Nobel Prize winner salutes snubbing soldier
Some of you may already have forgotten Hananel Megged-Dayan. He's the outstanding soldier who was expelled from his IDF unit for refusing to shake the hand of IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz on Independence Day, because Halutz had expelled his grandparents from Gush Katif.
Dayan was honored this evening. The poster above is publicity for the event that I saw in my neighborhood and photographed yesterday.
Dayan was praised by Nobel Prize Winner Yisrael Aumann, who blasted the 'Bolshevist' trend in the country. Dayan was also praised by Knesset Member Arieh Eldad (National Union-National Religious Party) welcomed Dayan's act, saying: "He guaranteed his life in the world to come."
The event, which included a conference, marked the opening shot in the struggle against dismantling the so-called West Bank outposts, the organizers said, a struggle to rescue the nation and the land, in their words.
Dayan himself did not attend the conference, having been forbidden to do so by the military, but his father Yosef arrived at the conference in order to collect a prize of USD 4,500 awarded to his son, along with a certificate of recognition.
According to YNet, the certificate was awarded by soldier Yosi Tzilnek, who called on soldiers to refuse orders when they came to clear an outpost near Yitzhar, and Rabbi Amital Barali, who served as an IDF rabbi, and called on soldiers on the eve of the disengagement not to block the entrance to Gush Katif.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:43 PM
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