Baruch Ben Yigal has a dream: to become a grandfather from the son of his late son Amit, who fell in operational activity about a year and a half ago - and if possible, to become a father himself.
"The terrorist was caught": Baruch Ben Yigal last night at the grave of his late son Amit // Photo: From social networks
"There is crazy technology today," says Ben Yigal in an interview to be published tomorrow in the "Shishvat" supplement.
"Instead of a woman taking sperm X, she will take sperm with an address, called Amit Ben Yigal, and she will receive an envelope from Grandpa Baruch and Grandma Nava. She will receive uncles from both sides.
"When this story was published, we were approached by 182 women, from all walks of life - same-sex, religious who did not have children. The youngest girl who volunteered for the process was 21."
Baruch Ben Yigal, Photo: Gideon Markovich - Archive
In order for the initiative to mature, it is necessary for it to pass in the Knesset the "Continuity Law," which allows the use of IDF martyrs' semen; The border fighter in the late Barel Hadaria Shmueli, and the desire expressed by his parents to be grandparents to a grandson of his seed.
"We want every young person who enlists to have to fill, in addition to signing an Eddie card, also a small rubric called the 'Continuity Law' - according to which if God forbid something happens to him, he approves or disapproves of using his seed to have children," explains Ben Yigal. "The whole political spectrum supports this. Including the religious, because we are not going against the law."
Opponents of the proceeding argue that it is immoral to bring a child as a memorial site to a person who has been killed. Yigal responds immediately: "We are giving up the benefit of an IDF orphan in advance. "The child that will be born will not be called that, and will not be registered as part of the bereaved family." Baruch, divorced, is now looking for a partner in order to raise a child with her. "Unfortunately, I did not succeed. Now I'm thinking of shared parenting. As I want a child, there is also a woman who wants to. "In an interview with him, Ben Yigal also talks about the tense days he went through until the High Court decision last week; The terrorist who killed the late Amit demanded that his grave be opened - a demand that was rejected by the judges.
"Those who represented the terrorist are Arab-Israeli lawyers, a father and a son. I asked the father during the hearing, 'If your son had been murdered, would you be willing for his grave to be opened?'. He was astonished and said to me, 'How do you speak?' He went to the judges and said with a smile, "It's not personal." You made me not sleep for 45 days, incessantly anxious. "We went to the plaza near the Knesset, and bereaved families were waiting there. If the decision had been different, I do not know what would have happened."
The full interview - tomorrow in the "Shishvat" supplement
