It is difficult to think of, and even more to write about Amitzur, who departed from us in his youth, at the tender age of only 28. He left behind a wife, two children, an extended family, and many friends and acquaintances who mourn him.
As a scion of a nationalist family, Amitzur was attracted to the Beitar Group from a very young age. He clung to its ideas, was educated and educated othershundreds of young peoplein the bosom of the movement that he believed in with all his heart.
His attraction to agriculture brought him as a matter of course to the Weizmann Agriculture School, and Amitzur was one of its first graduates.
In the graduation party of the school, which was located in the heart of the Arava, he was asked by Mr. Kaddish Luznow the Knesset Chairman, but then the Agriculture Ministerwhat made him, as a city boy, come to this desolate place to continue his studies. His spontaneous answer was that his forefathers were the first to settle on the arable fields of Petah Tikva, and this spirit of being the first was apparently in his blood.
And indeed his family was one of the oldest, extended and well known in Petah Tikva and throughout the entire Land, and Amitzur was faithfully following in its path.
His acquaintances and friends knew him as a cheerful, sociable person, who brought joy to the people around him. In particular he pursued and fought for justice and integrity, characteristics embedded in him.
After he completed his army service with the rank of officer, he went to live in various border settlements, whether Mevo'ot Beitar, Amatzya or Yad Arba'a Asar; and eventually he moved to Kfar Arif, where he settled down and set up his farm and home.
His friends and acquaintances will certainly not be able to forget him. They will always picture him as young, cheerful and proud, as befits a member of the national movement.
Chanoch Bar Lavi, Herut