NEVER AGAIN TO BE DENIE

Romans climb inexorably up this last fortress they are greeted with the ghastly quiet of the Dead Masada has fallen there will not be another free Israel for almost 2,000 years has risen up to try and destroy us but in every generation are there men who rise up against us seeking to destroy us jun 1967 there was one moment when israel might not have survived if you are Jewish wherever you lived at that moment your heart was in Israel and you prayed that Masada would not call again hear o Israel you approach this day of war against thine enemies let not your heart be faint be not afraid Egypt's MIG planes are destroyed on the ground and in the sky Israel fights to live across the Sinai into Suez up the murderous Golan Heights Israelis fought and bled and Jews everywhere were torn by the passion of that moment we were together religious or not Zionists or not and we all knew the cold terror of waiting waiting for news Israel must live in to the Old City of Jerusalem held by Jordan never again to be denied to Jews into the Lions Gate never again to be denied the wall the land promised to Abraham Israel the only refuge left for every threatened jus Israel was safe I Jews from all over the world now stream into Jerusalem to see the holy places so long denied them in six incredible days the war has ended how sweet it is to breathe the air of peace the victory is real but the peace is not and under the watchful eye of the police searching for terrorists life goes on for on the seventh day the war began again and it has not stopped yet it is a different war with a different face but with the same bullets that kill two Israelis the sight of a helicopter means an incident the wounded are on their way to the hospital usually it is a border incident involving soldiers but not this time the emergency call goes out for doctors and nurses a grenade has been thrown into a crowd visiting Abraham's tomb in the city of Hebron formerly in Jordan families wait in the hallways for news of their relatives it is the holiday of circus and many families were traveling to see the tomb of the patriarchs for the first time as they stood outside the mosque waiting for the [ __ ] prayers to finish before entering the grenade exploded 47 have been wounded I have ever been something this crashing and then I saw my husband and our little boy I maintained in this body with blood our latest an age for it was very brave even did not cry he asked me what a friend I told in that we fail on the steps and I hope that will be a very soon Percy again I hope that XP sleep soon come I grateful salami aladin Shmi high in me John I am a sergeant in the Israel police force and i'm here today to speak to you about explosives and to show you certain explosives which have been used recently first of all you can see here one of the latest chinese-made plastic button minds this lecture is being given by the police to school children throughout Israel slow shava etsy gramophone and if you see it anywhere do not touch it do not step on it if anybody will take it in his hands and press it a little bit it can explode and you can lose your hand if you step on it you might lose your foot this you see is a cigarette box in this case is an American cigarette box Kent this has a little hole and in here they put a special pencil with a pin which when drawn can stand at a certain place and explode according to the instructions between one or nine or twelve hours when you see it do not kick it do not hold it in your hand and do not throw it anywhere the other one here is what we call su mine it is Czechoslovakian made which usually is put on road paths or in grounds which are not as felted this carries about 200 grams and when stepped on even the youngest child maybe six or five years old can be killed I must stress this point that if you are anywhere where there is no asphalt and you see a little bit of the earth which is a little bit uncovered do not go there and do not step on it this are very very dangerous thing what I'm telling you today has been going on for the last year or so we are a very small nation and everyone is important to us and I met again stressed upon how careful you all must be children learn to live with extraordinary things in Israel button mines in the cities and in the border kibbutzim like far rupee they learn to live with trenches trenches and shelters are part of the new landscaping that teaches children to live with war on an intimate daily basis trouble began here only after the end of the six-day war the children play their games in the shadow of Jordans gilad Heights and from these Heights they are shelled often after Syria's Golan Heights were captured and silenced these jordan hills to the south have become the center for terrorist action back in these hills even young arab children are trained for their mission to carry on the war their tragic course is set they are taught to hate to infiltrate and to kill their hatred is real and their training is real with live ammunition far routine and the 26 kibbutzim nestled here in the bait Shawn and Jordan Valley are under constant harassment by the Arab saboteurs the narrow Jordan