רעייתי ואני מוסרים את תנחומינו מעומק הלב למשפחתו של לוחם השריון, סמל אביעד אלחנן וולנסקי ז״ל, שנפל בקרב בלבנון.
יחד עם כל אזרחי ישראל, אנו מחבקים את משפחתו של אביעד ז״ל שלחם בעוז ובגבורה נגד מבקשי נפשנו.
יהי זכרו ברוך ונצור לעד.
Shia Islam is real weird. It expects persecution. And it valorizes suffering and resistance.
But not even necessarily victory.
Husayn their key figure, basically just died at Karbala. And it wasn’t like « And then he was avenged! » or anything. It’s like…he rode into battle against overwhelming odds, got killed, then his followers were killed or enslaved. But what he is remembered for is resistance against injustice without victory. At least…not of the earthly variety.
He’s often depicted riding into the last battle where he loses his life…turning into a beam of light.
It’s difficult not to think of Husayn when one Iranian leader after another refuse to take the most basic safety precautions.