Over 20,000 Attend the Funeral of the Fogel Family
Twenty-thousand people escorted the bodies of the five members of the Fogel family, killed over the weekend in a gruesome terror attack, as they were laid to rest Sunday afternoon in Jerusalem.
Speakers at the service commented on the tragedy that took place and how it cannot break the spirit and determination of the Jewish people to settle and live on the land of Israel.
Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger told mourners that “the murderers did succeed, but only in uniting us.”
“No one can remain apathetic” after this event, he said.
Metzger cried out that, in response to this event, Itamar needs to become a city that is like a mother to Israel. “Another neighborhood, that’s the answer. More building, that’s the answer,” he said.
The chief rabbi repeated the phrase, “In Yehuda, we will always settle and in Jerusalem, from generation to generation.”
Vice Premier Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon blamed the Palestinian Authority and its “education of violence” as the cause of the terrorism that struck on Friday. He added that “our neighbors’ education denies our right to the land [of Israel],” teaching their children that “from the Jordan [River] to the sea, Jews have no rights [to live].”
Ya’alon predicted that the murderers of the Fogel family will have city squares named after them and be honored by PA. In light of this, he said that any agreement signed with the Palestinians isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.
Saying that “we need to continue what our fathers did, to keep building,” the vice premier stressed that now is not the time to dwell on security and new security packages. “We have never given up on our right to this land,” he said. “Anyone who gives up this right won’t have security either.”
As revenge for the death of Udi, Ruth, Elad, Yoav and Hadas Fogel, “we will live, we will continue to build and to plant, we will continue to grip onto the land of Israel: in Itamar, in Beit Hagai, in Hebron and in Jerusalem, everywhere and any time,” Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin said during his speech.
“More construction, more life, more hanging onto the land. This is our answer to the murderers, so that they know they haven’t gotten the better of us. We will awaken our right to build anywhere and at anytime. Construction in Israel is not a retaliation or revenge for the victim,” Rivlin said.
“You were a symbol of the allegiance of the Zionist, the Jew, the Israeli. Despite all the difficulties, you believed and you overcame the hardships.”
The five members of the Fogel family were killed in a terror attack in the West Bank settlement of Itamar on Friday night. Udi, 36, his wife Ruth, 35, and their children Yoav, 11, Elad, 4 and Hadas, 3 months were stabbed to death by a terrorist who infiltrated the settlement. The family is survived by their three additional children.
WHY ???
WHY CAN’T ISREAL JUST KILL ALL THE ARAB’S YM”SH ?? JUST DROP BOMBS ON THEM AND WIPE THEM OUT ONCE AND FOR ALL. WHAT IS ISREAL SCARED OF ?????
NO WORDS....
What can we say??? MOSHIACH MAMOSH NOW!!!!
Hashem Yinokom Damo
How can you not cry looking at the first picture
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There are no words that can ease the pain we are all feeling at this gross and horrible act of the lowest form of dare i say HUMAN we all must make something good come from this no land that belongs to the Jewish people must ever be turned over to anyone it belongs now and forever to the Jewish people lets us all unite as one soul and people to pray and bring the redemption NOW they were our father mother and children may we all see all our loved ones NOW
levaya
i was there very scary hashem yeracheim
Brokenhearted
Rabbi Lau is just amazing in verbalizing how we all feel!!
I cried throughout his talk!
May Hashem avenge the blood of the 5 karbanos and may He give the surviving children the strength they need to go on.
R- Shlomo In Eretz Yisroel
For the English speaking population all over the world,in other countries. Please translate Rabbi Lau’s speech!!
We can NOT make peace and give away settlements! Not one inch! Stop, stop the peace process! Declare WAR! Oust ALL arabs from Israel. Hang them ALL. Purim is nealy here.
We hung haman and his ten sons; time to duplicate history.
Let us spread and TAKE THEIR LAND. Let us bomb them before they bomb us! R’ Meir Kahane said it best “Never Again”.
As in the Warsaw ghetto, in Poland, RISE UP AND DEFEND OURSELVES. PUT AN END TO OUR ENEMIES!
A YOUNG FAMLY, PARENTS WITH THREE CHILDEN SLAUGHTERED, THREE OTHER SURVIVING CHILDREN, ORPHANS!! OD MOSIEY!
AD MOSAI
DO WE HAVE TO WAIT?WE WANT MOSHIACH NOW WE DON’T WANT TO WAIT!!!!! WE NEED TO CARRY THEM ON..NAME YOUR CHILDREN AFTER THESE HOLY PEOPLE
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oish so saddddddd im in tears im soon gonna burst out crying! this is sooooo sad! why???????
DC
May all who oppress(ed) our souls be obliterated
The dogs at CNN
In the title of their on-line report, CNN (YM“S) put ”Terrorist Attack“ in quotation marks, i.e. a ”so called“ terrorist attack. The Arabs in Gaza YM”S, dancing and handing out candies to their children in celebration seemed not to share CNN’s sfaykos. Do to Gaza City, Nablus etc. what Russia did to Grozny, Chechnya’s capital city; BOMB THEM INTO PARKING LOTS! Any normal country would’ve done it long ago!!
michoel black
we need to rise up and defend ourselves with Mitzvot!
we must protect ourselves and never allow this to happen!
we must continue to build in our land and destroy our enemys!
avi lum
the true murderers are barak, netanyahu,obama……… they removed the CHECKPOINTS….
#1
i totally agree with # 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ilan
I cryed wnen i looked at first picture .
A 4 year-old and 3 month-old … As a father myself i will never undrestand what kind person can kill a child .
I hope they find whoever did this .
Heather
Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord. The God of your father’s sees it all. He will bless those that bless Israel and curse those that curse you. True believers know this and love Israel. Very few that truely believe, only a remnant.