Jul, Meir

Meir, son of Hetah and Richard, was born on 5/6/1950 in Pardes Hannah, where he studied at the elementary school in Pardes Hannah, and after graduating from high school in Hadera, Meir was a diligent and intelligent student. A young man was discovered as a child with a clear and lucid mind, he read a lot and wanted to understand everything well, he had many interests and each of them used to search for and read professional literature in order to expand his knowledge. His teachers at the high school noted that he “knew how to learn.” He did not spend many hours studying, but he did well. He was a member of the scouts movement at the Pardes Hanna camp and after the Six-Day War volunteered to treat the wounded who were hospitalized at the Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera, who was optimistic, cheerful and Simcha, and was naturally friendly and willing to help others. “Meir was conscripted into the IDF in early August 1968 and assigned to the Military Police Corps. At first he objected to the decision to turn him into a military policeman, but over time he resigned himself to the task and tried to carry out the tasks entrusted to him in trust and efficiency. He devoted his army vacations to a Technion course in computer programming. He successfully completed the course and won it well. Meir was a good soldier, responsible and obedient. He was an example of his friends in the unit in his good temperament and in his comfortable manner, and acquired many friends instead of his service. In the course of his studies, he worked as a programmer and gave math lessons to students in the schools, After two years of study at the Technion, he went on a trip to Europe and returned from the trip a few days before the Yom Kippur War broke out, and when the Yom Kippur War broke out he joined his reserve unit and fought on the Sinai front. 18.10.1973) was injured when he was hit on the “Spider” axis and killed In the cemetery in Pardes Hana. Is survived by his parents and a brother. After falling promoted to Sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family wrote to his commander: “Meir fell on his way to carry out his duties the area of ​​the Suez Canal, the route leading to the Suez Canal. The place was severely shelled and until the last moments of his life, Meir fulfilled his duties with dedication and did not abandon his post, despite the heavy shelling. We, his fellow soldiers, will remember him forever. “