Saida and Salah Madmon

Name of Child: Unnnamed son of Saida and Salah Madmon

Country of Origin: Yemen

Year of Kidnapping: 1951

Place of Residence: Atlit

Hospital: Malben, Nahariya

Complaint Submitted to a Committee: Kadmi, Shalgi

My name is Rafael Madmoni. I was born in Yemen and arrived in Israel with both my parents. We were in the Atlit transit camp.

My mother gave birth to a healthy child—beautiful, bright, and chubby—in Nahariya hospital. Immediately after the birth they told her they were taking the baby for treatment. The next day she was informed that he had died.

Mother did not know how to express herself at all or argue. My father used to say: "in front of state officials, we have no arms or legs." My parents were naive and were easily misled and deceived. My mother could not accept the fact they took her child. She cried and suffered from depression for a long time. My father, too, was unable to accept this fate.

We moved to Rosh HaAyin. I grew up there and I remember what it felt like growing up at home—I personally suffered from the fact that both my parents suffered. The pleasure of life was taken away from them. From an early age I remember my mother permanently struck with grief.

My wife remembers how when she first gave birth, my mother became anxious and warned her repeatedly to be careful and make sure they don’t take her child.

We submitted a letter and complaint to the committee. They did not nothing. We received a letter that he disappeared in 1950 and a made up date of birth and death for June 26, 1951. The information they provided us was itself contradictory.

Let’s see what our enlightened government does in 2016. Will it bring the facts of the affair out into the light of day, or will it reject us with excuses yet again?

Rafael Madmoni

I grew up there and I remember what it felt like growing up at home—I personally suffered from the fact that both my parents suffered. The pleasure of life was taken away from the







Let’s see what our enlightened government does in 2016. Will it bring the facts of the affair out into the light of day, or will it reject us with excuses yet again?