Kara, Amir

Son of Helen and Reuben. Born in Rishon LeZion on October 21, 1974 in Rishon Letzion, a brother of Smadar and Adva, he grew up and grew up in Nes Tziona Amir began his studies at Eshkol Elementary School and graduated from the Ben- Gurion University “in the city, in the real-biological track, and his chemistry teacher, Ronit, wrote:” I once knew a little prince, a prince in glasses. Tall, half-smile hanging from the corner of her mouth and waiting for the next opportunity to say something that made me laugh in the middle of class, in class … Did you know how much I loved you as my student? Did you know how much I admired you as a person? Ever since I met you, I have not met a student who receives a relatively low score for his ability with the indifference of “There are more important things in life” (so true …), which takes life with a smile, humor, joy of life, and indifference. I try to convey to my students this approach that has captured my heart and I can not succeed. Apparently princes like you only meet once in a lifetime. Amir was educated on the values ​​of the love of man and the land, and these motifs were interwoven with all his actions, and most of all he loved traveling and was one of the pillars of the patrols in his city. Merav, a childhood friend, says: “He was a special person, quiet, who never wanted to be in the center of things. But even so, it was impossible not to pay attention to him. He had such a presence everywhere. In class, when he was sitting at the last table, swaying and quiet most of the time, but then he uttered a word and everyone fell on the floor. In the circle, or on walks, when we were always chosen to shout the echo, to tell us how the echo sounded. When he just threw out some nonsense or a typical sentence, he always felt, even if he did not make much noise. When he loved something he invested a lot in it. He liked photography very much, and used to travel many times to photograph the sea, the snow in Jerusalem, or some reservoir that overflowed … He liked traveling very much, although not always the part of walking. To go to a truly special destination, such as going up to Masada at sunrise … “Amir used to pamper his friends with special cooking and brought out dishes of colors and smells that he had never known before. In March 1993, Amir enlisted in the IDF. He underwent basic training in the Intelligence Corps, followed by various courses. After completing a surveillance course and a course for squad commanders, he was appointed commander of an observation team in the Intelligence Corps. Amir turned out to be an exemplary soldier who displayed self-discipline, responsibility and willingness to take on tasks. His high personal ability was also reflected in the fact that he did not take for granted any order or task. He used to ask his commanders professional, focused and penetrating questions, which testified to a thoroughness and high command level. The commander said: “In those moments I was happy that Amir was the one who was chosen for the job and I trusted him to do the job in the best possible way.” When Amir graduated from the Symbols Course, he wrote things that indicated, apart from excellent expressiveness, abstract and deep thought, and the emotional processes he underwent: “The IDF, the Israel Defense Forces, and why not an army of attack? I, today, after a period of one year and nine years in service, representing the same slogans, as the representative of the same defense, is in total darkness about my fate … After I have been in my position for about a year, I am only beginning to understand the magnitude of my responsibility and authority. I do not know what impulse made me put these things on the page. I finished a sergeant course a few days ago and now I am about to take up the position of commander. Up to nowI played the role of a soldier, a simple soldier. During this period in which I was a soldier, I was exposed to periods of scenes and plays that may be only on the battlefield I would meet with them … These pictures are far from those acquired on the battlefield but at the same time they will penetrate deep into my consciousness … Fear is from the unknown, Is the threshold. In the meantime, I ignore and absorb, just like everyone else, because that’s the way it should be. Sometimes we forget that we are not machines … The difference is not because of a certain course that educates the dancers. The difference is in the mind and as a result of thinking, thinking that can be dangerous in the army. This is a certain kind of maturation … This challenge, of facing dangers, always attracts people. The army is not attracted to it, but is pushed to it. Still, I feel privileged to try to deal with gray corners in the body and yet there is fear of the unknown. “As you testified,” You created new shoes, new procedures, a different spirit, other emphases. It did not take more than a week for me to understand that you Will be an excellent symbol in this place. “On the eve of Independence Day 1995, two weeks before his fall, Amir wrote his last letter to a company overseas:” Yesterday was the Memorial Day ceremony here at the culture center in Ness Ziona. In the middle of the ceremony, I suddenly began to think about the fact that we are the only country, it seems to me, that it has many dates in which all the people are amazingly united. When you stand in the siren, you feel this together very strongly. The whole country stands together for a whole minute, for the same purpose. Think about it for a moment, the whole country, right and left, religious and secular, North and South, right and left, black and white, strong and weak, tall and low. It’s just amazing in my opinion. On Memorial Day it’s the strongest. There is no one who does not identify on such a day. And then I thought about the fact that we are the only country capable of celebrating and rejoicing in the day after a day of national mourning, and all the identification of bereavement and sadness becomes an identification of independence and joy and happiness. Listen to me, Karen, we’re a cool people. Hammers one by one. Before it’s enough to get into the atmosphere of Memorial Day, the atmosphere of Independence Day is already beginning. On this day, the longing grows and I am sorry that you are not here to celebrate Independence Day with me and the people of Israel. So how do you celebrate Independence Day in the Diaspora? In general, I wonder how we try to feel all our holidays there in the Diaspora. Here in Israel there is a new craze – the Israeli flag for the car. Something caught on the window. Already a million and a half have been sold and every car looks like a party campaign. The whole country is colorful and defenseless … “Amir fell in battle in Lebanon on May 17, 1995. Early in the morning a Hezbollah attack on a pumpkin outpost in the security zone in southern Lebanon was carried out. To the area’s perimeter battery, according to the drill at the time, in order to carry out its mission: locating terrorists and fire sources and hitting them, during which mortar shells were fired at the outpost, one of which hit Amir’s position. