Last Erev Shabbat (the day before Shiva Assar b'Tammuz, when we would have fasted except that it was Shabbat), a ceremony took place honoring the first year's existence of Oz v'Ga'on, built in honor and memory of Naftali Frankel, Gil'ad Sha'ar and Eyal Yifrah, who were murdered last year and dumped not far from Hevron. Here is the video, in Hebrew with English voiceover:
I was not there. I'm just reminding my dear readers that people here in Israel still think of them, even if it's long over as far as the rest of the world is concerned. For that matter, we think of all our murdered ones...removed from the world just because they were Jews. May HaShem Boreh Olam (G-d, Creator of the World) rid the world of evil and those who cling to it, thinking it to be good, and bring justice and peace to the world through the crowning of our righteous Mashiach for the sake of these martyrs, who died al kiddush haShem, "על קידוש ה.
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