The Sand Soldiers by Shoshanna Eliahu

Author:Shoshanna Eliahu
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Publish on Demand Global LLC

CHAPTER TWELVE

When the United Nations voted in favor of dividing Palestine, and by doing so approved the establishment of a Jewish state, Michael Gordon was a regular freshman at the University of California at Berkeley. His aspiration was to major in the studies of social sciences. He hoped that someday he could improve the social conditions among the poor populations, as well as for the minorities and blacks living in his area. Likewise, he was interested in the rehabilitation of criminals and young juvenile delinquents doing their time in the prison system. He hoped to improve their conditions. He believed that with the right approach, and with the careful planning of the rehabilitation activities, the system might be able to help certain felons and put them back on the right track.

In his parents’ spacious house, as in other Jewish homes across the United States, Palestine was the topic of the day. His parents, Jacob and Regina Gordon, were immigrants that have left Eastern Europe long before Hitler came into power. They had settled in the city of Berkeley, in the state of California. His mother's uncle had also settled there at the turn of the century.

Like many other Jews, their family has also made its sacrifice to the madman who had threatened to conquer the world and liberate it from Jews. The few remaining family members tried to reach the land of Israel, but were knocking on its locked gates in vain. Therefore, it was natural that they let out cries of joy and happiness. They were kissing and hugging when the declaration of the establishment of a Jewish state became a fact. At that moment, the members of the Gordon family sensed, like other Jewish families all over the world, a sense of belonging. A Jewish state was established that would be a country like all of the other countries in the world. All of the Jews sitting in diaspora would become equal to the rest of the citizens of the world. The dream had come true. This mighty and ancient passion to settle in the land of the forefathers, to restore and cultivate it, a desire that had been burning for generations, would finally be fully realized.

Michael, who participated with his family members in this moment of the birth of the Jewish state, felt for the first time a strong inner urge to immigrate to that country. He wanted to take part in what was happening there—to breathe, to smell, to touch, to feel, and to be a part of the defense forces of the newly born state.

Right after the declaration at the United Nations, the Arabs switched from talking and threatening to actions. They launched inclusive terrorist attacks, with the Jews retaliating upon their attacks and trying to eliminate the terrorist groups.

Michael Gordon has never voiced his emotions aloud before his family members. He kept his thoughts to himself in all that concerned the Jewish nation and its existence. In his heart he knew that sooner or

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