ABSTRACT
The rebellious parents, who had turned their backs on the docile, compliant stance of their own parents, found the next generation to be staunchly steadfast and faithful. Some of the children volunteered to distribute flyers during elections campaigns. Roni Milo, one of the first heirs to make his public debut, recalls accompanying his parents to hear Benny Begin's speeches in Mughrabi Square in Tel Aviv. The antagonism and rebellion of the fighters’ children was directed not towards their parents but rather outwardly, towards the establishment, and specifically its representatives whom they encountered on a daily basis: their teachers. As the accusations against the parents grew increasingly strident over the course of the 1950s and ’60s, so the children's identification with their parents’ pain and valor grew stronger. The level of respect and admiration that the younger generation felt towards the parents bordered on hero-worship.
