nations, all communist countries.

I would also add the names of the states comprising the European Union, Eurasia, the members of the Non-Aligned Movement, Developed Countries and Developing Countries.

My country, South Africa must be there, as must the Czech Republic, my wife’s homeland.

And topping the list of every country that exists in the world today I would add the United States.

The future of every one of these nations is at stake; their fate - if they continue to stand against Israel - as assured as the fates of the mighty empires that have reigned supreme in ages past, only to remain no more.

Israel is the only nation who future existence is guaranteed by the Creator of the Universe.

What’s guaranteed for all those nations that come against the Jewish people, is their end.