While it is hard to get a handle on what exactly transpired from the delayed and contradictory news items that have thus far been released from IDF censorship, some facts are none the less clear: A Druze soldier who was driving a jeep on a standard patrol and who had arrived at an army outpost that was being guarded by Shlomo Rindenow exited the jeep, with a hand grenade, which he used to kill himself and Rindenow. The Druze soldier  had no hand grenade. He stole it from somewhere. Army policy would not permit the driver to have had a grenade.

Some reports said that the Druze soldier was arguing. Others called it an accident. What was he doing with a stolen grenade? Why did he exit the jeep? Why did he kill Shlomo Rindenow?

I do not believe that we can expect honest answers without demanding them. The generals who lead the army were very quick in condemning Elor Azarya blaming him for using unwarranted force against an Arab terrorist who tried to kill Israeli soldiers, moments after that incident, despite evidence that the the terrorist posed a threat to Elor and the others in the area. However when it now comes to the killing/murder of Shlomo Rindenow there was a blackout on all information concerning the incident. While there could be justification not to publish the name until all family members are notified, what justification could there be not to allow the details of the case, without the names to be broadcast? Furthermore, almost a full day has passed since the incident and all of the army and government spokespeople continue to trip over themselves with contradictory and confusing reports about what really happened.

Was Shlomo preventing the Druze soldier who was wielding a stolen grenade from entering into the base? Was Shlomo Rindenow preventing the Drzuse soldier from attacking the other soldiers? Was the Druze soldier deliberately attacking Shlomo? I fear that we will never know the answers?

Is the Israeli government covering up the truth and blurring the facts so as not to harm the myth of coexistence? It is known that the young Druze are not the old Druze. Just as the new Pharoah had forgotten Joseph, the new generation lack the loyalty that was common place in the older generation. Military jails are full of Druze criminal soldiers who steal weapons and worse.

This would not be the first time that Israeli leaders hide facts from the public distorting the painful truth about the relationship of Jews with various minorities living under Jewish rule in Israel. This would not be the first time that truth is sacrificed on the altar of fake peace and coexistence that the Israeli media and politicians will try and sell to the public at any cost. We have not fogotten the case of Netanel Arami who was murdered by Arabs while rapelling. They cut the ropes. 

The police and  government lied. They covered up the truth for months so as not to upset the delicate balance and relationship between Jews and Arabs. Heaven forbid should the people know the painful truth about the real dangers that confront Jews from their Arab co-workers and comrades.

Shlomo Rindenow volunteered for a year with the Israel Dog Unit, dedicating the last year of his life, before he joined the army, training with Search and Rescue dogs and partaking in searches for missing people with the I.D.U. He gave of himself to save Jews in Israel through his service with the I.D.U. and later through his IDF service. We owe it to him to demand justice. The same military leaders who were so quick to condemn Elor Azarya so as to appease the gentile world and to look pretty in the eyes of the gentiles, rushing to condemn the soldier who killed a terrorist, now, is silent when it comes to speaking out against a Druze soldeir who killed a Jewish soldier with a stolen grenade. We demand answers! We demand justice for Shlomo Rindenow.