From Shabbat Bi-shabbato Re-eh 5775:
During the peace talks at Camp David, the United States President, Jimmy Carter, put pressure on the Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem Begin, to discuss the future of Jerusalem. In his reply, Begin told the President the story of Rabbi Amnon, from Magentza.
For a long time, the bishop of the city where Rabbi Amnon lived put pressure on him to convert to Christianity. Again and again, Rabbi Amnon rejected the demand. In the end, just to get a short respite, Rabbi Amnon asked for three days to think about the matter. However, before he even finished giving his reply, Rabbi Amnon realized what a serious mistake he had made.
After the three days were up, Rabbi Amnon did not go to see the bishop. When the angry bishop commanded that Rabbi Amnon's fingers and toes should be chopped off, he accepted the judgement. "I deserve this for the very thought that I might agree to convert," Rabbi Amnon said. Rabbi Amnon was brought to the prayers for Rosh Hashanah, with his last bit of strength. There, before the blast of the shofar, he composed the liturgical poem, " Unetaneh Tokef." And then he passed away.
And then Menachem Begin gave Jimmy Carter his reply. "There is nothing to talk about. Jerusalem is not a subject for discussion." Later on, Carter repeated the story of Rabbi Amnon to his Foreign Secretary, Cyrus Vance, and to the President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat. Nobody ever spoke to Menachem Begin about Jerusalem again, or even hinted at the subject.
To use Talmudic terminology דוק מיניה ואוקי באתרין - Learn from this story and apply wherever relevant... ודי למבין :-).
