Tears to my eyes says it all.
My old man was WWII Airborne. Started out in gliders, then got his jump wings, then went to a PIR.
He said the German Fallschirmjager were “some of the toughest, meanest SOBs he’d ever met...” And he met them in the Bulge.
A former member of the Sonderkommando reported that the song was spontaneously sung by Czech Jews at the entrance to the Auschwitz-Birkenau gas chamber in 1944. While singing they were beaten by Waffen-SS guards.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatikvah
I like the IDF is in full kit while they sing...!!!
a very nice gesture, thanks
thanks to the wonders of the internet, this translation for all those who may be interested,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatikvah#English_translation
Shame on the other soldiers for not saluting, including the Americans. It is a professional courtesy to salute national anthems and they blew it. (Retired Army Officer)