The eldest son of Geula and Isaac. Born on the 20th of Sivan (20.5.80) on Shavuot eve ho in Tel Aviv, a brother to Yael and Ran.

Amit was born into a traditional-religious family, united and loving. His second name was Mordecai after his Grandpa Marco, who was humble, loving, pleasant, and a light-filled person. Such was also Amit.

When he was one year old, he and his parents moved to Moshav Mekhora in the Jordan Valley. He was a handsome friendly baby a smiling toddler with intelligent deep charcoal eyes and black curls that adorned his face. Amit was very fond of the moshav members, was well integrated into the kindergarten and was very much liked by the teachers because of his easy nature, wisdom, curiosity and active participation in daily kindergarten life and parties. From early childhood he loved books and visited the library once a week. In the afternoons he used to ride with his father on the tractor or ride his bike, his curls swirling in the wind and his cheeks flushed with happiness
after kindergarten he went to the Regev School, where he took central roles in performances and plays. he was gifted with musical skills and his reading was fluent.

When Amit was 8 years old, he moved with his family to Bat Yam, there he went to third grade at the “Nachshonim” elementary school. He continued to be a good, quiet, diligent, successful student. Amit was very loved by his teachers, and his parents were delighted at parents meetings when they heard praise of his manners and excellence. He had a rich language, and many different skills. From childhood he was fond of painting, especially figures from books. In fourth grade, he painted events from the “Hasamba” books, after reading the entire series and identifying with the group of boys, especially with their leader Yaron Zehavi, Amit participated in music circles and knew many songs. In Karate reached a brown belt and also learned tennis for several years.
At Ramot High School, Amit completed his matriculation certificate in a biologically-artistic program with great success. Thanks to his phenomenal memory, he prepared only two days before the matriculation exams.

The Shabbat meals, kiddush and parasha were the center of family life. Through these the parents raised Amit and his younger siblings to Jewish ethics and values, the values of love for the country and people, honesty, caring for what is happening in the country, political involvement, partnership and non-dependent giving. At the same time – through the many trips throughout the country – assimilated love for the country. Amit knew the paths, streams, mountains, and settlements of Israel.

Amit was respectful to his parents and devoted to his family, they were his top priority. He used to help his mother with household chores, and was always satisfied with only a little. Amit made sure to maintain close contact with the extended family.
Amit, as his name was – a loyal, loving, giving friend, surrounded by friends and full of love for his friends and people around him, he often invited and hosted in his home. Amit respected everyone, organized social events and avoided arguments and quarrels. His friend Moshe Bressler said: “Amit was a man who always knew how to help and contribute … He was always there for everyone, family and friends as one, and above all he was a good friend! … Always united them all …”

After his death we found thirty songs he wrote since he was a high school student: love songs, songs of giving, poems in the wake of terror attacks, songs of love of the land and nature. Some he composed on the guitar and others were composed after his death. One of them was even played on radio and television. The song “A Piece of Heaven” was written thirty days before his death.

“… it’s not easy to build a better world for children / when the evil rules / when they say it’s going to be good, what do they mean? / Tell me the truth. If the spring had come/ the plot would turn into a garden/ all blossomed around/ oh then everything was perfert// if foxes came to the garden / and passed the fence / from a nearby garden they had come / to annex the yard to them // the seedlings were uprooted, the grass they destroyed / the olive tree they cut long ago / they sent the dove with such a clear message / never come back // If I had a piece of heaven / A plot of earth and sand / In order to protect / I would do everything. “

Amit joined the IDF on July 21, 1998, and at the end of basic training in the Givati Brigade, he went on the recommendation of his commanders to an early course for commanding officers and commanded veteran fighters in the Shaked Battalion. The purple cap, the badge of the unit, and the brotherhood of the fighters were his pride. In his service he held many positions, including positions in Lebanon and Gaza. He never told about the clashes with terrorists and tried to calm his parents. For his heroism they heard from his soldiers in retrospect. In the past few months, he served as a sergeant of the patrol unit, and in the eyes of his soldiers he symbolized the aspiration for excellence.
One of them, Dudu Benista, told: “Busidan served me as a friend more than a commander … When he gave orders to the soldiers, the soldiers carried out the operation because they valued their commander… Busidan took care of us in his spare time preparing for the rolls, we called him ‘commander stress’ because he was naturally stressed. ” In exercises, Amit was the first to jump up, “wakes everyone up and yells at us to fly to positions …” Dudu said during his recess he would go up to the guard posts, pass the time with the soldiers guarding, and sometimes even replace them.

