Galili (Rubinstein), Amos

An only son of his mother Bina and his father Jacob – the Hebrew teacher who came from Palestine to Tunisia in 1926 on behalf of the National Institutions and at the invitation of the Zionist Federation in Tunisia to instruct Tunisian Jews in Hebrew and organize Zionist activities there. Amos was born on 4 February 1927 in Tunis, where he absorbed the values ​​of patriotism, devotion, sacrifice, willingness to help others, and love of people. In 1929. At the end of his mission in Tunis, his father was sent to Baghdad, Iraq, which was known for its anti-Semitic attitude.The Zionist work in Baghdad was conducted secretly, behind closed windows. In his parents’ life he often suffered from blows and bruises from the Shabab, and all this because he was the son of a Hebrew teacher from the Land of Israel who came to spread the language Was forced to cross the Tigris River on the way to Syria, and then cross the border to reach their new home in Binyamina, where his father was appointed principal of the school, and spent most of his life in the Borochov neighborhood He studied at the school in the neighborhood and at the “Ohel Shem” Gymnasium in Ramat Gan where he found his special inclination toward physics and mathematics, and after graduating from the “Hanoar Haoved” To settle in Kibbutz Be’erot near Gedera. He was a workaholic from his youth and did everything he could, until his friends called him “the owner of two right hands.” A member of the Haganah from a very young age, he underwent courses for the stores, patrols, explosives and all types of weapons. Kibbutz Be’erot (now Be’eri) was responsible for the security and warehouse of weapons. He later decided to study engineering and building at the Technion and came to the second year of his studies. For his living he worked in leisure time as a construction worker, a typist of type A, and was also fond of his co-workers. He was the deputy commander of the company of the Haganah group of the Technion, participated in the defense of the Slonimik neighborhood in Haifa and underwent military-combat training in the Jezreel Valley, the Jordan Valley and more. After the massacre at the refineries, he was sent by the Hagana to take revenge on Balad al-Sheikh (now Tel Hanan) and Hawassa. Was among the first three to enter the village of the murderers. After the operation, on the way back to the base, Amos was severely injured in the leg. He was brought to the hospital in Haifa, suffering from his pain in silence and with satisfaction (“I was not injured in vain”). His only concern was that his parents should not know this, in order to prevent them from grieving. Ten hours later, on the 19th of Tevet 5708 (January 1, 1948), he was buried in Nahalat Yitzhak. On the 20th anniversary of his exile, his father, Jacob Galili, published a book in memory of “Hayy Amos”.