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The grave of the former Israeli defence minister and military chief-of-staff, Gen Moshe Dayan, has been vandalised on the 31st anniversary of his death.
Graffiti spray-painted on the grave in the town of Nahalal read: "The minister of failure, in the name of the fallen."
Police are investigating the incident, which the defence ministry condemned.
Dayan served as defence minister during the October War of 1973 between Israel and neighbouring Arab states, in which more than 2,500 Israeli soldiers died.
He was also defence minister during the Six-Day War in 1967 and military chief-of-staff during the 1956 Sinai campaign.
'Loners'
Dayan's daughter, Yael, told Israeli Army Radio that the vandalism of his grave was "of no consequence" and blamed "a few loners".
"This always happens in October, the anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, and my father's death. It gives rise to the uglier side of things."
"I hope that they find those who did it, and it really is just the act of hooligans, or uncontrollable sorrow, and I hope that they get on with their day," she added.
"I really regret this form of expression, desecration of graves, and what I heard was written there."
In the October War, Egypt launched an audacious attack across the Suez Canal on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, in an effort to recapture the Sinai peninsula. Israeli forces were at their least prepared.
The Egyptians gained a bridgehead across the canal but were eventually outflanked when the Israelis crossed to the west of the canal. Egypt accepted a ceasefire.
In the meantime, the Israelis had counter-attacked against the Syrians who had taken the Golan Heights and forced them back, approaching Damascus itself.
Although Israel had won, it had been taken by surprise and was shocked. Its chief of staff and head of intelligence resigned.
Eventually, both Egypt and Israel decided that they had a basis for making peace.
BBC News - Grave of Israeli general Moshe Dayan vandalised
Moshe Dayan's Grave Defaced
Vandals wrote that they were acting "in the name of the fallen" who were killed in Yom Kippur war.
The grave of former defense minister Moshe Dayan was defaced before dawn Tuesday. Vandals, whose identity is not known, entered the cemetery at Nahalal, in the Galilee, and used red paint and black spray paint to deface the tomb.
They wrote: "The Minister of the Failure – in the name of the fallen."
"The Failure" – "hamechdal" in Hebrew – is a term that is widely used to refer to Israel's misjudgment of Egypt's and Syria's intentions on the eve of the war, which broke out on October 6, 1973, catching Israel off guard. About 2,500 IDF soldiers were killed.
Migdal Ha'emek police are investigating the vandalism.
Yael Dayan, a former Labor MK and Moshe Dayan's daughter, told IDF Radio Tuesday that antagonism to her father surfaces every year in October.
"I am very saddened by the fact that this is the case, so many years later," she said. "It must be only a few people. Always in October, which is the anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, and also the date of father's death, it brings out the less beautiful things and the uglier things."
"I imagine that it will not end," she said. "Those who were hurt and took it personally, that my father was to blame for something, will not stop."
She expressed her hope that the vandals would be located, but added: "There were some who said it was too bad that he died because they would have murdered him if he was alive."
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/160956#.UH3wH8XAeqc
Graffiti spray-painted on the grave in the town of Nahalal read: "The minister of failure, in the name of the fallen."
Police are investigating the incident, which the defence ministry condemned.
Dayan served as defence minister during the October War of 1973 between Israel and neighbouring Arab states, in which more than 2,500 Israeli soldiers died.
He was also defence minister during the Six-Day War in 1967 and military chief-of-staff during the 1956 Sinai campaign.
'Loners'
Dayan's daughter, Yael, told Israeli Army Radio that the vandalism of his grave was "of no consequence" and blamed "a few loners".
"This always happens in October, the anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, and my father's death. It gives rise to the uglier side of things."
"I hope that they find those who did it, and it really is just the act of hooligans, or uncontrollable sorrow, and I hope that they get on with their day," she added.
"I really regret this form of expression, desecration of graves, and what I heard was written there."
In the October War, Egypt launched an audacious attack across the Suez Canal on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, in an effort to recapture the Sinai peninsula. Israeli forces were at their least prepared.
The Egyptians gained a bridgehead across the canal but were eventually outflanked when the Israelis crossed to the west of the canal. Egypt accepted a ceasefire.
In the meantime, the Israelis had counter-attacked against the Syrians who had taken the Golan Heights and forced them back, approaching Damascus itself.
Although Israel had won, it had been taken by surprise and was shocked. Its chief of staff and head of intelligence resigned.
Eventually, both Egypt and Israel decided that they had a basis for making peace.
BBC News - Grave of Israeli general Moshe Dayan vandalised
Moshe Dayan's Grave Defaced
Vandals wrote that they were acting "in the name of the fallen" who were killed in Yom Kippur war.
The grave of former defense minister Moshe Dayan was defaced before dawn Tuesday. Vandals, whose identity is not known, entered the cemetery at Nahalal, in the Galilee, and used red paint and black spray paint to deface the tomb.
They wrote: "The Minister of the Failure – in the name of the fallen."
"The Failure" – "hamechdal" in Hebrew – is a term that is widely used to refer to Israel's misjudgment of Egypt's and Syria's intentions on the eve of the war, which broke out on October 6, 1973, catching Israel off guard. About 2,500 IDF soldiers were killed.
Migdal Ha'emek police are investigating the vandalism.
Yael Dayan, a former Labor MK and Moshe Dayan's daughter, told IDF Radio Tuesday that antagonism to her father surfaces every year in October.
"I am very saddened by the fact that this is the case, so many years later," she said. "It must be only a few people. Always in October, which is the anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, and also the date of father's death, it brings out the less beautiful things and the uglier things."
"I imagine that it will not end," she said. "Those who were hurt and took it personally, that my father was to blame for something, will not stop."
She expressed her hope that the vandals would be located, but added: "There were some who said it was too bad that he died because they would have murdered him if he was alive."
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/160956#.UH3wH8XAeqc
