White, Isaac (Hakki)

Was born on September 25, 1925 in Jerusalem, where he studied at the Maale School in Jerusalem and later at the Reali School in Haifa, and when he was 16 he joined one of the underground movements and later moved to ” A member of the Jewish Brigade, was injured in his head when he was helping the wounded man, and when he was 18 he volunteered for the British Army, joined the Jewish Brigade, and participated in the battles on the Senio River in Italy In Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy he was active in organizing the illegal immigration organization, “the youngest brigadier.” Yitzhak was tall, strong, with a smile on his face, but he was full of deeds. Jerusalem was his birthplace, and he liked to wander through its alleys and to the Bible. Even as a child he loved the books of the Prophets, from whom he learned the love of Jerusalem and the secret of tzimtzum in words. In October 1947, he was admitted to the University of Miami, USA, but returned and demanded that his family bring him to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he studied statistics and demography, etc. For his mother, who went to America to influence Her family to come to settle in Israel wrote: “Be proud, for you are the daughter of Jerusalem!” And his uncle in America: “Iron and lead – our defense against the Nazis of the East who plotted to destroy us; And I am in the hands of my people, like an iron block in the hands of a blacksmith. “In a letter to his friend in Israel, he wrote:” If I fall, I wish it would be only in Jerusalem. “In the War of Independence, The government printing press, the Jaffa Gate, a mozzarella, etc. As an expert translator, he was nicknamed the “Jerusalem Regiment,” striking the target and not missing it.In the battle for the capture of the railway station in Jerusalem, a shell exploded, (June 2, 1948), when he shelled the Arab positions in Sheikh Jarrah, the last shell exploded before the truce began, and he fell and was buried in Sheik Bader A on September 10, 1950), was transferred to rest- World at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem A hospital in Netanya bears the name of Yitzhak White, of blessed memory. The Jerusalem Post building on Hasolel Street bears its name – Beit Yitzhak.