Gratitude: The Bnei Brak City Council will convene in the coming days for a special discussion on the proposal of City Council member and Likud faction chairman, Yaakov Wider, to commemorate the memory of the late Major General Amir Hori in the city.
The policeman, Senior Sergeant Amir Khoury, 32, from the Dan Region Police Motorcycle Unit, was the first to arrive at the scene of the murderous shooting attack in Bnei Brak, in which four people had been murdered by then. He did not hesitate for a moment, charged - and stopped the terrorist's brutal murderous campaign.
In the fight with the terrorist, Hori was critically injured and taken to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, where, after resuscitation efforts, the medical teams pronounced him dead.
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Major Hori is an Arab-Christian police officer from Nof HaGalil, and this marks the first time in history that the Bnei Brak City Council will discuss a proposal to memorialize a non-Jewish person in the city.
According to the proposed order, "Within 14 days, the municipality's CEO will submit 3 suitable memorial options to the city council. In 30 days, a special extraordinary city council meeting will be held, in the presence of family members and his commanders in the Israel Police, to approve the memorial.".
In response, Yaakov Wider, a member of the city council, says: "Anyone who saves one life in Israel is as if he saved the entire world. The hero of Israel, Maj. Gen. Hori, the late, courageously sacrificed his life, determinedly sought to contact the terrorist, erase his name and memory, and prevented the murder of many with his body. We must perpetuate his courage and memory, and thus also express the deep appreciation of all the city's residents for his heroism.".
It should be noted that one of the proposals that has already been made is to change the name of the street where the attack took place - Hananim Street, to the late Major Amir Khoury Street.
