Bashtaoi, Subhi

Son of Sahar and Majid. Was born on April 15, 1982 in the city of Nazareth, as a member of an Arab-Muslim family. He did his elementary school in his hometown of Nazareth. His mother, Sahar, said that Subhi had gone to work since the seventh grade and did not stop working during vacations as a car mechanic. Even as a child, Subhi used to accompany his father, who served as a car mechanic for many years in the Israel Police. Subhi’s father says that his son was a man who loved life, and acted to advance. In 2000, Subhi and his father purchased a fishing boat, renovated it and used it for fishing in Haifa Bay. The boat bearing Subhi’s name is still anchored in Kishon. In the summer of 2004 Subhi became engaged to a young woman from his neighborhood. After about a year and a half they parted because Sobhi was not prepared to give up his dream of serving in the army. Subhi’s grandfather, who was named after him, served for thirty years as a search fugitive in the Border Police. His father, Rajab, also served in the police force until his retirement age. Dudu Samir also served for five years as a volunteer in the Border Police. Subhi, who wanted to continue on his father’s and his family’s path, asked to volunteer for the army and to serve as a mechanic in one of the IDF units, for his bureaucratic reasons. He was a determined man who was not afraid to break social conventions: His struggle to volunteer and serve in the IDF at a later age – at the age of 26 – was not perceived as acceptable, to say the least, Wanted to serve the country, and the way to help the family because he came to the conclusion that military service as a mechanic of vehicles, will improve his economic status after he was discharged from the army. Subhi did not want to listen at all to those who told him, “Why do you have to volunteer for the army?” And went with what he believed to the end. After Sobhi’s volunteer service, he was drafted into the IDF in November 2008, and was assigned to the Desert Patrol Battalion, which is better known as the Bedouin Battalion during Operation Cast Lead, and during his basic training, Subhi was sent with a group of his recruits for the task of securing settlements in Mitzpe Azuz. Two of Sobhi’s many friends who participated in the funeral testified that he was a smiling young man with a great will and a very friendly will.Helal, who refuses to take comfort in the loss of his older brother Subhi, said that ” After Mom and Dad divorced, Subhi was like a father to me and to my sister, and also supported Mama financially. “Subhi Oh Came to rest at a civil funeral in the old Muslim cemetery in the city of Nazareth, where he was 26 years old when he died, leaving behind a couple of parents, brother and sister: Hilal and Na’am.