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Nes Tziona, aged twenty-seven months, and left parents and two sisters. “… Amir’s manner of activity, with determination and courage, teaches a legacy to the officers in the unit, most of whom are based on symbols that prove themselves in positions over and over again in the roles imposed on them by the decrees “Avishai, a soldier who served on Amir’s team, wrote:” When you approached us, I had concerns. I did not understand, or maybe not R.I was eager to accept the fact that a sergeant was being sent to us from another outpost and now I would have to get orders from a soldier who is in the outpost less than me. But with time you have proven yourself and shown me what you are capable of. You knew every little detail on the ground and now I can admit that you surprised me. You quickly videotaped the situation at the post and at what danger we are there and see you after a few months at the outpost is rushing to the batteries to find out where they are shooting at us, just amazed me. You have proved yourself as a commander and as a soldier, you have brought a new life to the team, and only now do I understand that all the arguments we had were part of the consolidation. “In May 1996 a memorial was erected next to Kibbutz Manara near the upper station of the cable car, From which you can look at southern Lebanon, the Golan Heights, the Hula Valley and the Galilee. “In this place, at the observatory, I see an amazing connection to all of Amir’s many sides. High place, breathtakingly beautiful, quiet. A place that embodies the love of the land, the northern border, a place for observation. … If you close the circle, then close it like that, as it was: feet in the ground and head in the clouds, modest – no matter what he does, connected to nature, that’s exactly Amir! Quiet, introverted, loved by everyone. “Amir’s sister, Adva, initiated and produced a memorial booklet containing a collection of letters written in his memory, excerpts published in the press and speeches made by Amir’s commanders and acquaintances at the funeral, “… I suddenly discovered that you have wonderful friends who love you to the top of the mountain, the summit, and that you are always the one who led and demanded the camera, as if you always wanted to be remembered, your very being, the memory of your existence …” : “I miss your music, open the front door and fill the void in your image. I miss the looks that were so saturated with so much communication, those glances that have recently signaled to me that something terrible is about to happen. We talked a lot with silences … and today I talk to you for hours. “His father, Reuven, wrote:” In Amir’s last years there were a number of key points in which he invested all his energy, in a way that surprised me too. The volunteers volunteering at the MDA station in Rehovot was very important for him, Amir was waiting eagerly for his turn, telling about the adrenaline coming up during the ride in the ambulance Tzofar I will not forget that we met while on duty in the ambulance Drive near the central stage, Amir was the only representative among all of them … The most important of all was Amir, The title of the course was, of course, the final of a national competition for youth at the Herzliya range, but it seems to me that above all stands the circle of patrols And this link, which has shaped a large part of the participants’ character, and links them to the present day, alludes to the courageous connections that have been created: an anecdote that I will always remember – on one of the first trips of the circle, In the seventh grade, Amir was forced to help one of the girls with a sharp descent … Of course, this created a considerable embarrassment, which in my opinion has passed over the years. ” From his sister’s words, Smadar: “Amiri, I can not dwarf you into words, my hands are heavy for me and my breathing is also, my head is empty of my thoughts and I am floating somewhere between now and yesterday, tomorrow.Wake up from this nightmare and see you smile, throw the bag in the living room (but put the gun in the room …) and run for a shower. I want to express myself. Want to express yourself. And finds it difficult to impossible. The words that describe feelings like those that are running in me are not yet created. It’s when you need it, you’re gone. I wanted to tell you about the CD I received, about the Cameri Quintet, to hear you laughing with me about all kinds of passages, to listen to your silence and tell me other things … “In a single evening on” Excellence in Command and Leadership, “held in Amir’s unit “Amir, who grew up in a Gaza company prior to his arrival in Lebanon, stood out from the beginning of his arrival at the outpost as an unusual soldier … I mean a particularly clever soldier, with the ‘brilliance’ Which is always expressed, after some guidance in the question ‘why?’. To Amir, I had to explain many times why and how, and with the months that passed, I understood that behind Amir Amir’s question lies a unique intelligence and curiosity that made Amir prominent in the team in the sense of understanding the mission and its implementation in a professional, caring and responsible manner … ” Ariel, described Amir’s last moments: “I came to tell the audience a heroic story. … moments in which the mind screamed – bend, shadow yourself, the shadow of your dreams … and the responsibility of the job said – do not give up, straight from your eyes. She said and won! Amir knew wisely that in those few moments, moments of terror and fear, his soldiers looked at him, and even managed to understand, in practice, that his proper functioning and bravery would spare his subordinates the courage to stand still and stare fearlessly. Amir’s friends wrote: “Amir – you gave our defense the most precious price of all,” so take our love for you in exchange for your protection, “We will stay here – with memories and pictures and a piece of land.” Two videos were produced in Amir’s memory and screened on various television stations. On the cable network in 1996 The film “Beyond the Pirate” was broadcast on Channel 2 during the memorial days of 1998 and 1999. In Amir’s memory, The title “Soldiers photographing an army.” The goal-shooting club in Rehovot, where Amir used to practice, held a national competition in his memory.