After many years of struggles, another step has been taken to honor the victims of hostilities in Israel: a mountain will be built on Mount Herzl to commemorate the victims of terrorism.
In a somewhat chilling way, which seems to illustrate the fact that the home front is entitled to this recognition, as bearing the price of contemporary wars on their backs, this Israeli government decision came close to the anniversary of one of the tragic events in the Palestinian Authority's war on Israel.
On November 15, 2002, the "attack on the worshipers 'axis" took place: three weeks after the IDF evacuated its forces from the city of Hebron, an Islamic Jihad cell was stationed along the worshipers' axis in Hebron and opened fire on IDF forces after the worshipers finished their prayers on Saturday night. In the Cave of the Patriarchs.
The incident developed into a tangled battle saturated with an exchange of fire in the narrow alley, in which 12 Israelis were killed: five Border Police officers, three Nahal Brigade fighters, three on-duty squad members and also the commander of the Spatial Brigade, Col. Dror Weinberg - who opposed the withdrawal of IDF forces from Hebron And warned that the evacuation would harm the IDF's ability to thwart future attacks.
All those who acted in shoulder-to-shoulder combat, IDF fighters, Border Police and stand-by personnel, in uniform or in civilian clothes, were subsequently honored. The Chief of Staff gave, and rightly so, the letter of appreciation after their deaths to Yitzhak Buenish, Alex Tzvitman and Alex Duchen - members of the Kiryat Arba Standing Squad, as well as Eliyahu Libman - the security officer of the Jewish community in Hebron. Mercy was given to the Medal of Courage for his part in the battle, and the General's Medal was awarded to paramedic Igor Drowitzky of the 931st Battalion, who fell in battle.
There is no event that further illustrates the justification for establishing a memorial site for the victims of terrorism and testifies to the illusion that exists among many of us - this assumes that IDF casualties belong to "heroism and activism", as opposed to terrorist victims belonging to "victims and passives". After all, in the era of the new wars, most of the military casualties were found to have died in circumstances more similar to those of all those killed by Israeli civilians.
Disappointing incidents on a national background have occurred in recent years, in most cases, against civilians.
In the past these were terrorist attacks by suicide bombers, while in the present these are rocket fire.
And while a hostile casualty was killed in an incident on a national background, many IDF casualties were found dead in civilian circumstances.
