commemorating Beni Sela's flight

Commemorating Beni Sela’s flight
By David Verveer
In an example of rare cooperation of several Governmental Offices, The Third Secretary of the Ministry of the vice Assistant Prime Minister of Israel and Jewish colonies anywhere, announced yesterday at an hasty assembled Press conference, that several Government offices were found willing to give their full hearted support to arrange an Audio Visual Exhibition of the “Beni Sela flight for freedom”, which came to a sudden and drastic end, when Beni, tired and hungry, allowed the courageous police force to capture him, after having tasted freedom for more than 15 days.
The exhibition, which can be seen in the lobby of the Tel Aviv Court of Justice, the site were it all started, will have loop recordings of the flight (included the reconstructed educational first stage of the flight, played by the handcuffed policeman, managing to climb the wall and disappear just as Beni Sela himself (we hope this policeman realizes his potentials as filmstar). Of course, the file, which Sela claimed to have forgotten, which was recovered by the intelligent policeman, thus allowing Sela to escape, can be seen, together with the handcuffs (slightly damaged ) and the foot chains, which were recovered later in the Prison stores, and look like new (never used).
An other important exhibit will be the bicycle stolen by Sela, during his Sharon epoch. Fascinating is the exhibit of the tap, from which Sela drunk, and the bundle of sacks, on which he rested his tired limbs.
An highlight is of course the photo taken by the security guard at Kibbutz Kinneret, showing Sela sitting in a stolen car waiting to enter the kibbutz.
The girl which was questioned by Sela in the kibbutz, which made her famous country wide, explains in a video recorded, her memories of the meeting.
If I understand correctly, the shower hat, at the home of Sela’s relatives in the northern town of Nesher, used by Sela, on the last day of the flight, will be bought for a considerable sum, by the Ministry of Internal Security, in order to show their involvement in the capture.
The civil guards which finally tied up Sela, after he exhausted gave up the fight, can be seen in a mocked up demonstration, hitting Sela, when safely bound.
In the last phase of the exhibition, one can see a list of police and prison personnel of all ranks, responsible of finally safeguarding the public of the menace called Sela, and an early estimate on how much this escape has cost the tax payer.
We think this exhibition is a must for school children and students, in order to teach an essential part of citizenship, and show them the high cost we civilian pays for internal security.
The suggestion of having a yearly Sela flight memorial day on the 8th of December is by all means, extremely educational, and should be combined with an annual open day at Israel’s prisons.