₦airaland Forum

The family of a soldier who was killed fighting in the Gaza Strip last year say that they have been given an ultimatum to remove the headstone from his grave because it has a cross on it, or have his body reburied outside the Haifa military cemetery.

The family of Staff Sgt. David Bogdanovskyi told Hebrew media on Monday that they had received a letter from the Public Council for Commemoration of Fallen Soldiers in the Defense Ministry following an ongoing dispute that had seen his headstone covered with a black cloth for several months.

ADVERTISEMENT
Bogdanovskyi, 19, was killed along with several of his comrades when an anti-tank guided missile hit a Namer armored engineering vehicle they were in, in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis in December.

The Bogdanovskyi family had emigrated from Ukraine to Israel in 2014.

In a Facebook post, his mother defended the decision to put a cross on the headstone, saying, “David loved Israel from the bottom of his heart. The cross engraved on his headstone was an integral part of his personal identity and the faith in which he was raised.”

The family told Hebrew media that it was not clear to them why they were being singled out, claiming there were several other graves in the cemetery that bore crosses.

ADVERTISEMENT

David Bogdanovskyi. (Courtesy)
“The family are crushed, they cry non-stop and are in despair at the situation,” a relative told Chanel 12 news. “The were told that if they don’t take down the headstone the grave would be moved.”

In Israel, where personal issues like marriage, divorce and burial are governed by religious law, cemeteries are generally separated by religion.

However, in 2013 the Knesset passed a law that enables the burial of non-Jewish soldiers alongside their Jewish comrades in military cemeteries.

ADVERTISEMENT
The amendment to the law stated that “Any soldier who dies, including a soldier eligible for rights under Article 4(a) of the Law of Return, and whose relatives choose to bury him in a military cemetery, shall be buried in the plot and row, and directly alongside, the soldiers already buried in that plot.”

The key phrase is the one that includes soldiers eligible for immigration rights under Article 4(a) of the Law of Return; that is, non-Jewish family members of Jews. In effect, the bill enables the burial of soldiers belonging to the 300,000-strong population of immigrants from the former Soviet Union — who came to Israel as family members of immigrating Jews even though they are not halachically Jewish — alongside Jewish soldiers.


Soldiers place flowers and flags on graves of fallen Israeli soldiers in Kiryat Shmona Military Cemetery, on April 24, 2023, ahead of Israeli Memorial Day. (Ayal Margolin/ Flash90)
“It’s not clear to us why we are being asked as there are several [graves] with crosses on them,” the family member told Channel 12. ” Why specifically do we have to take down David’s?”

The black marble headstone has an engraved picture of Bogdanovskyi in his military uniform along with his name written in the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet, his unit symbols and a small cross.

ADVERTISEMENT
It sits above the standardized stone plaque that adorns all military graves in Israel.

In response, the Defense Ministry said it has been in a longstanding consultation with the family to find a solution because the headstone violates military cemetery regulation that bar crosses or other religious symbols.

It said that it had received complaints from families of Jewish soldiers buried nearby who said that the presence of the cross “offends them and harms their ability to pray and say the Kaddish mourning prayer.”

It also noted that the chief military rabbi had ruled that the cross harms the sanctity of the cemetery.

“As such, we have been involved for a long time with the Bogdanovskyi family in honest, heartfelt discussions to reach and agreement,” the ministry said, adding that it still hoped to reach a compromise.

ADVERTISEMENT
READ MORE:
Israel Inside military cemeteries Law of Return Christian Israelis fallen soldiers Public Council for Commemoration of Fallen Soldiers


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.timesofisrael.com/family-of-fallen-soldier-told-to-take-down-headstone-because-it-has-a-cross-on-it/amp/

Unless you change your ways and become true believer, else from you to your generations to come. You'll experience folds of what Palestinians is experiencing in the hands of the invading terrorist Israelis.

Righteousness2:
WE STAND WITH ISRAEL YESTERDAY! TODAY! TOMMORROW AND FOREVER!

.

Even the Report inside your news clearly shows that you are ranting bull shit.

Many Messanic christian soldiers in the IDF.
I know a few who have passed away and had their burial just they want.
Cross or no cross has no problem in God's land.
As ISRAEL has no issue with the nonsense you are spitting about


You put cross or you no put cross, does that affect where you are heading to in Eternity.
[/i]
Celebrate GOD'S Chosen destroying TERRORISM AND TERRORIST.

