Copyright The Jerusalem Post Newspaper
October 22, 2001
HEADLINE: MIA Families Embrace Ze'evi's Family
By Allison Kaplan Sommer
In a condolence call to the family of slain minister Rehavam Ze'evi,
members of the International Coalition for Missing Israeli Soldiers said
that they would add the late minister's name to their organization.
Yona and Miriam Baumel, the parents of missing soldier Zachary Baumel,
told Ze'evi's widow Yael, that the step reflected, the tremendous help he
gave to us and to the Israeli soldiers in captivity. They presented Yael
Ze'evi with an army ID tag engraved with the names of the missing Israeli
soldiers.
Yael Ze'evi responded that one of her late husband's greatest wishes had
been to bring back the missing soldiers, and that the army ID tag the
retired general always wore had been a symbol of his dedication to that
mission.
The Baumels and other MIA supporters visited the Ze'evi family yesterday
in their Ramat Hasharon home.
The Jewish Agency Board of Governors convened at Jerusalem's Hyatt Regency
Hotel yesterday, paying tribute to Ze'evi at the site of his murder.
Alex Grass, chairman of the board, said that by holding its meeting at the
Hyatt, the Jews of the world are declaring that they "will not be
intimidated."