Posted on 05/08/2015 7:18:17 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
The Jewish Standard shared this “earnest exchange” between Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a little girl on its Facebook page:
he girl asked the Prime Minister about losing his brother Yonatan. Tablet writes that Netanyahu’s older brother “Yoni” was killed commanding 1976’s Operation Entebbe, in which an attempt was made to rescue hijacked hostages.
Netanyahu’s response to the girl highlights the softer, sensitive side of the world leader:
I felt like someone took an axe and chopped my hand off. Not only the hand. Somebody took an axe and chopped off my leg. Maybe both legs… That’s how I felt.
So if you’re with no hand and with no leg and without the other leg…You can possibly think ‘How can I live’, right? That’s how I felt. The girl’s question was likely prompted by the 2014 loss of her father, IDF Sgt. Major Bayhesian Kshaun, who was a tracker. He was killed in a battle against Hamas, during Operation Protective Edge, according to The Times of Israel
They didn’t just attempt to rescue the hostages, they succeeded.
They got almost all the hostages out alive, and Yonatan Netanyahu was the only IDF soldier killed.
The other brother, Iddo Netanyahu, has written a book about it.
I have lost several close relatives including members of my family. I guess it is something we all have to face at one time or another.
I remember the first time and I would describe it more of like being stunned and hardly able to breathe.
I remember when my older Brother died of a heart attack at around 65. I thought we were going to lose Mother. I think we probably would have if we had not taken her to the hospital. Her blood pressure was off the charts. They finally got her sedated.
I felt so sorry for her.
I think it stays fresh when it’s a shock like that. I lost my father to Alzheimer’s Disease years before he actually died.
The hurt never heals, never goes away and the pain never receeds. You adjust to the loss and like Netanyahu said, it is like having your hand chopped off and both legs. You are never whole, never the same. You learn to survive without much of the part of your heart and soul that died when your loved one did.
I love this. He can be tough when he needs to be, but sensitive when dealing with those who need tenderness. That’s what I liked about Reagan. Not condescending, not arrogant...just genuine.
I agree and don’t think it wrong of me to add GW to that status the way he has been with our killed and injured troops coming home and their families.
I have always disliked the expression “passed away.” And it always reminds me:
Upper Class: He died.
Middle Class: He passed away.
Lower Class: He went home to Jesus.
Yeah, there was no “attempt” about it...the Israelis kicked Idi Amin’s a$$ at Entebbe.
“Passed away” was a particularly odd choice in this context, since he died in battle.
Yes, it’s often used oddly. I think a lot of people don’t realize that its original purpose was to “soften the blow.” So they’ll say something like, “When Hitler passed away in the final days of WWII...”—like Hitler’s death was a blow to anyone but Hitler.
Unlike the petulant bastard child we have in our current “oversee’er”
Excellent point.
In addition, no bias there... "... “Yoni” was killed commanding 1976’s Operation Entebbe, in which an attempt was made to rescue hijacked hostages.
The mischaracterized "attempt" was a spectacular success!
WTF?
I always hated it.
Even long before the person most dear to me in my entire life died in a freak traffic accident starting her senior year at University.
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