Paniash, Meir (Ochi)

Son of Tova and Chaim. He was born on March 14, 1914 in the city of Cluj in Transylvania and in his hometown graduated from elementary and high school. On his youth, one of his friends attests: “From the dawn of his childhood, Meir was distinguished by the qualities that later shaped his way of life: his desire for independence and freedom … he was honest and faithful to his friends … , When the Hashomer Hatzair movement was founded in Transylvania, was one of its first members and was prominent in its activity in the summer camps and in the Carpathians. He was also one of the first to undergo agricultural training in preparation for kibbutz life in Palestine. In 1933 he immigrated to Israel and was sent to Kfar Saba. Where he assembled the nucleus for the establishment of Kibbutz Dan, where he worked like other members in occasional physical works. Due to his difficulties in adapting to a life of discipline and discipline, he left the kibbutz, but his connections with his friends were never cut off. He began working as a night watchman in a large orange grove in Samaria. He was accepted as a member of the Guards Association and later he was a guard at the Pardesi Hasharon. He was active in the Hagana organization and among others he took part in the aliyah to Hanita. After that, he was in charge of a guard unit to secure the construction of the northern fence established by the British Mandatory authorities against armed Arab gangs infiltrating from neighboring countries. When his friends came to the movement with his family to build their new kibbutz, Dan, he asked the Society of Guards to move him to the Galilee to be close to them. He was transferred to the north, served as a guide in the Haganah’s regional headquarters in Ayelet Hashahar, and in his capacity was trained and trained in weapons and trained the members of his kibbutz. He was laid to rest in the Tel Hai cemetery at the foot of the Roaring Aryeh Monument, and was buried in a memorial booklet “Characters, Guards, Guards, Fighters “Published by the Society of Guards