Sunday, September 20, 2009

Letter to IDF Radio:"Remember Asaf Ramon When You..."

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/133505#replies
by Gil Ronen

"Captain Asaf Ramon, his father, the Ramon family and many others like them symbolize the Return to Zion; the realization of the Zionist vision; the readiness to sacrifice for all of us; the Jewish moral code in defense of our nation, its state and our country; the beautiful Israel; the solidarity in Israeli society; the giving, the Zionist ethos!

Remember him when you report innocently about “demonstrations” at Na'alin by “activists” who hurt the bodies and souls of IDF soldiers and Border Police."

(IsraelNN.com) Arutz Sheva's Hebrew service published a letter Friday sent by an unknown person to Galei Tzahal, the IDF's radio station (also known as IDF Army Radio).

The letter reads thus:

Captain Asaf Ramon, his father, the Ramon family and many others like them symbolize the Return to Zion; the realization of the Zionist vision; the readiness to sacrifice for all of us; the Jewish moral code in defense of our nation, its state and our country; the beautiful Israel; the solidarity in Israeli society; the giving, the Zionist ethos!

Remember him when you report innocently about “demonstrations” at Na'alin by “activists” who hurt the bodies and souls of IDF soldiers and Border Police.

Remember him when a doctor of philosophy at Tel Aviv University disseminates a photo of an IDF soldier and calls him a murderer – yet you remain silent. You did not cover that.

Remember him when IDF reservists turn to the Attorney General and demand that he investigate the Ha'aretz newspaper and Danny Zamir for libel, after they besmirched the IDF during Operation Cast Lead – and again you are silent, you did not cover that either!

Remember him the next time you consider participating in a media lynch against a battalion commander and reservists as you did to the battalion commander who hit violent anarchist Yonatan Pollak while he and his friends destroyed an IDF roadblock, confronted soldiers and harmed them.

Remember him when you give Hamas terrorists an open microphone.

Remember him for not holding an in-depth discussion about the Tel Aviv “Rugatka” pub that prevents soldiers from entering it. You preferred to hide that...

Remember him for the prominent podium you give to anarchist groups and “Breaking the Silence,” which assassinate the character of the IDF and its soldiers.

Remember him when you prevent discussion and prevent anyone from expressing deep and fundamental opinions against those who defame IDF soldiers without any basis.

Remember him when you do not cover the protest against those organizations.

Remember him when you pillory those who call to make government service conditional on military, civilian or national service, and thus damage all those who serve.

Remember him when you exalt Israeli films that win prizes only because they present the IDF as an immoral army of murderers.

Remember him when you interview the actors who dodged military service and whose only contribution to the IDF was to sling mud at it.

Remember him, because handing out briefs and undershirts to soldiers on (the program) “A Mother's Voice” and pretending that you care about the soldiers, but then slandering them after every operation – that is not being “the soldiers' home” (an IDF Radio slogan – ed.).

Remember him, because when you wear a uniform or enter the gates of the station, you are supposed to be in the same army!

Remember him, because your broadcasts de-legitimize, and even demonize, IDF soldiers in compulsory service and the reserves.

Remember him – because we ask you, Galei Tzahal – are you on our side or that of the enemy?

Arutz Sheva asked the person who wrote the letter to contact it and make his or her identity known.

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