His subordinates and friends told us that Amit replaced them in Sabbath duties so they could go home after spending a lot of time at the base. When he was about to be released – at the height of the second intifada and the wave of terror attacks in Israel – he felt that the company still needed him and that he should remain in the army. His love for Israel knew no bounds, he was a patriot and never left the country.

Upon his discharge, he enrolled in law studies and political science at Bar-Ilan University. In the meantime, he chose to work as a security guard at the Oranim School for Special Education in Or Yehuda. At the end of each day he would stay and help pupils to get on the bus. He was attached to the pupils and they were atached to him. According to them, he spoke with them during school breaks, listened to them as a brother, encouraged them, played with them and became their friend. The principal of the school, Vered Papo, said: “He stood at the gate and received every person and every student with a smile on his face … always with a caress and a good morning greeting, he had a great soul and with time he became part of the school team , Just like one of us. ” In his work at the school he met his girlfriend Orit Simhon, who served in the National Service. After about five months, he left his job as a security guard since he was hired by Brinks company, where he worked for only one month, but still impressed the employees and managers of the company. After his death they dedicated a Memorial Corner fot his memory

Eight months after his release, following the terror attack at the Park Hotel in Netanya, Operation “Defensive Shield” was launched, in order to destroy the terrorist infrastructure. Amit was expecting his recrutment, which arrived by phone on March 29, 2002, at 11 PM. Within five minutes Amit was ready to go out and join his comrades in fighting. His mood was very high, he wanted to do his part to protect the country and give peace to its inhabitants. In the pre-reserve period he said that in the war for our house, in order to achieve quiet for the citizens, he was willing to pay with his life.
Amit did not agree that his father would drive him to the assembly point he didn’t want to bother him, and so that he would not violate the Shabbat, so he walked. His father said: “I gave him a long hug, to delay as long as I could him going to the meeting point, from where he did not return. And Amit as usual was quick to leave, his friends are waitin for him, he must go out as he has declared before us, to eradicate the terrorist acts, from the capital of terror, Jenin. “

Amit enlisted in his first and last reserve service in the Nachshon Battalion 7020, in the Idan formation, in the auxiliary company. He reported to Ofer Segal, the commander of the detachment, and asked to fight alongside him at the spearhead and to command the first squad. In his book, “Diamond Work,” Ofer Segal wrote: “I knew that Amit was a sergeant in the regular service, and although he was new, I understood his abilities. I knew that he understood the implications of his request. I was especially impressed by the seriousness with which Amit related to his squad, and he trained her repeatedly, without compromising, until all members acquired the ability needed and satisfied him. ” Amit carried out the task of destroying the terrorist infrastructure from house to house in the winding alleys of the refugee camp, while preserving the lives of the soldiers and the lives of the civilians in Jenin.

For the most part, his mobile phone was not available. In his brief conversations with his family, he reassured them that he was wearing phylacteries every morning. In one of his messages to his girlfriend he wrote: “Do not cry, be strong for me …” And the last message he sent her was: “Tell my parents that everything is okay with me.I love them very much.

After nine very difficult fighting days, on the Holocaust Remembrance Day, a parallel platoon was ambushed and its soldiers were killed and wounded. Amit, as a squad commander, was one of the first members of the force to rush and rescue them, under heavy enemy fire in a narrow alley, he returned fire until the bullets hit him, and he was killed. Col. Ofer Segal describes a source of faith in Amit’s inner strength: “… when the comrades cried out for help, then he harnessed all his faith and started running, he ran to his friends, to save them. Cold and courageous, stubbornly ignoring enemy bullets whistling from all sides. “The supreme value of not leaving wounded men on the ground was the driving force into the inferno, he was devoted to the comrades who fought alongside him, most of whom he had not known until then.

