Israel Air Force Planes to Honor the Victims of the Holocaust

[Herschel]

On Thursday, September 9, 2003, at 13:00 (Israel time), three Israel Air Force F-15 fighter planes will take off from the "Radom" Polish Air Force Base, and fly over the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. The fly over is taking place to honor the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.

It should be noted that before the flight crews departed from Israel, the Staff of Yad Vashem searched for the names of Jews who were murdered in the concentration camp on 4.9.43, exactly 60 years before the upcoming fly over. The names of the murdered will be in the fighter aircraft as they fly over Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Before the fighter planes left Israel, Commander of the expedition, Brigadier General, Amir Eshel, stated that "We are flying over the camp of horrors - we have risen from the ashes of the millions of victims and carry their silent cry. We salute their herrorism, and swear to be a shield to the Jewish people and their country, Israel."

The fly over is taking place within the framework of the "witnesses in uniform" program.

http://www.idf.il/english/announcements/2003/september/03a.stm

Never again. IDF strength helps to ensure this.

[drewb]

1. Not sure what this has to do with the current I/P debate????

If this is in fact more about "Never again. IDF strength helps to ensure this." than it is about remembering the six million killed during WWII then it is pure military blustering and is no more a sacred event than the Soviet Unions "May Day" parades of old...

[Herschel]

2. I apologize for my error

Perhaps the article is not directly related to the forum topic. Surely you understand the IDF helps ensure there not be another Holocaust.

[Darranar]

3. It does...

Here we agree completely.

[Name removed]

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[rini]

5. Oh my

goodeness! All that ranting and raving and not one iota of sense.

[rini]

6. I apologize for my last posting

I was making no sense. I should have said any obection from and relevance to this forum is that the pilots and soldiers are Jews, who in the face of Arab plans for genocide (just read the Hammas Charter) say Never Again with the might to back it up. Some people would be a lot happier to shed crocodile tears over the "poor dead Jews" then support living warriors.

[Herschel]

7. Well said my friend

Perhaps some have difficulty with Jews prepared to defend themselves.