Israel Border Police monument, Memorial cenotaph in Menashe Regional Council, Israel.
The Israel Border Police monument is a memorial structure in the Menashe region built with geometric forms and stone. The central composition was created to honor border officers who worked to maintain security.
The monument was inaugurated on 28 October 1980, designed by architect Yechiel Arad. It replaced an earlier Border Police memorial kept inside a base near Kibbutz Eyal, on the initiative of commander Zvi Bar; the old monument was moved to the site in 2014. The hill above the Iron interchange was chosen for its proximity to the Karkur police station, where Company B, one of the Border Police companies raised in 1951, was based.
The triangular tower symbolizes the participation of Jewish, Muslim and Christian fighters, as stated in the sources. A heritage house named after Pinchas Kopel, the first commander of the Border Police, holds a museum, archive, auditorium and memorial rooms, and the unit's history department is based there. Workshops and study days take place on site.
The monument sits in the Menashe region and is accessible on foot with easy ground to walk on. Visitors should come during daylight to see all the stone details and design of the structure clearly.
The triangular observation tower has a truncated top and is made of exposed concrete; its three sides stand for Jewish, Muslim and Christian fighters. A memorial wall added in the early 2000s bears the names of 513 Border Police fallen on granite panels, with a verse from Jeremiah.
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