The Ultimate Sacrifice

This week, in class, we've been discussing the six-day war.  Yesterday, in the morning, we went to Ammunition Hill, and learned about what happened there, as well as in other places that were important to the six-day war.  Of all of the important sites from the six-day war, we talked about how ammunition hill was among the most dangerous.  They were walking through long, thin trenches, and one person had to be outside the trench and cover them.  While the people inside the trench were in much danger, the death of the person outside the trench was almost certain.  And yet, we heard survivor accounts that said that, whenever the leader pointed at someone and told them to get out of the trench, everyone who he asked to do that did it without fail.  Now, we all may agree that it is important that everyone has a home.  However, would any of us be willing to jump into almost certain death to defend our right to have a home?  To do that requires an extreme courage and an extreme determination that not many of us have.  Luckily, we have grown up in a time when there already is an established Jewish state, but if there wasn't, would any of us be willing to give up our lives for it?  For these people, the answer was yes, but for any today, I have doubts that it would be the same.