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to a place I knew well. It was the home of

near the Sea of Galilee. I then headed for

it was sunset. The war was drawing to a close.

several villages still lay beyond the Israeli advance.

I linked up with a group of other sayeret reservists. Israeli

and most of the men in the unit had gone north in the hope

the meaning of Jerusalem was no less powerful for me. It was

a kibbutznik raised on the assertively secular creed of

he was married to one of my kibbutz “sisters” from

sent in to relieve us. We pulled off the road to let them pass.

we encountered a company of Centurion tanks from the

he ordered the rest of us to collect the dead and wounded and

he ordered a platoon from the rear to leave

they were returning fire. But our tanks barely dented the

50 yards from the front of our column. I’m sure they were

a column of Egyptian T-55 tanks suddenly

” he replied. “He said I could go.” I tried to grab a bit more

in a place that gives us a view of any enemy movement

there were well-established rules for setting up a defensible

Lieutenant-Colonel Eitan brought our column to halt.