The Meaning of Ron Arad
Early this morning, I did a pretty clumsy job trying to explain how significant Ron Arad is to the Israeli national mythology. This morning, Zvi Bar'el of Ha'aretz does a slightly better job:
The whole country has turned missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad into a national flag and the search for him into a constant binding mission for every citizen... any letup in the search is considered national treason.
It really is difficult to explain what Arad means to Israel. Imagine something along the lines of Jessica Lynch times 10 over two decades and you begin to get a hint.
The whole country has turned missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad into a national flag and the search for him into a constant binding mission for every citizen... any letup in the search is considered national treason.
It really is difficult to explain what Arad means to Israel. Imagine something along the lines of Jessica Lynch times 10 over two decades and you begin to get a hint.
