Nadene Goldfoot
On Monday, April 15th, Israelis will be observing Yom ha-Zikkaron, or Memorial Day. Like the United States, it is a day to remember all the soldiers that have fallen in protection of Israel.
Israel has had 7 major wars. where 9,745 soldiers and security forces personnel have been killed in protecting the civilians of the tiny state just in miscellaneous engagements and terrorist attacks ever since May 14, 1948.
1. War of Independence: November 29, 1947-1949 4,000 soldiers killed
2. Sinai War: October 29, 1956-November 5, 1956 231
3. Six Day War: June 5 to June 11, 1967 776
4. War of Attrition: 1968-August 8, 1970 1,424
5. Yom Kippur War: October 6-25,1973 2,656
6. First Lebanon War: Sunday, June 6, 1982 -1990 675
7. Second Lebanon War: July 12-August 14, 2006 121
One shudders in thinking that the population of Israel in 1948 was only 650,000. By 1956 we had 1,872,400. In 1968 we had 2,841,100. The 1972 census showed we had 3,164,000. Today we have 6 million Jews and 1.6 million Arab citizens. We lost 6 million Jews to the Holocaust and have finally regained that many in Israel. We remember that Moses came with 600,000 to our land in the Exodus.
Israel has paid the price of being our one and only Jewish state. From 1948 to 1997 there have been 20,093 soldiers killed in combat with 75,000 wounded. With a population of 7.6 million today, this is a high percent. There are 100,000 disabled army vets.
From 2000 to 2005 there have been 1,074 soldiers killed and 7,520 wounded by Palestinians. By going on to 2010, the total killed jumps to 1,194.
Israel came under attack verbally and by report from Goldstone of South Africa who later rescinded what he had written. Goldstone shamefully is one of our own, a Jewish man believing all the hateful propaganda said about Israel from people who would like to see her driven into the sea. He hurt Israel immensely by doing this, as he was truly negligent in getting the facts and instead relied on hearsay. He above all people should also have realized that Israel, of all the nations, is not an apartheid state as he had lived in one himself and should understand the meaning of the world. The true outcome was that Israeli soldiers have put themselves in harms way in order to protect citizens when in combat. They have been highly praised by the military allies of the USA for their caution and care.
Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_casualties_of_war
Book: Letters From Israel by Nadene Goldfoot
War Memorial in Israel
On Monday, April 15th, Israelis will be observing Yom ha-Zikkaron, or Memorial Day. Like the United States, it is a day to remember all the soldiers that have fallen in protection of Israel.
Israel has had 7 major wars. where 9,745 soldiers and security forces personnel have been killed in protecting the civilians of the tiny state just in miscellaneous engagements and terrorist attacks ever since May 14, 1948.
1. War of Independence: November 29, 1947-1949 4,000 soldiers killed
2. Sinai War: October 29, 1956-November 5, 1956 231
3. Six Day War: June 5 to June 11, 1967 776
4. War of Attrition: 1968-August 8, 1970 1,424
5. Yom Kippur War: October 6-25,1973 2,656
6. First Lebanon War: Sunday, June 6, 1982 -1990 675
7. Second Lebanon War: July 12-August 14, 2006 121
One shudders in thinking that the population of Israel in 1948 was only 650,000. By 1956 we had 1,872,400. In 1968 we had 2,841,100. The 1972 census showed we had 3,164,000. Today we have 6 million Jews and 1.6 million Arab citizens. We lost 6 million Jews to the Holocaust and have finally regained that many in Israel. We remember that Moses came with 600,000 to our land in the Exodus.
Israel has paid the price of being our one and only Jewish state. From 1948 to 1997 there have been 20,093 soldiers killed in combat with 75,000 wounded. With a population of 7.6 million today, this is a high percent. There are 100,000 disabled army vets.
From 2000 to 2005 there have been 1,074 soldiers killed and 7,520 wounded by Palestinians. By going on to 2010, the total killed jumps to 1,194.
Israel came under attack verbally and by report from Goldstone of South Africa who later rescinded what he had written. Goldstone shamefully is one of our own, a Jewish man believing all the hateful propaganda said about Israel from people who would like to see her driven into the sea. He hurt Israel immensely by doing this, as he was truly negligent in getting the facts and instead relied on hearsay. He above all people should also have realized that Israel, of all the nations, is not an apartheid state as he had lived in one himself and should understand the meaning of the world. The true outcome was that Israeli soldiers have put themselves in harms way in order to protect citizens when in combat. They have been highly praised by the military allies of the USA for their caution and care.
Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_casualties_of_war
Book: Letters From Israel by Nadene Goldfoot
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