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The Most Famous Eulogy for An Israeli Youngster Murdered by an Arab — When? Where?

Roi Rutenberg was a young shepherd, member of Kibbutz  Nahal Oz (on the border with Gaza, nowadays much in the news).

He was murdered by an Arab, infiltrating from nearby Gaza to murder the Jewish youngster, Roi.

Moshe Dayan, then Chief of Staff (Ramatcal) of the IDF, gave a thrilling eulogy over Roi. Here is a link to the famous eulogy (English):

Moshe Dayan’s Eulogy for Roi Rutenberg – April 19, 1956

A recording, the original eulogy as delivered by Dayan, is available and probably can be traced on the net.

Over sixty years later, like nothing had changed.

But something did change.

In Roi case, 1956, Israelis at the time knew that Roi was murdered by an Arab, from Gaza (then under the rule of Egypt, so no notion of a Palestinian even existed).

Now we know that the perpetrators of the massacre of October 7th, 2023, were… Chamas.

No. Not Palestinian Arabs from Gaza.

Like the perpetrators of the Holocaust were… the Nazis

(Sorry, I forgot: Nazis who? from which people? from which nation? from which culture? from which system of values?).