Karnit Goldwasser: In the dark
צילום: ששון תירם
Karnit Goldwasser: Menorah is lit but we are in the dark
Wife of kidnapped soldier lights second Hanukkah candle of world's tallest menorah, warns: "soldiers and reservists will refuse to serve on the frontlines"
"The world's leaders are impressed with Israel's concern for its citizens. It is a quality that is ingrained in us, one that mustn't change," Karnit Goldwasser said on Wednesday evening as she called on the government to act for the safe return of kidnapped Israeli soldiers Eldad Regev and her husband, Ehud Goldwasser, from Hizbullah captivity.
Invited to light the Hanukkah candles in Latrun on the second night of the holiday by the Zionist Council in Israel, Goldwasser said that if the government does not care for its abducted soldiers, it runs the risk of seeing soldiers and reservists refusing to serve on the frontlines.
Goldwasser courageously mounted a crane that lifted her to the top of the world's tallest menorah – towering 70 feet above the ground – to light the candles.
"This is our second Hanukkah without Udi (Ehud)," said Goldwasser who recently returned from a round of meetings with Jewish leaders in the United States. "The menorah is lit but we are still in the dark.
"We don't know whether they are alive or dead, we don't know where they are or even if they were given the bible left for them in Nasrallah's offices in Beirut."
