New York, NY – Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon visited the Ground Zero site in New York on Sunday night, touring the museum and memorial site built to commemorate the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Ya’alon was accompanied by Israeli architect Michael Arad, who designed the World Trade Center memorial.
Ya’alon said the 9/11 attacks were mourned by the Israeli people, who followed developments on Ground Zero “with a tearful eye and an agonized heart.”
Addressing the current threat of terrorism, Ya’alon said, “We will not be deterred. We will not allow our values as free people with rights to be harmed. We will not be tolerant of indiscriminate murder of men, women and children because of their origin, religion or sex.” Ya’alon said the free nations of the world will know how to unite and fight back if required to, and to assist those who struggle against extremist Islamic terrorism.
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He pledged that Israel would seek to prevent further tragedies and loss of life “as you’ve experienced here on Ground Zero, as we in Israel experience, and as other innocent civilians experience across the Arab world, who are being slaughtered by relentless terrorism from organizations and states in the Middle East.”
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Those on the board of the 9/11 Museum receive extremely high salaries (over $200,000/year). The admission fee is outrageous ($24.00). Many family members of the victims were unhappy with how that site has been commercialized; there is even a gift shop on the premises.
Although there is the wreckage of a New York Fire Department ladder truck, to the best of my knowledge, there is nothing in the museum, which shows the contribution which Hatzalah made on not only 9/11, but in the following days. Hatzalah rescued and saved lives of cops, firefighters and civilians. Although it lost several vehicles, Boroch Hashem, it didn’t lose any personnel. To this day, the contributions of Hatzalah at Ground Zero, have NEVER been acknowledged.