Ben-Paz (Beingold), Yaakov (“Jack”)

Son of Zvi and Rachel. He was born on the 25th of December 1944 in Bucharest, Romania, where the family immigrated to Israel on an illegal immigrant ship but was captured by the British and deported to Cyprus, where they reached the shores of Israel in 1948. After completing his studies at the Achdut school in Kiryat Motzkin, The youth of Galim, an agricultural high school, was devoted to friendship and friendship, out of concern and a desire to calm down and calm down – these were his lines in the agricultural school, which once again stood out during the war. The IDF recruited early conscripts and volunteered for the Paratroopers Brigade. He passed an officers’ course and a communications course. Participated in a reprisal operation in Jordan and in 1965 was discharged from the IDF with the rank of lieutenant.To his comrades in arms and subordinates, he gently and cordially treated each of them with his Lev and soul, both in the exercise and in the operational mission. From the army he moved to the Hebrew University, studied at the Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot and was about to finish his second year there, and he wanted to study independently and devote every moment of his time to learning and learning the country beautifully on paths and landscapes. Aspired to justice and integrity, fought the wars of others and loved to help his brothers Although Jacob believed in peace and aspired to reach the day when he would build his home in Israel with his girlfriend, he was not afraid of a battle, because by nature he had a rope over blood spilled and in the Lev of his Lev he felt that war was destructive and that it was not for girls. His love for the Land of Israel, while his Lev was filled with desire for peace and good morale, burst out of his power to go out and fight and serve as a model for others.In the outbreak of the Six-Day War he was again called to the flag and then served as a battalion liaison officer. On the second day of the battles, , Fell in battle as he made his way to the police academy, which faces the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem. In a letter to his friend (Yael), his friend noted Jacob’s peace of mind on the one hand, and on the other hand, the efficiency and organization that were characteristic of his complex work as a liaison officer in a fighting battalion. Was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. His memory was included in the booklet “Nir and Gal” published by Kfar Galim. In the book “Mariyot Gabro” of the Paratroopers Command was devoted a page to his history and description of his last battle. It was also mentioned in a booklet that the local council of Kiryat Motzkin published in memory of the boys who fell in Israel’s wars. Also in the bag of the sons’ inheritance, “Goily Ash”, volume 4, were brought from his estate. The story of his life and death was presented in the book “Nizkor” published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Student Union, edited and edited by Yehuda the civilian.