Moshe Dayan's eulogy for Ro'i Rothberg

In 1956, Israeli Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan gave a eulogy for Ro'i Rothberg, a kibbutz security officer killed near the Gaza Strip, calling upon Israel to search its soul and probe the national mindset. Dayan's eulogy is considered one of the most influential speeches in Israeli history, and has the importance in Israeli collective memory held by the Gettysburg Address in American memory.

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