Shattered Memorial: Plaques to Israel’s fallen lie in ruins October 11, 2018The neglected memorial "Grave of the Maccabees" on the outskirts to Modi'in, Oct. 5, 2017 (Aryeh Golan/Facebook)(Aryeh Golan/Facebook)Shattered Memorial: Plaques to Israel’s fallen lie in ruins Tweet WhatsApp Email https://worldisraelnews.com/shattered-memorial-plaques-to-israels-fallen-lie-in-ruins/ Email Print An Israeli memorial to Israeli fighters who lost their lives in the 1948 War of Independence lies shattered, a reporter discovered. By David Isaac, World Israel News“Grave of the Maccabees,” a memorial to fallen Jewish soldiers in the 1948 War of Independence, lies in pieces, Aryeh Golan, an Israeli radio reporter for Kan Bet, discovered while on a leisurely stroll last Friday, Oct. 5.Pictures he took of the memorial which he posted on Kan Bet’s Facebook site show the memorial plaques in a shocking state of disrepair.“These panels are smashed. Mostly in places where the IDF symbols appear,” Golan wrote in the Facebook post. “One board was completely dismantled, turned into a wave of rocks, and the site was neglected and abandoned.”Golan reached out to the defense ministry but has not yet received a reply. memorial
