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9/11 memorial dedicated in Israel
 
Only site outside NYC to recognize names of every attack victim
 
Posted: November 13, 200911:40 pm Eastern
By Samuel Sokol
 
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JERUSALEM
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A memorial to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks was unveiled in theArazim park outside of Jerusalem.Commissioned and built by the Jewish NationalFund-USA, the memorial commemorates thevictims of radical Islam and features a centralsculpture in the shape of a waving Americanflag transformed into a memorial flame. A smallpiece of wreckage from the World Trade Centerresides in a compartment in the granite base.The sculpture is surrounded by a circular, crater-like plaza and reflection area tiled in stone.The Jerusalem monument is one of the first
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 major international memorials to the 9/11attacks and the only site outside of New York torecognize the names of every victim of theattack.Both the sculpture and plaza were donated byNew Yorkers.
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 Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who wasthe mayor of Jerusalem at the time of theattacks, made a surprise appearance at themonument's unveiling.He used the opportunity to publicly blast theUnited Nations' Goldstone report, whichaccused both Israel and Hamas of war crimesduring the Jewish state's defensive was in Gazathis past December and January.The Israeli incursion was initiated in response toyears of rocket and mortar attacks from the Gazastrip. Israeli officials and Jewish organizationshave decried the report as biased andfundamentally flawed."I know that today there are those who havequestions about the wisdom and the necessity of carrying on the fight against these terrorists andtheir bases in many corners of the world and Itrust that the responsible leaders of the westernworld, and particularly, the leaders of the UnitedStates of America, will understand that this war
 
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9/11 memorial dedicated in Israel
can't be stopped, no matter how long and howpainful it may be, until all of the leaders [of terrorist groups] and all of these organizationswill be destroyed," Olmert stated.Acknowledging the difficulties inherent inasymmetric warfare, the former prime ministerexplained there is a fundamental differencebetween victims of terror and those hurt in thecourse of anti-terror operations."When [terrorists] attack, when they commitsuicidal attacks, the main purpose is to killinnocent civilians
to create chaos andanarchy. When the fight is against terror
inthe course of these actions, sometimesuninvolved people are affected. It is against thedesire and against the purpose of theseoperations."The Israel Defense Forces have come under U.N. condemnation for collateral damage to Gazasustained during Operation Cast Lead. It is not,however, widely reported that the Hamasterrorist organization used civilian facilities forthe launching of rockets or that residentialbuildings were rigged with explosives by Arabfighters.During the course of the conflict, Israel allowedseveral convoys of humanitarian supplies intothe Gaza strip as well as utilizing text messages,cellular phone calls and leaflets to warn civiliansof Israeli strikes.Ret. IDF Brig. General Dov Shefi lost his son in
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