Ben-Natan (Nathanson) Zvi

Son of Avraham and Sheina. He was born on December 17, 1937 in the city of Tarkonometz, Romania. He immigrated to Israel with his parents and the youngest of his sisters in the year after he absorbed as a soft child all the horrors of World War II. As part of Youth Aliyah, he immigrated to Israel and was found in the “Amlim” youth group on Kibbutz HaMa’apil, but moved to Ein Dor with the unification of the Amal and Tavor youth groups. In January 1953 he was drafted into the IDF as part of Nahal Brigade and was one of the founders of Nir Oz. When he was about to be released from military service, the Sinai Campaign broke out; He participated in it and was among the fighters in the Gaza Strip’s outskirts. In 1957 he was released from the army and returned to the kibbutz; He was accepted as a member, and from the first day of his membership he took upon himself every task of work and social life – and he did everything with devotion and loyalty. As an agriculturist he invested his whole being in the dictionaries industry. He also devoted himself to sport both in practice and in play. Was a human figure that gave security and hope and anticipation for the future. With a strong and comprehensive character and at the same time a very sensitive friend of justice and integrity. Was a brave and veteran fighter in reprisals. The generation of the boys loved him and also made friendly friends with the Arab neighbors who discovered the human and the noble. Even though he was released from military service on the eve of the Six-Day War, when the situation worsened, he felt ready to stand up for duty and fought with courage and peace of mind. In the battle that took place in Nablus on the 28th of Iyar 5727 (7.6.1967), he fell. He left a wife and two children. He was buried in the military cemetery in Afula and was later transferred to eternal rest in the Ein Dor cemetery. The kibbutz published a booklet in his memory. In the booklet “53 of them” in memory of the fallen members of Kibbutz Artzi who fell in the Six Day War, a page was dedicated to his history. The memory of the regional council of Jezreel was also mentioned.