Dr. Simcha Goldin is the father of IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin HY”D, who was killed in Gaza fighting during Operation Protective Edge and his body was taken by Hamas. Along with his body terrorists made off with the body of Sgt. Shaul Oren HY”D.
Dr. Goldin spoke with Kol Chai Radio host Mordechai Lavi on Monday morning 21 Sivan. He described that in the past two years the families remain in touch with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his office.
Dr. Goldin
We were told that any deal that has an impact on the status of Gaza would include the return of the bodies. This would be a prerequisite.
I am not speaking of turkey deal per se but any deal that addresses the situation in Gaza. The matter is not the deal with Turkey but Gaza and all humanitarian gestures to Gaza, which rules, must be conditional on the return of the bodies. We have been speaking about this for two years with little impact.
We believed that any deal, either with Turkey, France or Alaska that would lead to improved conditions in Gaza, would demand the return of the bodies as a precondition to signing.
We will visit the Shaul family in the protest tent but the Goldin family does not sit in tents but we will continue our efforts to get the message out, that the IDF and Israel does not leave a soldier behind. We are obligated to bring the bodies of my son and that of Sgt. Shaul Oren home for kvura. We have been in the midst of a ‘milchemet mitzvah’ since 1948 and we must bring the bodies home.
My son Hadar was killed defending Israel and we are obliged to bring him home. I am not lecturing or asking but stating the simple facts in the case. He must be brought home and we are continuing our daily efforts towards achieving this goal.
In a related matter, former Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Gabbai Levi told Ynet during an interview “Relations between countries sometimes have to sacrifice the national honor or in part to achieve national interests”. He added there was no alternative other than paying compensation to the families from the flotilla as this is the best deal Turkey would accept.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Let the unfortunate incident that these 2 families are dealing with, be a lesson to anyone contemplating joining the IDF, the government will not only let you die without the ability to defend yourself (during a ceasefire) but they will leave your body behind while supplying food and electricity free to the very people who killed you.