Sgt. Shilo Yosef Amir, 22, was laid to rest at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem. 'Yesterday, even though you could have gone home, you chose to serve,' his commander said in a eulogy.
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Israelis who have lost loved ones to terror warn that a consulate in Jerusalem for the Palestinians would be a 'complete Trojan horse.'
'Over the past several years, Germany alone has funded 34 political organizations in Israel, all of whom are affiliated with the far-left,' stated a letter to the outgoing chancellor penned by the Choosing Life Forum of Bereaved Families.
What distinguishes the IDF from other armies is a Torah scroll on each base, which strengthens their fighting spirit and reminds them about their values.
For the families of fallen Israeli soldiers and terror victims, loss and loneliness are the norm. Yet this past weekend 130 bereaved families gathered together for Shabbat in a Jerusalem hotel to share both grief and comfort in advance of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s national Memorial Day, on Wednesday.