River is their border and the Israelis farm right down to the banks on the other side of the river are Arab pasture lands and farms but today when one looks across the Jordan there is a question are these truly Shepherds or are they terrorists el Fatah for war has come too far routine they were sharing here on our second man nearly twice and three time in a week and then it's awful to see how mothers running quickly to the children to save them he saw that it was a really attacked under people and they wanted to kill them so we understood that it's a war and we changed all our life s in a war we know it's evolved so we [ __ ] out all the we put new shelters we built the houses of the children's stronger because we never built the houses for a ball there were people afraid of course it somebody's telling me is not a threat is a fool man you understand everyone is afraid I'm also afraid but I'm staying because it's my home you understand and because it is his home the army is staying two soldiers and arms and equipment now stand behind every family in every threatened settlement on every border of Israel for this is a nation mobilized against an enemy who is fully rearmed Israel has won three wars but she knows her enemies need win only once constant vigilance must guard against the swiftness of possible attack every child in Kapaa routine to the age of 14 now sleeps underground in shelters every night the trenches are more friendly if you play in them by day but are they deep enough strong enough for war there is hardly a family in the country left untouched by the mobilization of their young both boys and girls and we who stood with Israel in that precious moment in June of 67 shall stand with her now and with these her children this army has sworn on the windswept Heights of Masada that Masada shall never fall again each morning around 5am the first army patrol goes out before the farmers can go down to work all the roads leading to the fields and the fish pools must be cleared for snipers and infiltrators the Jordan River is narrow and shallow here and easy to cross mines can be buried at night in the dirt roads so farm roads are being paved an unheard-of expense and every unpaved road must be swept by the Army for mines the danger of an attack on the patrol by the El Fattah is always present if the morning patrol is not fired upon then the kibbutz is signaled to come ahead when we receive at six o'clock okay we're all our people go to the fields to work as they were some incidental shoot our people on the border so we have to travel very carefully these two or three not one after all I can tell you the going and working even if they're shooting this is our policy nobody left to settle man but I can tell you from the other side most of the Arabs left the villages from the other side because when they start to share we are shelling bang out the army not our settlement and when we shall be sure better you understand I think everyone feels like you know we are not afraid you know what taro means and if you go to sleep or when it starts dark we don't like that you're running around we want them near us now the children sleep in shelters every day when we started putting them down every night the big ones and even six five six years old they were very glad to go them they don't awake every time it when it bombs at two o'clock in the night my son one year ago he told me like this why do they shoot why don't we go away from here let will go away so they won't work so i told you it will go away their start bombing the nearest town the chant afterwards dale bomber somewhere Neil's we can't just go away it's our home we don't think about it marvadi lyubimiy you there hi a little haha Oh shall I believe man weak or shall I bless his lovely little child asked the angel I will bless him with smile there trying like a light and now he's big and soft that watch with delight the blower the growth of Earth neckline ear and a sensitive heart how shall I bless and with what shall I bless this lovely little lad as he ain't too I will bless him with me that forever Dance and the soul that will sing all the songs and the chest holds me together the shells of the sea and use that can hear the heart oh sure libelous and weak officer libelous easier the stand sold me you to manhood I must bless you so his hands at once touched a sweet flower and the feel of cold feel and the furrows leave don't know must margin stunned while his lips tingle rhythm shall I bless and with what shall I bless this child who is a man ass finger I gave him everything I could give a soul that sings legs to dance a gentle hand and a loving heart and now with what more shall I bless him Oh shall I beliefs Lee sweet and a child his boy this man is older but the blessings you offer come too late for him or the days of his youth never feels who loved him hello him oh god why destroy the last thing he wanted in the words of general Moshe Dayan what do we expect of you I would expect of you to feel Jewish and I would say that's all and if you feel Jewish then we are together you and I and then if we are in trouble you will do what one Jew does for another when he is in trouble