The Ron Arad saga: National trauma or national obsession?
NATIONAL AFFAIRS: One person’s obsession is another’s badge of honor.
WORDS OF SUPPORT are written on a large flag depicting then-captive IDF soldier Gilad Schalit and missing soldier Ron Arad, in a protest tent outside of the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, in 2010. The trauma over Arad’s fate will continue to resonate.(photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)