The Eulogy That Explains Israel’s Current Tragedy

Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event. The Eulogy That Explains Israel’s Current Tragedy Israel has forgotten the wisdom in an iconic funeral oration delivered 70 years ago. By Robert Zaretsky, a professor of history at the University of Houston’s Honors College and the author of Victories Never Last: Reading and Caregiving in a Time of Plague. A black and white photograph captures a somber gathering of people outdoors. In the center, a man in a military uniform and a peaked cap looks down while holding and reading from a small piece of paper. He wears a dark patch over his left eye. Moshe Dayan gives the the eulogy at Roi Rotberg’s funeral in Israel on April 30, 1956.

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