"Mom, read Dunedin to me again," my son asks at bedtime. I comply, and begin to read about the seer who does not look legendary. The mind wanders, as in all the days that have become weeks since that terrible morning, to our 239 Dundins, somewhere in the tunnels of the Gaza enemy. See, endure the inferno and are not seen. Who takes care of the sweet girl, feeds the smiling baby and feeds the Holocaust survivor grandmother in the dark basement?
On Simchat Torah, the entire nation was heartbroken. The pain is permanent, the anger is bubbling up for our brothers and sisters who were brutally snatched from their beds by today's Nazis. Not a day goes by that they are not in our thoughts, the mind does not tolerate the knowledge that they are there.
And 47 days later, we are informed of an imminent deal. The details are revealed and with them the seepage. It's not a deal – it's surrender.
With Simchat Torah, at a terrible price in blood, the concept in whose name Israel repeatedly gave up the justice of its path, its legitimacy to defend its citizens, its willingness to fall to its knees in the face of a cruel enemy, was shattered. Never again, we thought, but the details of the deal indicate that beyond the grandiose statements and words, there is nothing at all. The concept gathered its fragments so quickly and returned to itself, more present than ever, and here again the State of Israel intends to award its benefactors and murderers the victory prize, humiliated to the ground and creating with its own hands the next "Sinwars". After all, the most famous freeman in the Shalit deal manages this deal as if we were playing a computer game on his cellphone, and we were flowing.
Once again, the State of Israel will release murderers for its sons, but this time only for some of them, while committing terrible discrimination. At first, we didn't know if it was moral that the countries of the world dared to feel sorry only for those who hold a foreign passport – now we ourselves distinguish between blood and blood, in a way that very effectively invites the next kidnapping.
Once again, the State of Israel is creating weapons in a ceasefire that means abandoning the lives of our soldiers - just as happened in the terrible ceasefire in Operation Protective Edge, in which Maj. Binya Sarel, Staff Sergeant Liel Gidoni z"l, and Lieutenant Hadar Goldin z"l, whose body was kidnapped and is still in captivity by the murderous enemy, were killed.
Once again, the State of Israel is introducing fuel that feeds the enemy, pumps blood to continue bombing Israel, revives the operational capabilities of enemy soldiers against our soldiers, and costs the blood of our children who sacrifice their lives.
Where are the heroes of Military Intelligence? Where is the magnificent Shin Bet? Where is the revered institution? Where have they all been in the last month and a half? Do they not have knowledge of the location of the abductees? Are their capabilities less than those Israel had in the 1976 Entebbe operation?
As if that were not enough, Israel is prepared for nothing less than a cessation of intelligence gathering, which means losing the eyes and ears of our intelligence in Gaza and creating an abandonment of our soldiers and the security of the entire State of Israel.
Where are the heroes of Military Intelligence? Where is the magnificent Shin Bet? Where is the revered institution? Where have they all been in the last month and a half? Do they not have knowledge of the location of the abductees? Are their capabilities less than those Israel had in the 1976 Entebbe operation?
Where is the land of the deer whose "sons you will not abandon to a stranger"? The State of Israel is lending a hand to an immoral deal that abandons Israel's citizens and soldiers. The heavy price being paid now only predicts the price of the future.
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