Hadar Goldin’s brother: ‘This nation standing here, this family — you shouldn’t mess with this family’

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center

Chemi Goldin, Hadar Goldin’s older brother, rails against the government during his eulogy for his brother. He says Israeli politicians chased money, elections and power in the years since his brother’s body was taken captive.

He tells his brother that a new generation has grown up, “a generation that didn’t need uniforms to go out to battle, or an order to go to the helicopters, or anything in order to fight for one another.”

He addresses Hamas terrorists in Gaza, whom he calls “the villains who aren’t Jews or Christians or Muslims, who are made of just mud and filth.”

“Look at this nation standing here, this family,” he says, “because you shouldn’t mess with this family, the family of Israel. If you think you still have a few more hostages, think again, because we’ll bring everyone back.”

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