Pikholtz, Yaron

The eldest son of Tzila and Amos. Born in Ramat Gan on March 8, 1981. Started and studied at the Ben-Gurion elementary school and continued his art studies at the “New High School.” High school years were the most significant in his life Yaron was the most beautiful of all, and he succeeded in everything he did: he served as chairman of the student council, edited the school newspaper, was involved in all the social activities in the school and especially at parties, Yaron was a child of laughter and soul, who knew how to enjoy and enjoy everything And everywhere, and his captivating smile never left his face, he was always loved and always surrounded by friends and friends. – he saw great importance in conveying the message to every person, in Israel and around the world, that our destiny is to live in coexistence with the Palestinian people and at the same time to continue to preserve the existence of the state and its Jewish character. In 1997 he represented the city of Ramat Gan in a “Young Ambassadors” delegation that traveled to the United States, where he met with dozens of young people, some of whom This was the first encounter with an Israeli who spoke about Israel from the social, security, political and economic aspects – all at eye level. Yaron was involved in many social activities, and in 1998 he received a Krinitzi scholarship for social activities. At the end of his high school studies, he received a certificate of excellence from the mayor for social activities for others. At the end of July 1999, Yaron enlisted in the IDF, with the motivation to serve the country as best he could, and was drafted into combat engineering, and was sent to a combat paramedics course and completed his first training as a fighter and combat medic. And at the end of which he was assigned as a commander of a squad of recruits. He devoted all his spare time to his soldiers, visited the sick, supported the weak, and strengthened the good guys. The battalion commander, Lt. Gen. Yossi, said that Yaron was a moral person who loved his soldiers, educated them in the investment track, and they followed him with his eyes closed. Yaron’s commanders offered him an officer’s course, but he refused, claiming that only as a lieutenant colonel could he be close to the soldiers. The end of the Ramadan fast, at the foot of the mosque in Baka al-Sharqiya, north of Tulkarem, when he set up a roadblock to prevent the entry of a car bomb into the Green Line, where he was rushed to Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera but died of his wounds while in the helicopter. In a sharp stroke Haim was cut off on the symbolic date of November 29, and Yaron was only twenty-nine years old. Yaron was laid to rest in the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery. Survived by parents and two sisters – Ayala and Chen. On his grave, the principal of the school called “New High School”: “The sky is receiving an angel, a shining star.” On the tombstone of Yaron were engraved the words “the hero of the world a child with a smile of angels.” Yaron’s friends chose to perpetuate his memory by doing something that reflects the essence of his life. Hania Melison, a teacher at the “New High School”, prepared a presentation that describes Yaron’s special character and commemorates a trip to the Jerusalem hills and Latrun in memory of students, teachers and family members. The presentation appears on the school’s website at http://www.thadash.co.il/index.asp?id=1163. Yaron was an avid supporter of Maccabi Tel Aviv”In January 2002, the Maccabi Tel Aviv Association dedicated its game to Hapoel Beer Sheva in memory of a group of members of the” Hod ve-Hadar “group, who planted a tree in memory of Yaron in the Jerusalem hills.