MK Yair Lapid delivered the following eulogy today at the funeral of Alon Bakal who was murdered on Friday in Tel Aviv:
MK Yair Lapid Delivered the Eulogy at the Funeral of Alon Bakal
Like so many other Israelis, I sat last night and read things that Alon had written. Young people don’t write a will, they leave that to old people, but slowly from his writings a will appeared.
He wanted to tell us something. He told us that terror was trying to force us to live lives of hate and fear and the only response was to live life as he did – a life full of love for Israel and full of solidarity. That was his will and that is what he left behind. And that’s our test; how will we behave in the coming days, in the coming months, in the coming years? That test is the one he set for us and we must live up to it.
Next to the definition of “salt of the earth” in the dictionary should be a photograph of Alon; a fighter in Golani, a volunteer with “Latet” and a student of law. That is the kind of person who defines the State of Israel and so from within this pain we need to look at ourselves and ask, what did he tell us? He told us that Israeli society is at a crossroads, hate and fear or love of Israel and solidarity.
May his Memory be a Blessing.
MK Yair Lapid Delivered the Eulogy at the Funeral of Alon Bakal
