Arikha, Amiram (Ami)

Son of Mina and Jacob-Abraham, was born on December 22, 1931 in Jerusalem. He studied at the Rehavia Hebrew Gymnasium in Jerusalem and was a diligent student, diligent and successful in his studies. His writings (from Mechinah 4 onwards) attested to a sensitive Lev and a gentle soul, linguistic sense and spiritual alertness. Guided and educated children and youth with affection and dedication. When he left for Gadna in the seventh grade of the Gymnasium before Pesach 5708, he already had a rich past in public affairs: a member of the student committee and a Jewish National Fund emissary, a counselor in the Scouts troop of Masada and in the Hagam. His emotional identification with the national aspirations for the liberation of the land and political rebirth, and his demands on himself, his friends and apprentices, were expressed in his last letter to his parents and his little brother on 7 Iyar 1948. After opening remarks on the historic event of the Prime Minister’s declaration on Thursday, On the establishment of the State of Israel, the crowning glory of “the seventy years of the State of Israel’s founding by the pioneers of the nation,” Ami continued, “Since the partition was proclaimed at the Assembly of Nations six months ago, we have purchased it in our blood, in the blood of our sons and brothers. Glory be to glory, but not in praise and praise, and not in words of sorrow, they demand that we participate with them In practice, in all areas of our ability, in the establishment and acquisition of the state. ” The letter concluded with a hopeful expression: “Because the victory is near and when the liberation comes, the tranquility will return to our home, within our independent state, with fruitful construction work.” But the paragraph before the end paragraph says: “We must fight for a pure idea, with a clear and conscious knowledge that there is no other way.” It was a kind of Lev-prophecy of a man whose life’s slogan was: “Be true: always true!” (Due to mail mishaps during the fighting, the letter came to his certificate twelve days later when his writer was no longer alive). When the war over Jerusalem intensified, Ami came to serve as auxiliaries in the front lines of the front. On the 17th of Iyar 5708, he took part in a combat operation in the Sheikh Jarrah sector (capturing and holding a house for the purpose of covering up sabotage aimed at severing Arab transport between Ramallah and Jerusalem) as a squad commander and deputy commander of the Gadna Brigade. Was severely injured by enemy bullets, but remained strong in his spirit and despite his severe anguish, encouraged his comrades and called on them to continue the battle.Two hours later, at six in the morning on Friday morning, he was taken by ambulance to the Hadassah Hospital in the city center. (May 26, 1948) was buried at the Sheik-Badr Aleph on the 28th of Elul 5710 (10.9.1950) was transferred to the eternal cemetery in the army cemetery The “Scopus” Scouts tribe established a “shack” in the courtyard of the Gymnasium, a hand for the deceased, and called it the “Amiram House”. The Gadna headquarters in Jerusalem called the course for the commanders of “Gadot” Amiram camp “and the training area of ​​the platoon near” Givat Ram “-” Guy Amiram “.