Willing To Die For Israel And Jerusalem
The Combat Soldier Who Embarrassed Olmert
Yossi Yehoshua
Yediot Aharonot (Hebrew) November 12, 2008, p. 9
When Ehud Olmert yesterday invited the paratroopers from the 890 Battalion to asked him questions, during a visit to the Gaza Division, he certainly did not expect this sharp statement: "Mr. Prime Minister, Sir," one of the combat soldiers turned to him," I am a resident of Jerusalem, a graduate of the religious school Maimon, and I want to say to you, we are willing to die for this land and you are giving up on Jerusalem."
(Olmert answered him with a very long explanation saying that he never gave up on the Temple Mount and the holy places. The officers were angry with the Prime Minister's intrusion of politics into the army.)
This is a translation of a Hebrew news story.
