JINSA Executive Director Larry Greenfield Authors Piece in the Algemeiner
America and Israel: Remembering Heroes Together
By Larry Greenfield, JINSA Executive Director
April 10, 2012 4:39 PM
Israeli casualties of major wars, military engagements, operations, and enemy terrorist attacks are remembered on Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s national remembrance day.
America and Israel: Remembering Heroes Together
By Larry Greenfield, JINSA Executive Director
April 10, 2012 4:39 PM
Israeli casualties of major wars, military engagements, operations, and enemy terrorist attacks are remembered on Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s national remembrance day.
The memorial rolls include Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers, airmen, and sailors; fallen members of the Mossad intelligence service, the Israel Police, the Border Police, the Israel Prisons Service, the Shin Bet Security services, and other (pre-state) Jewish Brigades and Legions; and contemporary heroes of the state and civilian terror victims.
In a small nation of a few million people, a relatively high percentage of Israelis have been killed, disabled, or wounded in seven major wars, varied conflicts, IDF military actions, and terror campaigns suffered by the civilian population.