The Israeli Air Force on Friday published footage from inside the cockpit of IAF fighter jets flying over Iran wishing their compatriots back home a good Shabbos.
“We, the pilots and navigators of the Israeli Air Force, are currently flying in formation over the skies of Tehran, on our way to strike targets of historical consequence,” a pilot says in the footage.
“We are in a campaign whose objective is to eliminate an existential threat to our state,” the pilot continues. “We will reach anywhere, any enemy, for our country, and for the security of our families. We will continue fighting as long as required, around the clock, and we feel your support at all times.
“We wish you, the citizens of Israel, a safe and quiet Shabbat. We will meet again at home.”
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The zionist shabbos is different than the Jewish shabbos. No connection.
It’s like saying happy weekend.
THEY COULDN’T WAIT TO SUNDAY?
do you have any idea how many miracles it is, that the person flying there, isn’t shot out of the sky
CHILLUL SHABBAT
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Why is this a “MUST WATCH”?
Surely, the seasoned staff at YWN is well aware that Israeli references to “Shabbat” refer simply to the weekend, not to the holy Shabbos.
Note that in his boastful little speech there wasn’t a word about G-d’s help or anything of the nature, of course.
Sll kaoim—all these hateful statements when they protect our brothers and sisters? Shame on you
As long as there is people like you, all four, the Moshiah will not come and there will be no Geula.
? wants us to be united.
They are Jewish, just like us, and we are nobody to judge them.
Are we on their feet?
Mr dot, war overrides Shabbos. ?? ???? — ????? ????
What are you people talking about? Is there any posek in the world who would tell them to push off a mission until Sunday when our cities here in Eretz Yisroel are under attack? They can and should carry this out even on Shabbos, even on yom kippur, and eat while doing it. This is pikuach nefesh mamash and anyone making such a silly statement is clearly not contending with running to bomb shelters multiple times a day.
And although this pilot is almost definitely not a shomer shabbos, we must be makir tov to him and recognize the tremendous bravery and courage it takes to fly over enemy skies knowing full well that you may never come home. May Hashem protect ALL of klal yisroel and end this war quickly with no Jewish casualties.
You guys are missing the point. I live here in Israel, and seeing the army and pilots wishing a ‘Shabbat Shalom’ is a very warm and beautiful thing. There is so much animosity in the media and elsewhere that creates a fake atmosphere of religious conflict, while there is actually a religious revival all through the streets. I don’t know this soldier, his flight path, or the timing of his posting on Shabbat, but his closing with ‘Shabbat Shalom’ reflects what I feel is a growing spiritual awakening among our Israeli brothers and sisters.
All you anti-Zionists on here really suck.
Try having some Ahavas Yisroel and demonstrating some achdus.
We Orthodox Jews are all anti Zionist because of the goy in them. But there is no problem fighting on shabbos just as hatzolah drives through the street on shabbos. The goyim who hate Zionist is because of the Jew in them.
HaKatan, you are smaller than small. You have no idea when a Shabbat Shalom message was sent! It could well have been erev Shabbat!! your hatred of ZIONISM and the remarkable yeshua the state of Israel in receiving be’mai Purim should invoke hakarat hatov not inane comments
To the first week comments: shame on you. This shabbos is Shabbos Parah. The Yismach Moshe says that this reading is Mideoraysa. It say by the chet Haagel: Zochor. So we read about Parah, bc we are embarrassed to focus on negative. Focusing on negative is destructive. Instead we focus on positive which is Para/tehara. You guys assumed that they are talking secular greeting. Your assumption was rooted on negativity. My assumption roots on positive so that we can stay united with our brothers in Israel. That Jewish pilot who is willing to sacrifice his life for the sake of Pikoah nefesh ( whether he has that Kavana or not, he still gets a Sachar), is most most most likely wishing a good shabbos as he misses his family to celebrate shabbos like the usual. We have seen too many videos of the soldiers learning Torah with fear and love on the battle fields. Learning Torah in IDF is almost contagious these days. Thank you Hashem! Look, wake up already. Majority of the Jews in Europe and here in America were and are lost to intermarriage. Middle east: The Jews were destroyed and their population was never allowed to grow under Islamic rulers. In the past 500 years, they prevented them from learning Torah. I am going to stay positive and will recite Mizmor Letodah for seeing almost disappearance of the intermarriage and flourishing of the Torah in the eretz hakodesh. More and more are returning to the Torah in Israel. You get stuck with your selfish ideology of Zionism. Hakataon and happy new year you are the erev rav that continues creating that egel ( by selfworshipping your corrupt ideoloy). Stop the hatred and join the rest of the kelal Yisrael to serve Hashem with love and positivity. That is what the Sephardim did and now they compromise the majority of the Kollelim in Israel. Us, Ashkenazim are stuck in negativity. Stop already!
ahava:
so you only have “ahava” for sephardim? but it’s ok to hate on ashkenazim? thats your definition of “love” for fellow yidden? shame on you!
Mi K’amcha Yisrael!!!
Edward Romano, this is the most unjewish stuff I’ve ever heard. Hashem wants us to follow mitzvos, and he does not want us to be united together with evildoers. In fact, the tehillim start with
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