Hezekiah, Moshe (Moshiko)

Ben-Miriam and Uri Chai. He was born on July 7, 1981. In Hadera he was the eldest son of his parents, brother of Uriel, a year younger than him – and they grew up together as orphans – and Shlomit, the youngest daughter. Olga, who graduated from high school in Hadera, completed his high school studies, specializing in Arabic, and his love for this language came from his grandfather, who was named after his grandfather, who immigrated from Iraq in 1951 and was a teacher of English and Arabic for the rest of his life. With Jordan, “and he intended to continue to deepen this field after his military service Moshiko showed interest and collected a great deal of material on subjects that were the focus of world interest, The 1991 Gulf War and Rabin’s assassination in 1995. Moshiko took on a personal commitment to help a disabled youth who needed to be nurtured for a long time, and he succeeded in advancing the boy to a high level, several degrees above his average. He was gifted with a talent for painting and in his youth drew more than a hundred paintings that decorated his rooms. In October 1999, after completing his high school studies, Moshiko was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces and assigned to the Israel Police, where he was assigned to the Amakim region, the Iron police, and performed his exemplary role On September 18, 2002, Sgt. Hezekiah fell in a terrorist attack Near Afula. During a routine patrol, he and his friend detained a car of two suspects at the bus stop near Umm al-Fahm and asked to interrogate them. Moshiko jumped out of the van before stopping and approached them, and then one of the suspects, who was a suicide bomber, blew up the explosive device he was carrying. Moshiko was killed on the spot. He was twenty-one years old when he fell. He was laid to rest in the military section of the Moshav Elihin cemetery. Survived by his parents and two sisters. After his death, his parents, at the ceremony at the President’s Residence with the participation of the Minister of Public Security and the police commanders, received a certificate of excellence for the performance of their son as a policeman. Moshe’s memory was commemorated at a seminar at the Jewish-Arab Center in Givat Haviva marking the 10th anniversary of the peace treaty with Jordan, with the participation of MK Shimon Peres and a crowd of more than 500. In addition, his parents intend to translate Moshiko’s work on the subject of the peace treaty With Jordan, “and distribute it through the embassy in schools in Jordan so that they will see and learn how a high school boy sees the long-awaited peace with our neighbors.