eserts， stone-gray mountains， and the entire countryside peppered with white-washed， red-roofed houses.
and also cemeteries. graves as far as the eye can see.
hundreds of cemeteries in our part of the world， in the middle east —— in our home in israel， but also in egypt， in syria， jordan， lebanon. from the plane's window， from the thousands of feet above them， the countless tombstones are silent. but the sound of their outcry has carried from the middle east throughout the world for decades.
standing here today， i wish to salute our loved ones —— and past foes. i wish to salute all of them —— the fallen of all the countries in all the wars； the members of their families who bear the enduring burden of bereavement； the disabled whose scars will never heal. tonight， i wish to pay tribute to each and every one of them， for this important prize is theirs.
ladies and gentlemen，
i was a young man who has now grown fully in years. in hebrew， we say， 'na'ar hayiti， ve-gam zakanti' [i was a young man， who has grown fully in years]. and of all the memories i have stored up in my seventy-two years， what i shall remember most， to my last day， are the silences： the heavy silence of the moment after， and the terrifying silence of the moment before.
as a military man， as a commander， as a minister of defense， i ordered to carry out many military operations. and together with the joy of victory and the grief of bereavement， i shall
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