Amit was among the three fighters whose bodies were kidnapped by the terrorists and rescued by the naval commandos. In a summary of the command’s investigation, the officer of the Central Command, Col. Gal Hirsch, wrote about the difficult battle “that took place on consecutive days against a determined enemy who used civilians as ‘life shields’ … The fighting style of the fighters after the encounter is exemplary Sacrifice and heroism, “and he wrote about Amit that he:” was at the head of the fighters and strove for the touch. Ran to rescue the wounded under fire and sacrificed his life fighting the enemy with determination. Amit was brave and a fierce fighter. “

Amit Busidan fell in a battle in Jenin on April 9, 2002, when he was twenty-two years old. Twelve additional reserve soldiers were killed in this battle: the company commander Major Oded Golomb, Captain Ya’akov Azoulay, Captain Dror Bar, Lieutenant Eyal Yoel, Sergeant Major Tiran Arazi, Sergeant Major Avner Yaskov, Ronen Alshochat, Lt. Col. Menashe Haba, Sergeant Shmuel Danny Meizlish, Sergeant Eyal Azouri and Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zimmerman. Seven soldiers were wounded.
Amit was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Holon. He left behind his parents, brother and sister. He was promoted to sergeant after his death.
The last verse of his song “A Piece of heaven” is engraved on Amit’s gravestone.

His whole life was about love, giving and helping others, he always thought of others before he thought of himself. His company received a commendation from the GOC Central Command “… for the values of devotion to the mission, courage, friendship and comradeship.”

Eighth years after his death, his mother said in his memory: “Amit, A person, leader and warrior … eternal smile, endless giving, courage, devotion, love for man and country, to family,for soldiers, friendship, kindness, nobility, gentelness, sacrifies … The jug of Amit’s life was full, but concealed … He never raised his voice in conversations, always quiet and pursuing peace … a special gift for twenty-two years, very few years, but with a great soul and endless action. You have never harmed anyone … but when murderers hit innocent civilians, your people, in the land of Israel that you loved so much … you stormed like a lion. “

His sister Yael said in her eulogy: “You wanted so much to be a partner in this war, to fight so that we would live here quietly.” She said: “Time does not heal, and pain is the same pain … One will always be missing, one that was so important part of the whole, how can the body continue to function without the heart?” Amit was the heart, the heart of the family … “

Ran, his brother, wrote: “My brother, You have been very pleasant to me, Amit, I loved and always love you, you were a wonderful brother, you will never know how much sorrow prevails in me, you were the best brother. I am distressed for you my brother.

Amit’s parents founded the Amit Foundation for his commemoration, which operates in light of his heritage, a legacy of giving: The organization organized events for wounded soldiers, adopted bereaved families, assisted needy families and the Oranim school, and awarded scholarships to outstanding students at Nachshonim School, emphasizing social contribution. Every year the organization organizes a soccer tournament at the Nachshonim school with the participation of students, Amit’s childhood friends and fighters from the battle in Jenin.

The film about his life, called “Only Love is true” – as the name of one of his poems – was broadcast on television channels and shown in various places, while his parents are hosted in schools and universities in Israel and abroad, in Jewish communities in the United States, and in IDF cadets’ training course passing on Amit’s Values, heroism, leadership and songs.

In Komemiyut Street, Bat-Yam, Amit Busidan and two other soldiers from the city who died during Operation Defensive Shield were perpetuated. Three olive trees were planted there. Each side of the square bears the name of one of the fallen sons.

In Bat Yam, a synagogue was established, including a Torah study center named after Amit, a spiritual center for bringing people together, bridging between the religious and the secular, and in 2010 the family entered the synagogue with a Torah scroll in honor of Amit, with symbols and words from his poem “a piece of heaven” .