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Source: https://forward.com/opinion/469411/my-father-stood-with-israel-when-it-was-under-attack-will-we/
My Father Stood with Israel When It Was under Attack
(Forward) Elisha Wiesel - Rockets have been launched at Ashdod, Ashkelon, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. And I know my father - Elie Wiesel - would have flown to Israel, the way he did during every one of its wars from 1956 until 2014, two years before his death - the instinct of a survivor to stand with his people in moments of danger. He felt it was for Israel's citizens to decide how best to achieve peace and security. And he was deeply grateful that Israel existed. For him, the consequence of that gratitude was simple. He would stand with Israel. Israel was a dream his grandmother had whispered to him as an infant. And it was the only reality that could guarantee to him that the Jewish people would never again be decimated. I know we now have a country and an army devoted to making sure that no more Yartzeits need to be observed for murdered defenseless Jewish men, women and children. And I know, as my father did, that Israel will survive because it will fight when it needs to fight, and it will make peace when peace is possible.