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ו נ ו נ ע י
ו And they afflicted us
Yad Labanim During Israel ’ s Involvement in Lebanon
Danny Siegel
Yad LaBanim is a memorial in Jerusalem for those who died defending the City , and citizens of Jerusalem wo defended Israel on all fronts , since the time the Turks ruled the country .
There ’ s new names to put up now , glistening in metal . They ’ re over the seven hundred mark , but you can ’ t read more than a few at a time for the hurt .
There ’ s three parts to this place , Tourists : An office , modestly set . A huge airy room with names and more names on the walls . And a small room with shelves and with files with pictures with stories with letters with articles and clippings one for everyone who died . Anything they could gather about the dead they gathered from the family from the friends from the newspapers
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