At the Western Wall, a memorial candle lighting ceremony was held tonight (Tuesday), at the beginning of the Memorial Day events for IDF casualties and hostilities. The ceremony opened with a siren, followed by President Yitzhak Herzog and Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi.
“Honorable President of the State, Mr. Yitzhak Herzog, Dear Families, Yours sincerely,
“The road was quiet, the flotilla fighters advanced in the dive and in the back of the boats, the General Staff patrol fighters. Half Moon Night, 1969. They moved to Green Island in the heart of Lake Suez. They have moved to the heart of danger and in a moment will open the attack. Four thousand years earlier, on a path on the way right here, they walked quietly, to the danger, to Mount Moriah, father and son, Abraham who said I am and Isaac.
“The bundles of machine guns broke the silence at once. The warriors stormed the island, attacked the fortress in the center, and conducted short-range combat. Haim Grandpa grew up in the Ukraine, and saw his family and the entire Jewish community subjected to constant violence and attacks. The humiliation, heard the cry and listened to their inner voice saying to them, “Arise and go to your land,” and they answered I. They knew that only our country with our own protective force, would allow them a safe life.
Haim immigrated to Israel with his family, together with his friends he founded Kibbutz Ein Harod and joined Shomer, the organization that adopted the principle he believed in, self-defense. He bequeathed to his son Moshe the spirit of defense and the principle of going first. He defended his home right when he led his department to occupy a checkpoint in the Beit She’an area during the War of Independence. He too did not return from the battle, and like his father, he bequeathed to his son Chaim the spirit of defense and the spirit of those who go first.
“Go, take your destiny into your own hands, Abraham was commanded, and moved his life to the Promised Land. The Promised Land has become a developed and accomplished country, but remains surrounded by threats and challenges. It is a reality that calls for every boy and girl to act, And take part in the defense of the state and the citizens.
“Dear families, you raised your children, and you also went with them for your own. They grew up, showed uniqueness and talent and marked a direction for life. They heard the call, and in turn went up to Mount Moriah and said I am, and you whispered with them in concern and pride. Defended and attacked, and fulfilled a number of roles that aided in the fighting.But they did not have the grace of Isaac and Eyal did not appear.
“The vast majority of families in the State of Israel waited for their children to descend the mountain, and received them in a hug at the end of their military service, but you waited in vain, some are still waiting. They will not return! They will not return but many returned. Greater than the security and achievements of the state is due to them. Your pain is unbearable, and grief is oppressive and branches off in body and mind.
“The entire IDF and I at its head bow our heads out of sympathy, deep sorrow, and appreciation for your resilience and resilience, which are an example to us all. Today, as in the past, the IDF faces threats from a number of arenas. We do not allow relative security stability to become an illusion, and remain sober as to the intentions of the enemy. The IDF and its commanders are on guard, fighting, and I say, and I am very proud to command them.
“Green Island has been replaced by other operations, some of which are farther from the Suez Canal. The counterterrorism continues weekly, from north to south, and IDF units protect the country’s citizens on roads and intersections in Judea and Samaria and along the borders. The IDF deters, initiates and attacks The state to strike the enemy in the air, at sea and on land, all over the Middle East, and goes out of its way to realize the principle of self-defense. Generation after generation swears allegiance and calls I am, stands up for military service, and embodies the opposite – from those who evade and say I am not. Thus the conscripts and reservists who leap in time of war, and so the permanent servants, who have chosen an abnormal way of life, to enable the citizens of the country a normal life.
“I am – the reading draws the chain of generations, and they go out to the gorges of the Moriah, the plains and the mountains: only from there reveal the location of the enemy and thwart an attack, only from there a stone, bullet or rocket are prevented, and only from there the enemy is controlled, attacked and destroyed. At the border, in an air raid, in a supply convoy in a combat zone, in training or in an operation, and it is planted among soldiers from all forces and in a variety of positions. In their people.
“The fighting on Green Island continued, and Haim Sturman, the grandson of the Palmach man and the grandson of the Hashomer man, continued to advance and fight with his friends. They did it without asking what I got out of it. A third generation for defense, a third generation for danger, a third generation hoping for Eyal and Eyal did not show up. Haim was shot and killed, along with five other of his friends, but the mission was completed. Not a few months passed, and Amir Brin, Chaim’s cousin, another grandson of Chaim the grandfather, was killed like him when the tank in which he fought hit a mine. The grandfather, son and two grandchildren are buried together in the same cemetery.
“On less difficult cases than these, Haim Guri, inspired by the akeda, wrote his poem ‘The Inheritance’:” Yitzhak, no sacrifice was made. He lived many days, he saw well, until the light of his eyes was dark. But he bequeathed that hour to his descendants. They are born and eat in their hearts, “he wrote. knowledge. At the same time, in the name of security it is our duty to act decisively and fight.
Puppies of justice, at least for the foreseeable future, and as an object of life, we are required to struggle and be willing to bear the price, to show resilience and composure in the face of the wounded and injured, and to know how to fight back. In the same breath, experience teaches, and so does my experience, from many encounters with soldiers, that boys and girls are born and have a great spirit in their hearts. A good spirit that expresses a desire to create, influence, be meaningful and contribute. A spirit that proves that values are passed down from generation to generation.
In the term ‘Israel Defense Forces’ the word ‘for Israel’ is the purpose. We defend the right to life and in its name endanger life, to enable all of us, as a nation, to exercise our right and duty to build a prosperous, worthy and full of life society. Hence the spirit and this is the meaning, national meaning and meaning of self-fulfillment. This is the spirit that we inherited from Abraham and with it the faith, morality and hope, and the courage to do an act, to change, to create and to renew. These are the qualities that led to the building of a wonderful state, which is a place of fulfillment, a place of our own, a safe and enabling place.
But above all, many in the nation inherited from Abraham the spirit to say I am. I mean to take responsibility, to dare, to be right and to take risks. Which means to contribute and influence, not to look from the side but to do, not to wait but to initiate. I mean to serve something bigger and more important than me. Dear families, together with the entire IDF I salute the fallen, salute you and embrace you. I strengthen the wounded, and the families of the captives and the missing, and pledge that we will continue to do everything to return them to their land and family. “Engraved on his grave. In other words, a state – thanks to those who walk first, thanks to those who say, ‘I am. May the memory of the fallen be blessed.”