QUIT BEING TERRORISTICALLY MISCHIEVOUS

You Islamic terrorists should understand that nothing you do or say will be able to turn the Christians against the Jews, no matter how hard you try. We know the Jews and the Jews know us. This is why we shall continue to join forces to ensure that terrorism, especially from bloodthirsty Islamists like yourselves no longer has a place in this world. Get that into your dumb skulls.

Vic2023:
Nigeria xtian How far 😂😂😂😂😂

We solidly stand with israel.

Any complaints?

Vic2023:
is this your act not an act of slavery ? A Christian fought and died for the existence of their state, the best thing to pay him and his family back is to denied him his religion,even after his death
What a shame 🤣

Bros, go and rest. Your brothers have rested on this matter.

Let me tell you. Waiting for genuine Christians hate Israel is like waiting for Satan to repent. It will never happen bro.

Just forget it

Vic2023:
slave! you can go for this book "The last slave" - Jewish book translated to in English

In the land of Egypt, the Hebrews are multiplying at an alarming rate. Hate is mounting. Fear is rising. And Pharaoh is determined to destroy them. The Hebrews are bound in shackles. Their babies thrown into the Nile.

But inside the palace walls, there are secrets.
For not everyone is bent on their destruction. Tia, an Egyptian aristocrat, loyal maidservant to Princess Basya, is a traitor to the throne. And she is not the only one. But secrets cannot be kept forever, and in a world filled with lies and hate, treachery comes at a terrifying cost.

This gripping historical novel is a searing tale of survival and courage in the darkest of times. Based entirely on Torah sources, The Last Slave takes the reader on an epic journey from Pharaoh’s palace to the pit of Ramses to the ultimate redemption from Egypt. Endure the heartache of slavery. Live through the awe-inspiring miracles. Feel as if you left Egypt in this poignant and immersive novel from despair to deliverance.


Intended for a mature audience due to the graphic description of slavery.



“This is a gripping novel. Hard to put down . . . Everyone should read it to prepare themselves for a very different reading of the Haggada.”

– Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz

The family of a soldier who was killed fighting in the Gaza Strip last year say that they have been given an ultimatum to remove the headstone from his grave because it has a cross on it, or have his body reburied outside the Haifa military cemetery.

The family of Staff Sgt. David Bogdanovskyi told Hebrew media on Monday that they had received a letter from the Public Council for Commemoration of Fallen Soldiers in the Defense Ministry following an ongoing dispute that had seen his headstone covered with a black cloth for several months.

Bogdanovskyi, 19, was killed along with several of his comrades when an anti-tank guided missile hit a Namer armored engineering vehicle they were in, in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis in December.

The Bogdanovskyi family had emigrated from Ukraine to Israel in 2014.


The black marble headstone has an engraved picture of Bogdanovskyi in his military uniform along with his name written in the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet, his unit symbols and a small cross.


It sits above the standardized stone plaque that adorns all military graves in Israel.

In response, the Defense Ministry said it has been in a longstanding consultation with the family to find a solution because the headstone violates military cemetery regulation that bar crosses or other religious symbols.

It said that it had received complaints from families of Jewish soldiers buried nearby who said that the presence of the cross “offends them and harms their ability to pray and say the Kaddish mourning prayer.”

It also noted that the chief military rabbi had ruled that the cross harms the sanctity of the cemetery.

“As such, we have been involved for a long time with the Bogdanovskyi family in honest, heartfelt discussions to reach and agreement,” the ministry said, adding that it still hoped to reach a compromise.

=>www.timesofisrael.com/family-of-fallen-soldier-told-to-take-down-headstone-because-it-has-a-cross-on-it/amp/

COOL10:
You Islamic terrorists should understand that nothing you do or say will be able to turn the Christians against the Jews, no matter how hard you try. We know the Jews and the Jews know us. This is why we shall continue to join forces to ensure that terrorism, especially from bloodthirsty Islamists like yourselves no longer has a place in this world. Get that into your dumb skulls.

that's how slaves talk. Nobody is inciting you we are just telling you what you are. Slaves